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Predestination

Faith Q&A › Metropolitan Youssef › Our Lord and the Faith › Predestination

The question

If man was given free will, why is our life predetermined?

The answer

I think you are confused with the foreknowledge of God and predetermination. Our life is not predetermined as we make new choices every day. It is up to us whether to live a life of sin or of repentance and purity. God is beyond time, for Him there is no past, present or future He is omniscient so the fact that He knows all the choices we are going to make does not mean that He is predetermining them for us.

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