It's not good to add free will as a biblical principle either, since it's not one. I suspect you're relatively new in the Lord, and are being taught this "gospel" in your church. (Or, worse yet. You were raised into this, and never questioned what's being taught.) Might I make a suggestion? Do a word study on "free will" in the Bible.
I will give it will take you a lot of effort and quite a bit of time, but it will be worth it to you. It will make you dump all you're being taught until you see God's word for yourself, and then you will have a better understanding of when to question authority. More importantly, who has authority?
You're falling for propaganda tactics and simply because you're still stuck thinking older means smarter.
And, please notice, I'm not telling you what to believe. I'm asking you to look into it yourself. Because, on this site, lots of people think they know everything and want to plop their knowledge into the brains of anyone willing to listen.
Sister Depleated, I want to humby say I believe Free will is indeed true Scriptual principle:
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Free Will… Do we have free will and what are the consequences?
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James 1:12-18, “Blessed is the man who does endure trial, for when he has been proved, he shall receive the crown of life which the Master has promised to those who love Him. Let no one say when he is enticed, “I am enticed by Yah,” for Yah is not enticed by evil matters, and He entices no one. But each one is enticed when he is drawn away by his own desires and trapped. hen, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin. And sin, when it has been accomplished, brings forth death. Do not go astray, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of light, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of turning. Having purposed it, He brought us forth by the Word of truth, for us to be a kind of first-fruits of His creatures.”
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John 7:17, “If anyone chooses to do His desire, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is from YHWH, or whether I speak from Myself.”
“chooses” is word #G2309 θέλω thelo (the'-lō) v., ἐθέλω ethelo (e-the'-lō) , 1. to determine, i.e. choose or prefer., 2. (by implication) to wish, i.e. be inclined to., 3. (sometimes adverbially) gladly., 4. (impersonally for the future tense) to be about to., 5. (by Hebraism) to delight in., {literally or figuratively; as an active option from subjective impulse; whereas G1014 properly denotes rather a passive acquiescence in objective considerations}, [apparently strengthened from the alternate form of G138], KJV: desire, be disposed (forward), intend, list, love, mean, please, have rather, (be) will (have, -ling, - ling(-ly)) , Root(s): G138, Compare: G140, G1014
1 Corinthians 10:13, "No trial has overtaken you except such as is common to man, and YHWH is trustworthy, who shall not allow you to be tried beyond what you are able, but with the trial shall also make the way of escape, enabling you to bear it."[/FONT]
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Genesis 2:16-17, “And [/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman, serif]
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Mighty commanded the man, saying, “Eat of every tree of the garden, but do not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for in the day that you eat of it you shall certainly die.”[/FONT]
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Genesis 4:7, “If you do right, will it not be accepted? If you don’t do right, sin crouches at the door. Its desire is for you, but you are to rule over it.”
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, and him who does not serve Him.”
This is a test to see who is fit for the Kingdom of Yah. For the Gospel is about how to enter the Kingdom of Yah.
Matthew 10:7, “And as you go, proclaim, saying, ‘The Kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.”
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began to proclaim and to say, “Repent, for the Kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.”
He knows what we will do before we do it, but it is still our choice what we do day by day.
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