Romans 6-
12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.
13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness.
If you don't see a choice being made in the bolded words above, you just aren't looking. When you are told to "stop", you have the choice to either do it or not do it.
16 Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?
You are not describing freedom you are describing bondage.
Certainly not. Paul even gives the options of these choices. If there were no choices, Paul would not have included being a slave to obedience. It seems you are not willing to accept the fact that God has given freedom to man.
Christ doesn't command us "stop sinning" He takes our sins away. He imparts to us His life.
Really? Have you never read:
John 5:14 - Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again.
Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.” NIV
1 Cor 15:34 - Come back to your senses as you ought, and
stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God —I say this to your shame.
Scripture says differently.
The slave may thinks as he likes but because he is a slave he must do the will of his owner.
This is true, but accepting the promise of salvation is a THOUGHT, not an action commanded.
Trusting cannot be ordered by the slave owner. So unbelievers CAN trust God and His promise.
This isn't about willing something. It is about believing something.
Do you have to "will yourselrf" to believe something? Of course not. That doesn't even sound right.
He has a will but it is in bondage.
Sure. He can rebel against the slave owner, just like Onesimus did.
The will isn't involved in getting saved. The mind is involved. When the gospel is presented, a choice is created. To believe God's promise or not to.
Real simple.
The Calvinst claim that man must be regenerated in order to believe is not found in Scripture. The opposite is, actually.