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Do you have free will in heaven?
I don't think you would, because you would have to be upset when your friends and family members don't make it, but how you can be upset if you can't feel pain?
11 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Heaven doesn't exist, once you are dead you rot in the ground and you are slowly decomposed by micro organisms.
- FreedomLv 71 decade ago
The Bible describes Heaven in great detail in Revelation chapters 21-22. Nowhere in those chapters is the possibility of sin mentioned. There will be no more death, sorrow, crying, or pain (Revelation 21:4). The sinful are not in Heaven, but the lake of fire (Revelation 21:8). Nothing impure will ever enter Heaven (Revelation 21:27). Outside of Heaven are those who sin (Revelation 22:15). So, the answer is no, there will be no sin in Heaven.
What does that mean for us? If there is no possibility of sin, does that means we will no longer have a free will in Heaven? It seems that in Heaven, or ability to choose will be similar to that of the angels. The angels had a one-time choice to obey God or follow Satan. There is no possibility of further angels sinning and joining Satan in his rebellion. The holy angels are "elect angels" (1 Timothy 5:21). Similar, the elect in Heaven will be "sealed" in their decision to forsake sin and trust in Christ. We will not even have the choice to sin. At the same time, having been delivered from sin and evil, and viewing the wonderful glories of Heaven, we would not choose sin even if we had the choice.
Recommended Resource: What the Bible Says about Heaven & Eternity by Ice & Demy.
- SentinelLv 71 decade ago
Listen God did not create automatons of course we will have free will in Heaven or else it would not be Heaven but Hell.
If you are blessed enough to get into Heaven you will have a perfect understanding of things and you will know that everyone is in the place where they fully deserve to be and there will be no remorse over family or friends.
- MomLv 41 decade ago
God will wipe out your memory so you won't know that your sinning relatives didn't make it. That way you can be blissful.
Also you will have free will but you won't WANT to sin once you're in God and Jesus divine presence. Never mind about Satan. That was just a fluke.
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- carlLv 41 decade ago
In heaven you are confirmed in grace and love. After death there is no more choosing you are fixed in grace or in sin forever.
But there is still free will because without free will you cannot love.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Angels have free will, so those who do go there, Yes, they have free will.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
I think you do yes. I also think that most souls cross over. Ignore idiotic religious dogma.
- nondescriptLv 71 decade ago
No, because Heaven doesn't exist, neither does Hell.
Those are just superstitions. When you die, you're just dead.