Yes,I think you are right,self will is a better word.I do not believe God has made us machines. As Ravi said in the video how can you have love if you have not choice? Thanks for sharing,very well spoken sister.
Some people say that A&E must have eaten from the tree of life already, but I do not agree with this notion, for the Tree of Life is representative of Jesus Christ, Who is the true vine, and also, the Tree of Life was barred to them upon their expulsion from the garden, with cherubim and flaming swords guarding it that they could not eat of it and live forever in their sinful state.
We are all gifted with this first life, the life of the flesh, for we are born into Adam, but then it is put to us, we are called to accept through grace the gift of faith in the propitiatory sacrifice Jesus Christ made on our behalf due to His great love for us. He took on the penalty for sin, became sin for us, that we might attain to life ever after through the covering of His righteous blood... this choice is offered to us and if we accept it, we attain to life ever after through the resurrected life of Jesus Christ, for He is the light and life of men. Then we are born again of the Spirit of God, for the flesh counts for nothing. He alone has overcome sin and death, He holds the keys to life and death, in Him we live and move and have our being