God’s Counsel and Human Freedom (1)

Our first task is to define terms. In the abstract, we can speak of three kinds of human freedom, to wit, moral freedom, metaphysical freedom and psychological freedom. Moral freedom is to be defined as the ability of man -- the natural man dead in his trespasses and sins -- to do the right and (or) the wrong as he chooses. Metaphysical freedom has reference to the counsel and providence of God. Here the question is whether God's counsel is the determining necessity of man's deeds (works, words...