The teachings of New Age always emphasize free will and how we are responsible for our destiny; which can be changed at any time by changing our thoughts towards a positive orientation. Creepily this ideology has entered into the psyche of the people, where they believe that each one deserves what they are getting. Interfering with this or helping people come out of the conundrum that they find themselves in is seen as a violation of free will where we take away their right to choose, even if they’re headed towards destruction.
Thank God that he sent Jesus Christ to take away our sins even when we were sinners. We were reaping our choice till someone up there thought something better for us and interceded, and are we glad. Was this kind of intercession a violation of our free will or the fulfilment of it? Can we truly have free will if we are ever ignorant that a choice for something different from what we see and know exists?
Christians and Intercession
This is where intercession plays its part and as a Christian it is our duty and our right to intercede on behalf of others. By default people are headed for destruction because of the choice made by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. They have no free will on this, it’s done. By interceding on behalf of them we bring in the element of free will by providing them with an opportunity to break the bondage through the blood of Jesus Christ and to change their citizenship from this world to heaven. Hereon, there is free will to make a choice, to choose between the God of this world or our Lord Jesus Christ.
Power of Intercession
One of the most potent weapons placed in our arsenal is the power of prayer. When we pray we can change things, we can intercede on behalf others to help them, to encourage them and to save them. Suffering and evil is not something we choose but was foisted upon humanity after the fall. Suffering is not a manifestation of negative thinking; neither can all the positive thinking save you. Don’t fall for the trap of you can create your reality. Can your thoughts bind Satan or defeat spiritual powers and principalities – No, but Jesus Christ interceding on behalf of you CAN and WILL.
The Trap of Free Will
The concept of free will as promulgated today is a trap that leads you to the door named apathy. Where under the guise of respecting free will you just don’t care and as Christians we are supposed to care about what happens in this world and to people. We are stewards who are managing the house while waiting for the master to return. This is our job and apathy has no place with us.
Concluding
Yes there is something as free will and as Christians we choose Lord Jesus Christ, as for the worldly free will, we can see through the trap as we've been warned to be ever watchful of all the tricks and deceptions of the adversary – and this one has been recognized.
