Thomas Schreiner and Bruce Ware, on “Free Will” and Sovereignty

“While God sovereignly regulates all that occurs in history, including the choices and actions of human beings, all humans use their volition to choose what they fully intend to carry out. They intend. They choose. They act. Yet, in and through all this, God’s will is performed, not frustrated. As Joseph states so clearly in Genesis 50:20 regarding the responsible actions of his brothers, ‘You meant it for evil, but God meant is for good.’ God is sovereign in and through the free actions we perform and for which we bear responsibility. The Bible everywhere affirms this, and so we believe.” (Still Sovereign, pg. 11)