I remember when I was 16 or so, shortly after my father died, wrestling with this question, although it wasn't really a question. It was just thoughts I wrote down, which I NEVER did, or do, in a composition book. I lost it maybe 35 years ago.
How can God give free will to a created being? Yet if He didn't, how can a being without freewill give TRUE love?
I remember at the time writing He must have given man free will or we would have been glorified robots that gave programmed love. Which isn't really love. Or, is it?
Well, if God didn't give freewill, then why would Adam and Eve EVER sin, and NOT do God's will always. But I distinctly remember writing that because of man's freewill, God has PAIN! Or sorrow.
Think about that. We can cause pain and grief to our Creator!
So we HAVE to have freewill to choose Jesus! You all know the Scriptures dealing with choosing Him.
BUT....
How can