Does man have a libertarian free will?

But faith is a fruit of the Holy Spirit = God must save you before you can believe.

Apparently God had mercy on the children of the Exodus...He didn't judge them for the sins of their parents...because they themselves did not have knowledge between good and evil yet because they were children. Scripture also says you are judged according to what you know and understand. James 5:17 to him that knows to do good and doeth it not to him it is a sin.

Deut. 1:39
39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

Apparently God had mercy on the children of the Exodus...He didn't judge them for the sins of their parents...because they themselves did not have knowledge between good and evil yet because they were children. Scripture also says you are judged according to what you know and understand. James 5:17 to him that knows to do good and doeth it not to him it is a sin.

Deut. 1:39
39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

Again pistis and pisteuo. One is a gift and the other of human response to the pursuit of the Spirit.

So yes still conditional. This isnt universalism or restrictive. But open to all who believe.

Also just to clarify that is James 4:17

Apparently God had mercy on the children of the Exodus...He didn't judge them for the sins of their parents...because they themselves did not have knowledge between good and evil yet because they were children. Scripture also says you are judged according to what you know and understand. James 5:17 to him that knows to do good and doeth it not to him it is a sin.

Deut. 1:39
39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

Romans 8:29 English Standard Version (ESV)
29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

Not sure how this limits free will?

30.100 προβλέπομαιb; προγινώσκωb: to choose or select in advance of some other event—‘to choose beforehand, to select in advance.’
προβλέπομαιb: τοῦ θεοῦ περὶ ἡμῶν κρεῖττόν τι προβλεψαμένου ‘because God had chosen ahead of time an even better plan for us’ He 11:40. It is also possible to understand προβλέπομαι in He 11:40 as meaning ‘to decide in advance’ (compare the meanings in 30.84) or ‘to provide for’ (35.35).


Louw, J. P., & Nida, E. A. (1996). Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains (electronic ed. of the 2nd edition., Vol. 1, p. 362). New York: United Bible Societies.

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To provide for in advance God chose or predestined a way for salvation. This includes the elect out of the foreknowledge of God. God can see whose names are left in the book of life at the end even before the beginning.

None of this restricts free will. God didn't choose without foreknowledge.

Foreknowledge is key.

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Sin prevents free will. Are you saying people are not bound by sin?

Where does scripture say sin prevents free will?

Funny since most of these pages are with your 30 paragraphs posts.

We are said to be slaves of sin (Satan). And the truth makes us free.

Sound's as though you are at a dead end?

Why

Jesus died to set us free...He defeated death, hell and the grave and broke those chains of sin....That whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life.

Funny since most of these pages are with your 30 paragraphs posts.