Baptists/freewill in heaven

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Expert: - 5/3/2010


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my daughter must write a 10 pg paper on freewill for college.I am helping her do some research.As she has has progressed she has asked the question..can a person who has died and gone to heaven use their free will and choose not to want to be there any longer? If so,how? If not,what is different about them in heaven that they did not have on earth? Do you have any thoughts on this?

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Hi Sheryl,
   Thank you for your question.   The answer is that once a person believes in Jesus Christ as their Savior, they are "born again" which means they are spiritually reborn and eternally have the nature of God.   Believers are the sons and daughters of God and receive eternal life.  I can assure you that no believer who dies and goes to heaven would want to be any where else.  After death there are only two places that people go and that is to heaven or hell.  No one would want to give up the joys and peace of heaven and being with our God and creator and choose to go to hell.
    The Bible does not say anything about believers using their free wills in heave.  But having the nature of God himself and the wisdom and truth of God, they would not use their wills to do anything contrary to God or that was not righteous, meaning right.   There will be no sin in heaven and so no one would make a wrong decision.
    Hope this helps.   If you have further questions or comments please write.

Cooper P Abrams III
Romans 12:1-2
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Cooper P. Abrams III

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Independent Fundamental Baptist missionary and pastor, ThB, MBS. I began pastoring in 1981, and have taught in churches, a Bible college, and a Bible Institute. I have written numerous articles on various subjects from a biblical perspective and many are posted on my web site Bible Truth ( http://www.bible-truth.org ). Bible Truth receives over sixty thousand visits per month. Since 1998 I have answered Bible related questions via e-mail. My answers are straight forward and biblical. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE -----DO NOT ASK A QUESTION AND THEN NOT READ THE ANSWER! ABOUT FOUR IN TEN QUESTIONS ASKED ARE NEVER READ. I FREELY GIVE MY TIME TO GIVE HELPFUL ANSWERS. OFTEN THE ANSWER WILL REQUIRE AS MUCH AS A HOUR OR MORE TO RESEARCH AND THEN TO FORMULATE THE REPLY. IF YOU SEND A QUESTION PLEASE BE THOUGHTFUL ENOUGH TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT. MOST PEOPLE DO...BUT ALL SHOULD. THANKS

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I have been a pastor since 1981 and a Independent Baptist missionary church planter since 1986. I have seen the Lord establish four Bible believing churches in Utah. My web site Bible Truth ( http:\\bible-truth.org ) continues to grow presently over 60,000 visits per month. The materials on the web site are mostly written by myself and contain sermons, Bible commentaries, articles on various biblical subjects.

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- Appeared on Grizzly Adams DVD documentary "End Times: How Close Are We?" (http://www.grizzlyadams.com/Public/ChristianDVDs/index.cfm?productID=49). - Article "Are Mormons Christians" "O Timothy Magazine" Way of Life Literature (http://www.wayoflife.org/files/9959c77e05b303248173195e72476459-60.html)

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ThB and MBS from Piedmont Baptist College, Winston-Salem, NC

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