At this point I think with all the scriptures that refer to God's predeterminism , predestination, foreknowledge, of all things of him and in him, of course including humans, that the best thing to add is the definition of free will. That particulars of which applied to the aforementioned predeterminant factors God has established in the world, as his word tells us, should get the point across in a new way.
Free Will (Noun)
Free Will (Noun)
- the power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate; the ability to act at one's own discretion.
Free will is NOT the power of acting without facing possible consequences either positive or negative that may come from a particular decision or action..
So that's what free will is to me..
God who foreknows all History already knows what decisions and actions people are going to pursue out of their own free will.. But He does not force one person to decide or act in one way and force another to decide and act in another way.. Foreknowing what someone is going to do does not mean you are forcing them to do what they are going to do..