Originally Posted by
fuego
Here's one. The widow at Nain. Jesus had compassion on the mother and raised the kid from the dead. He didn't ask permission, he just did it due to his compassion.
I thought about that one earlier and from a standpoint of PRINCIPLE it is could support your perspective. Now, if I were only out to win the argument I could point out two things:
1. This was a raising from the dead, NOT a deliverance.
2. Verse 14 of Luke 7 could imply some consent, at least by the people with the boy: "And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise."
But, of course, I am not trying to win an argument (or am I? The heart is deceitful above all things )
All kidding aside, that Scripture does make a good case for your position but how would you address those two objections above?