Yet the Scriptures teach that God does move a person’s will, but in such a way that the person acts freely and voluntarily. Furthermore, sovereignty on a human plane suggests force and coercion, people doing things against their wills as in the subjection of slaves to masters, but the Scriptures never portray God’s sovereignty in this manner. The second truth we must keep in mind is that God is never the author of sin.
never the author of sin
