As Christians, our highest goal should be to honor God. It is something most all of us intend to do. So which View honors God?
No one fits neatly into a category, but chances are that if you are a Settled Theist, you believe most of the following:
Settled View:
God knows all of the future
God intended for the fall of man(to provide grace)
Every prophecy was fulfilled
There is no change in God
Some or all of mans actions are predestined.
Settled Theist look at Peter's denial of Christ as an example of God's foreknowledge. Some argue that Peter had freewill. And his decision to deny Christ was his to make or not, meaning he didn't "have to do it."
But how? God said he was going to do it. He is always right about the future. God won't change. So how could PETER chose otherwise?
Perhaps he foresaw the decision... isn't that the explanation? But still, the decision is sealed in time, Peter's decision was a result of countless causes and effects, locked in eternity as final. Noting Peter could do would change it.
There was only one outcome, and denial was the only choice. With the Settled View, there is no freewill. The outcome only seems like it was birthed from freewill.
How do freewill loving S.V.er's answer this? They don't, instead they ignore the problem and look for problems in other theological solutions so they can hold to the precious belief that God knows all the future.
For some reason, you can sacrifice anything about God, us, the world, sinners, anything goes as long as we keep that one idea true: God knows alllllll of the future. And the idea isn't even stated in scripture.
Why sacrifice it all to keep the one idea? Why does God's worthiness of Praise and power hinge on this idea? The O.V. honors God, and sees him as worthy without requiring he have 100% future knowledge. Why can't the S.V. drop the drama and let God's deity not rest on what he does or doesn't know about the future?