Wonderful post and full of truth. But I have to remind you, many here don't believe man has a free will...
A bit of a mischaracterization .
We have free will on most everything, except conceiving and birthing ourselves to become Sons and Daughters of God.
I think when John looked down and was shocked to see the state of the Church in Revelation, this massive division was part of the reason.
We are all of the Body of Christ. When we lash out at one another it’s the equivalent of punching yourself in the gut, or slashing your own arm.
“Saul,Saul, why are you persecuting Me?!”
Jesus makes no distinction between Himself and other believers in Him.
Why are we making a distinction?