Hosts argue humans lack true free will due to finite nature, yet Christians possess superior freedom through a dual nature of spiritual renewal and indwelling Holy Spirit compared to non-Christians' sin-driven flesh. This theological framework promotes the "Blueprints for Christendom 2.0" conference on March 1–3, 2024, featuring sessions on Reformed confessionalism, covenant theology, biblical patriarchy, and post-millennial eschatology by leaders like Doug Wilson and Dr. Joseph Boot. Ultimately, the episode asserts that only divine alignment enables righteous motives, challenging secular autonomy while inviting attendees to secure early bird rates before August 31st. [Automatically generated summary]
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God's Bound Choices vs Human Limits00:06:40
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Jesus said, Man cannot live on bread alone.
But from every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
You're listening to Daily Truth.
And people humor themselves in thinking that we have, as human beings, free will.
But we need to understand that our choices as finite creatures are drastically limited.
And they're limited precisely by our nature.
The reason why God has at his disposal more choices than you and I is because his nature allows for a wider spectrum.
Of choices.
This is because his nature is not creature but creator.
His nature is not finite but infinite.
Now, even God in his choices is bound, as it were.
He is bound in the sense that he is bound himself by his word.
There are certain things the scripture says God himself attests he cannot do.
For instance, God is not a man that he should repent.
Or some translations render it God is not a man that he should change his mind.
God cannot change.
God also cannot lie.
There are certain things that God cannot do because his nature is holy.
That which he deems as holy in terms of his law directly stems from his holy essence, his holy being, his holy nature.
And so, even God, with his nature, although infinite, one of the things that it precludes is sin because his nature is infinite, but his nature is also infinitely holy.
But you and I, as human beings, as finite creatures, we have a drastically more limited spectrum of choices because we have a drastically more limited nature.
I've argued in the past, and I would continue to argue and hold this view, that the Christian has more freedom of will than the non Christian.
And this is because the Christian has, in a sense, not exactly, not precisely, but in a sense, The Christian has a wider spectrum of choices than the unbeliever because the Christian has two natures.
The Christian, on the one hand, is a new creature in Christ Jesus, a new creation with a heart of flesh, no longer a heart of stone, but a heart of flesh that is softened and malleable and receptive to the things of God.
Spiritual eyes that see true spiritual things and spiritual ears that hear true spiritual things.
And so the Christian, because of the new nature, And because of the indwelling ministry of the Holy Spirit, is able to choose certain things that the non Christian can't because our nature allows for it.
And yet, the Christian at the same time is still able to choose certain things that the non Christian can't, not because the Christian still has a sin nature, but because the Christian still has the sinful flesh.
And there is a theological distinction between the two.
Perhaps the best way that I could describe this is like this.
The non Christian, if we think the inside and the outside.
If we think of the inside for the non Christian, there is the heart of stone in the sin nature.
And if we think externally on the outside for the non Christian, there is the flesh, which Paul says in Romans chapter 7 sin resides within the members of my being.
Sin still resides within my flesh.
So for the non Christian, internally they have sin, externally they also have the option of sin.
The non Christian, the only choice they have when they wake up in the morning is how do I want to rebel against God today?
I can rebel against God by doing things because I'm made in His image and because of common grace.
I can rebel against God by doing things which outwardly align with His moral will, but ultimately with a putrid hatred within my inner being against Him, simply spiting Him.
That I'm doing certain things that are truly good according to God's law outwardly.
They're outwardly good in terms of the outward visible manifestation of my words and behaviors and actions, but even then, I'm not doing them with a desire for God's glory, and I'm not doing these things with a reliance on God's grace.
I'm doing these things with a fantasy perception, a reliance on my own strength, as though I have any, and for my own glory.
Or at best, at most, the non Christian can say, I'm doing it with a reliance on the collective strength of humanity, and I'm doing it for the good of humanity.
One small step for man, but one giant leap for mankind.
But what the non Christian can never say is that I'm doing this with a reliance on the power of God and a desire for God's eternal glory.
