Did God have a choice?

[Bro. Robbins]

Originally Posted by Timmy

Is there some reason God had to set things up the way he (according to you guys) did? Could he have done anything differently? Do you sometimes wish he had?

There's no reason that God HAD to do it the way He did unless He Himself established principles that must be followed through, as He will not violate His own rules.

Think about when man sinned against Him though. Man made the same decision the angels had made. To disobey and rebel. With the angels He chose to cast them away. No road to redemption.

But God decided His love for us would supercede His Judgement. And all through the Old Testament we see God pursuing man, so that He might redeem man back to Himself... and then in the NT He takes on flesh so that once and for all He will provide Himself as the lamb for the world.

He didn't have to do any of that. Could have said, man failed, I'll go create something else. But somehow, he looked at what dirt and His breath had created, and thought it worthy for a second chance.