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For example, the Israelites are wandering the wilderness without food. They pray and have faith, and it is God's will to provide mana. Had they not prayed and had faith, His will would not have been able to be exercised because they failed their end...to ask.
"would not have been able"?
What does that mean? God is omnipotent. Do you actually mean "not able" or is this a "would chosen have not to intercede"? (Not a trick question, it just legitimately seems very odd to me, and totally contrary to everything about God I'd read before.)
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Katisara: You did not restate what I said correctly.
It is not an agreement until the offer is accepted. By exercising faith, one is accepting an offer from God which then becomes a binding covenant on both parties.
I'm not sure I see your point here. I said faith is participating in an agreement. You say it's an agreement after it's accepted. If you have faith, I think it's implied you accepted. Am I missing something? Should I have said "faith is accepting an agreement"?
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If I offer you a million dollars and all you have to do is come to my house to accept it, would you do it? God makes offers, and exercising faith is the way we accept those offers. Then they become binding promises.
I think this proves my point more than yours. No, if an anonymous person on the Internet sent me an address and said "go here for a million dollars", I would not do that. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't either.
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We obviously don't create the "offer" to God for salvation because we are not the ones possessing the ability to grant salvation to ourselves, just like offering someone a million dollars if you don't have it.
I agree with that. My understanding of what you're saying is 'participating in'. God creates the terms, you agree to the terms, you are now in the agreement. Is that not correct?