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Nor does man’s responsibility have anything to do with freedom from the rule and control of the sovereign will of God. Man’s bondage to the sovereign rule of God is not inconsistent with man’s responsibility. The apostle Paul deals with this question in Romans 9. First he shows us that God does inde
Responsibility
Man’s responsibility is his ability to respond or answer for his conduct or behavior. You may note two elements in this statement. Responsibility is a response or answer. And responsibility is definitely an ability to respond or answer. That creature only is responsible who is able to give answer fo
Responsibility suggests to the average man not only the “must” but also the “can” to meet our obligations. And, therefore, there can be no reasonable doubt, that it ought to have this meaning also in the terms of our debate. Her conclusion is that responsibileness to the preaching of the gospel and
He does not will to do the good but is forced by a determining God to do the evil contrary to his will. And therefore man himself will never deny that he is responsible for what he does. 3) Thirdly we must remember that man is responsible for the sin of Adam in eating of the forbidden tree. He i
Man’s responsibility was in no way diminished by the Fall. Responsibility remains, whatever man’s ability or lack of it. Human responsibility is one thing, free will another. Man has as much responsibility as he ever had before the Fall, and more. But his will is not as free as it was before the Fal
First of all he states that he feels that the definition of the responsibility of man is not elastic enough. It is too dogmatic. Surely Fung and Wagnalls also knew something when they state that responsibility includes “the ability to perform”, do they not? The former speakers contend that natural m
259) as well as by Scripture. To all of this we heartily agree. Pink also has one of the best pieces of writing on “the responsibility of man” that there was (1) original responsibility (in paradise), then after the fall of Adam, (2) a failed responsibility, next, in Christ and His cross, (3) a tran
Yet, man is personally responsible, also as a member of the human race which is characterized by federal solidarity. He is personally responsible also for the sin of Adam. This means, of course, in the first place, that he is held accountable by God for the sin of Adam in the sense that, because Ada
We are not only responsible for our own deeds but also those of our possessions. Take an example of our car. If we lend this to someone we still bear responsibility for what happens with that car. The driver has responsibility, of that there is no doubt, but in lending it we share that responsibilit