We Have the 'Right' to Believe What We Want? Part 1 (TMF:806)

Monday, January 22, 2018
Peace to Live By: We Have the 'Right' to Believe What We Want? Part 1 (TMF:806) - Daniel Litton
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       Contention two: “Everyone has a right to believe whatever he or she wants.” Now, many people do believe that even if people don’t follow Christianity, that they have the ‘right’ to believe whatever they want to believe. Actually, though, this argument is not true. A person has the ‘ability’ to believe what he or she wants, but the person does not have the ‘right.’ A right is an entitlement that is good, right, and true—that which is endowed by God. If people have ‘rights’ to believe what they want, then God cannot judge them for believing what they want to believe. This is because, after all, they have the ‘right’ to believe it. However, if people do not have the right, yet have the ‘ability,’ God can and will judge people for incorrect beliefs. Jesus said, “And he [God] has given him [the Son] authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment” (John 5:27-29, ESV).