Does man have a freewill ?

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brightfame52

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Mem said:
Pharoah's will be that Pharoah be the sovereign one. And that hardened delusion was his destruction.
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Like I said, Gods mercy isnt for everyone, but only a remnant, the rest will be hardened Rom 11:7

5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.

All of mankind is divided into two groups we either part of the election of Grace, a remnant or of the rest which will be blinded. And you cant freewill yourself out of it.
 
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brightfame52

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No man doesnt have a freewill from the servitude of sin, disobedience/unbelief. However the elect for whom Christ died and set free, they will be made servants to God and bring forth fruit unto holiness and the end everlasting life, Rom 6:22

But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

Sin here is unbelief and disobedience, but notice Paul said being made free from sin, the words " made free from sin" in the original

ἐλευθερόω is aorist passive participle meaning:

  1. to make free
  2. set at liberty: from the dominion of sin
They were acted upon and set at liberty from the dominion of sin, which is unbelief

And then it reads "and become servants to God"δουλόω another aorist passive participle, they were acted upon and made servants to God, that's conversion to God, made a believer, for we cant serve God with fruit unto holiness without becoming a believer.

So this becoming a believer was all of Gods power, to being set free from the dominion of sin/unbelief, to being made a servant to God bringing forth fruit unto holiness unto everlasting life, this is Paul's doctrine.
 
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Prov 16:9

9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.

Prov 19:21

21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

Jer 10:23

23 O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

Peace to all,

Trhough two natures God devisity and directeth the One Body in all becoming again One Family of God, to my undersanding in all rationalization and through the Faith of Abraham becoming again in all, I Believe.

Logically speaking, The Exodus is out of the Bosom of Abraham becoming through the Christ in all mankind becoming again in all One Divine Spirit Family One God in being a Divine Holy Family.

To make free becoming from failed choice to love or to love not becoming fulfilled choice to love and to love with only the most love through The Christ becoming again in all in One Divine Spirit Family One God in being, in all generalizations, I believe.

Peace always,
Stephen
 
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