The Right to Choose
Would you choose a perfect God—one who knows all, sustains life, and creates with a word? A God who commands nature, who can judge yet spare the righteous, who is always just and never fails. With such a God, there would be no place for debate, rebellion, or distrust. All that would be required is surrender—bowing down in obedience to live in perfect alignment with His will.
Or would you prefer a god who grants you freedom to live as you please, even supporting your decisions along the way? A god who prioritizes your comfort, affirms your choices, and celebrates your desires?
The first God is a God of love, desiring only the best for you and fighting against anything that would prevent you from knowing the only true good—God Himself. He demonstrates His love by sending His own Son to die for you, even while you were His enemy.
The second god, however, is a deceiver and not even a true god. He cannot sustain life; he exists only to destroy it. He cares nothing for your well-being—his aim is to pull you down into darkness. Consumed by evil, he offers only destruction.
God grants us the freedom to choose, but ultimately, our choice is between following God or following Satan. Many believe they can chart their own course as though they were their own gods. Some claim the right to choose abortion, viewing it as a matter of bodily autonomy. Homosexuals believe they can freely define their intimate relationships, while others seek to define their own identity. Yet the Bible reminds us, 'Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you...? You are not your own; you were bought at a price.' (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)
Why should we claim the right to do whatever we want with our lives? Did we create ourselves? Do we sustain the world and everyone in it? Can we save ourselves or build a world to inhabit after leaving this earth? Do we possess the wisdom to make such weighty choices? Can we see the future, the full picture, or understand how our choices impact others? Who are we to believe we hold the ultimate right to choose? Shouldn’t the one who holds the authority to make ultimate choices be all-knowing, able to see everything, and trustworthy to do what is right for everyone? Neither Satan nor humanity has this ability—so why do we arrogantly assume that role? The reality is that we are all slaves, either slaves to God or slaves to Satan. When we pass from this life, that truth will become undeniable.
The real question is: whom do you choose to be a slave to—love, truth, and God, or evil, darkness, death, and Satan? Satan tries to deceive us into thinking that following our own desires and making choices apart from God will lead to freedom. But in truth, he’s only exploiting our pride, hoping we’ll end up alongside him for eternity. He made his choice, and he wants us to believe we have ultimate control too—but that path only leads to a dead end and eternal bondage.
