Joshua 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell, but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Some parents would be grieved by the wayward course of their children who have come to the age of accountability, and others may have a righteous indignation, but the choices of such persons are to be respected. If a Christian and a Buddhist decide to get married, contrary to the directives given in the scriptures, God respects their choices thus made, and in the books of heaven they are recorded as husband and wife. The gospel never compels anyone to serve or obey God. Never!
Again, being loaded with The Holy Ghost does not prevent anyone from choosing either good or bad. If we are inclined to choose good, The Holy Spirit will enable us to do so. But if we deliberately choose to do evil, God does not prevent us from doing so. There is a passage in the Bible which goes like this: “Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling”.
This passage must never be understood to mean that God keeps persons from sinning against their will, for if He were to do this, like Balaam, when the restraining power of God left him, persons will just go back to doing what they had purposed originally, and in certain instances, they may even go deeper into sin. God keeps us if we choose to be kept, but in most cases, He does not put a righteous bridle on us so that if we decide to sin, an angel would stand in the way with flaming sword drawn in his hand, to block or prevent us from doing so. This isn’t how it works!
Numbers 22:19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the Lord will say unto me more. 20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!