Communicable Attributes - Power
Divine Freedom
Theology Proper · 6 verses
God acts according to the counsel of His own will, under no external constraint or obligation to any creature. His freedom is not arbitrary caprice but is the exercise of His will in perfect accord with His nature. Divine freedom establishes that creation and redemption flow from God's gracious good pleasure alone.
Scripture References
“In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:”
“For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”
“Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.”
“But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.”
“But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.”
“Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?”