There is a regrettable trait in some interpretations of Christianity that portrays the ideal Christian as a sort of automaton, a marionette with no will, ideas or identity of its own. Everything we bring to the relationship with God is condemned and it appeals to God to replace sinful human agency with divine will.
Surely the whole point of God's creation is that we are given our own soul, our own mind, our own agency. The whole point of God's teaching is that the agency is ours. Without that nothing makes sense.
God loves us with endless patience, so we are promised help and protection and guidance and forgiveness, but God is not interested in robots, God wants relationship with individuals, creative and constructive, building with the gifts we have.
Surely the whole point of God's creation is that we are given our own soul, our own mind, our own agency. The whole point of God's teaching is that the agency is ours. Without that nothing makes sense.
God loves us with endless patience, so we are promised help and protection and guidance and forgiveness, but God is not interested in robots, God wants relationship with individuals, creative and constructive, building with the gifts we have.
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