God’s Sovereignty and Man’s Free Will
Sovereignty, properly understood, creates no conflict between God’s sovereignty and man’s free will.
To be sovereign is to possess absolute authority. According to the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition, a sovereign is:
“One that exercises supreme, permanent authority, especially in a nation or other governmental unit …”
Under the adjectival form are included:
Self-governing, independent; having supreme rank or power; paramount; supreme…
From the Century Dictionary is cited:
“Supreme in power; possessing supreme dominion; not subject to any other…. one to whom allegiance is due…”
And from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English, we see:
“Independent of, and unlimited by...
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