Sorry to hear you don't accept the whole counsel of God and have been mislead by the false teachers.
God created man in His Own Image... so man does in fact have free will, and we know this because God cannot lie.
The fact of the matter is, the Lord expects man to humble himself before the Lord...
1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
*** WHO... is to do the humbling of themselves to the Lord????
That’s right, WE are! (see Philippians 4:13)
John 15:1,2
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. John 15:5 IF A MAN ABIDE NOT IN ME, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. ***
WHO... is to do the abiding according to Jesus????
That’s right, WE are! (see Philippians 4:13)
John 15:4,5
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
*** WHO... is to do the abiding according to Jesus????
That’s right, WE are! (see Philippians 4:13)
John 15:8-10
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
HOW are we to abide in Christ, thru our own strength and ability???
NO... thru the Lord Who strengthens us! (see Philippians 4:13)
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me.
Sadly... many fail to understand that Philippians 4:13 is applicable to us today... View attachment 258113
God created man in His Own Image... so man does in fact have free will, and we know this because God cannot lie.
The fact of the matter is, the Lord expects man to humble himself before the Lord...
1 Peter 5:6
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
*** WHO... is to do the humbling of themselves to the Lord????
That’s right, WE are! (see Philippians 4:13)
John 15:1,2
I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. John 15:5 IF A MAN ABIDE NOT IN ME, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. ***
WHO... is to do the abiding according to Jesus????
That’s right, WE are! (see Philippians 4:13)
John 15:4,5
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
*** WHO... is to do the abiding according to Jesus????
That’s right, WE are! (see Philippians 4:13)
John 15:8-10
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
HOW are we to abide in Christ, thru our own strength and ability???
NO... thru the Lord Who strengthens us! (see Philippians 4:13)
Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me.
Sadly... many fail to understand that Philippians 4:13 is applicable to us today... View attachment 258113
Man was created in the image of God but you may have read that he rebelled and fell from his first estate.
Paul says mankind were plunged into slavery to sin. ... slavery does not spell freewill.
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There is nothing humble about telling God, after He has set us free from our bondage that we could have decided to be righteous any time we wanted, all we needed to do was "make a decision"
You do realise that if it were true that you had freewill you could choose any time you liked to be saved, to become righteous, to be born again. This makes our Lord's death on the cross quite unnecessary.
"for by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves lest JimmyTheLock should boast"