Matthew Johnson wrote:
> In article , zach says...
> >
> >Matthew Johnson wrote:
>
> [snip]
> >> Of course, if either of these things had happened the Book of
Jonah
> >would not
> >> have been written. Jonah would have simply died as another
impenitent
> >sinner.
> >
> >All right then... did Saul/Paul have a choice in whether or not to
> >become an Apostle of Christ, or was it God that chose him and that
was
> >that?
>
> Why do you ask, "have a choice... OR was it God..."? THis is a false
dichotomy.
> Of _course_ he had a choice. And it was in foreknowledge of that
choice

So it was not God's plan in the first place, but rather He altered His
plan after He foreknew that Saul would make a certain choice? Is God a
slave to all of human history and the operations of the universe?

> that God
> chose him to be the "chosen vessel for spreading His name before the
Gentiles" (Acts 9:15).

That contradicts Saul/Paul having a choice. You are saying that
Saul/Paul made a choice (whether in the future or not is irrelevant,
God's plan still depends upon Saul/Paul's choice) and that God then
made _His_ choice?

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