And therefore, even when the non Christian does outwardly that which aligns with God's moral law, it is ultimately filthy rags.
It is sin.
Whereas the Christian, however, can do that which contradicts God's moral law, that which outwardly is against God's commandments and therefore is sin, but At the same time, by the power of the Spirit which dwells within us, and with this new spiritual nature, a new heart of flesh, the Christian can also do things outwardly that align with the law of God and inwardly with the right motives, the right intent,
with a true humble reliance on grace and a true godly, glorious desire for God's praise.
And so the Christian is the only one who could actually do something only because of the grace of God.
Not to boast in himself, but because of the grace of God and because of this new nature, the Christian is the only person that is capable of doing that which is not sin.
All right, hold up.
You're not going to want to miss this.
March 1st Patriarchy Conference Preview00:03:30
I'm going to tell you exactly how our spring 2024 conference is going to go down.
Here's the title of the conference Blueprints for Christendom 2.0.
Subtitle Seven Doctrines for Ruling the World.
We're going to have seven primary sessions covering each of these doctrines for ruling the world righteously.
Number one, Reformed confessionalism.
That's going to be Pastor Doug Wilson preaching on that topic.
Then we've got covenant theology with Pastor Brian Sauvay.
Then we've got biblical patriarchy with Pastor Michael Foster.
Then we've got presuppositionalism with Dr. Joseph Boot.
Then we've got Kyperianism, all of Christ for all of life, where we're going to welcome Pastor Doug Wilson back for a second session.
Then we've got general equity theonomy.
We're going to have Dr. Joseph Boot come and do a second session on that topic.
And then lastly, we'll have Pastor Dale Partridge on post millennial eschatology.
In addition to these seven sessions, we're also going to have not one, but two live podcasts.
On the first day of the conference, that's Friday, March 1st, we're going to have a live Theology Applied podcast.
I'll be on the stage hosting the discussion with Douglas Wilson, Michael Foster, and Eric Kahn from It's Good to Be a Man.
The topic is going to be all about biblical patriarchy.
We're going to specifically be parsing out, distinguishing the biblical doctrinal differences between patriarchy and complementarianism.
Again, that's Friday, March 1st, the first day of the conference, a live theology applied podcast on biblical patriarchy.
Then we're going to have the next day, that's Saturday, March 1st.
Second, a live haunted cosmos podcast.
I'll be hosting this discussion with Brian Sauvay and Ben Garrett.
We're going to be talking about the Nephilim.
We're going to be talking about the Watchers.
We're going to be talking about what creatures currently are living underneath the surface of the earth and chasms of the deep.
It's going to be wacky.
It's going to be weird, but it will also be thoroughly biblical and incredibly unhinged.
So you're not going to want to miss these two live podcasts, Theology Applied on Friday, March 1st, the first day of the conference.
On biblical patriarchy with Doug Wilson, Michael Foster, Eric Kahn, and myself.
And then the next day of the conference, Saturday, March 2nd, a live haunted cosmos podcast with Brian Sauvay and Ben Garrett and myself on the Nephilim, the Watchers, and what lies under the surface of the earth.
And then the conference will hold over for one final, the third and final day.
That's going to be the Lord's Day, Sunday, March 3rd, where one of our speakers will be holding over to preach the Lord's Day sermon, and I'll be leading us in worship through the liturgy.
So we've got three days.
A Friday, Saturday, Sunday, March 1st, 2nd, and 3rd of 2024, Blueprints for Christendom 2.0 Seven Doctrines for Ruling the World.
You're not going to want to miss this conference.
Our early bird rate is still available, but only for a very short period of time.
We are ending the early bird rate on August 31st at 11 59 p.m.
That will be the final chance to get into this conference at an affordable, cheap rate.
All right, so go and take advantage of the early bird rate right now by going to writeresponseconference.com.
Dot com again, that's right response conference dot com to register for Blueprints for Christendom 2.0, March 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 2024.