Does Remilation 19 say that Jesus has a tattoo?

That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity.

Hi, it's Bill Meyer, along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez, and this is the radio program where we answer your questions about the Bible and the Christian life every day. And as you can tell, we get some interesting ones. You can call us right now with your question at 8333-3-3-3-2-6-73. That's 1-833-843-2673. Our phone lines will be open for 25 minutes, so now's the time to call. You can also post your question on one of our social media sites, and of course you can always email us anytime at questions at core Christianity.com.

First up today, let's go to Larry calling in from Oregon. Larry, what's your question for Adriel?

Yeah, thank you, question for Adriel?

Yeah, thank you, Bill, and Adriel. My question has to do with free will.

So I know there are many pastors and teachers that teach that free will is a,

that salvation is a cooperative effort between man and God. And we know, however, scripture says that we are dead spiritually, that we need to be made alive for us to believe.

And we also know that God, he foreordains everything to come to pass, including the fall of Satan and the fall of man in the Garden of Eden.

So my question is, Adriel, since God is sovereign overall and foreordains everything to come to pass, isn't free will a fallacy.

Well, I think it depends on what an individual means.

When they're talking about free will, if somebody says, I have the freedom to, you know,

sort of pull myself up by the bootstraps and make these spiritual decisions, go from death to life, that's sort of a thing.

Well, the Bible says that we do as human beings have a will, but our will has been affected by the fall.

Every single part of us has been affected by the fall.

And so that doesn't mean that our will has been erased or that we don't make decisions now, even as nonbelievers, even as

those who are outside of Christ. It just means that we can't save ourselves that we're prone to evil,

evil desires, evil intentions. And so we need the work of the Holy Spirit

in our lives to renew us and illuminate our hearts so that we might embrace and even long for

the right things. Now, it's clear in Scripture that God does foreordain everything that

comes about, you know, Paul in Ephesians chapter 1, verse 11, says, in him we have obtained an

inheritance having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things

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