Well, at least you acknowledge free will. However, our bodies have no will of their own, whether free or not.The free will of the flesh is to reject Christ, to not believe in Him.
Now we go on to blame the body for what we do with it? My mouth don't speak unless I give the words and move the lips. My had doesn't touch unless I give the command and move the fingers.
People can say they are ruled by their bodies, but it's just a lying excuse for ruling over the body badly.
"It's as if my body had a mind of it's own" Is just an expression, not a truth.
Very good. And so you statement about the free will of the flesh is false. Afterall, if our own bodies do have their own will, then they certainly aren't at all worthless, but are entirely important toward doing anything in life.That is why Christ says the things he does, as in John 6
It is the Spirit which gives life, the flesh is worthless.
The only importance the flesh has in this life is to house the spirit in, so that we can do things in this life with the body.
True. However more accurately, the Bible says the natural man is only into the things of the flesh. They only mind, or put their mind, to the things of the body.Unbelievers are only in the flesh, and not in the Spirit, and they don't belong to Christ.
Afterall, all spirits and soul of man are in the flesh.
Even God Himself Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.
There's nothing in the flesh itself, but molecule tissue.
This is where the Son of God begins to show the people of God, that there will be no more genealogical profit towards being in the Israel of God,63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing.
This is why Jesus was so hated by the unbelieving Jews. Nicodemus shows they knew who He was from God, but they did not at all want to believe His message to them.
It's the same with some Christians today. The only play lip-service to the Bible as the truth of God, but they don't want to believe all that the Bible says to us about entering into and living in the kingdom of God.
It's the repent of all transgressions, and live holily at all times, that they get offended (just as the Jews did about natural bloodline), and refuse to believe it. Why? because they refuse to repent and do it.
All unbelief in the truth of the gospel, is by unrepentance. That includes those naming the name of Christ or not. The common denominator is repenting not of all sins and trespasses.
The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.
This is good proof that no words nor works of man are from the flesh, but only from our heart and mind using the body to say and do such things, whether for the good or for the evil.
Exactly, no man can come to Jesus of his own will, without first repenting of our own will.“Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Nor does the Father grant anyone to come into His house, just by repenting alone. As I've said, any man can repent of anything he wants, if he puts his mind to it, but only them repenting of all sins and trespasses for Jesus' sake, can come to the Father by Him.
This is why the unrepented Christians sinners also are not allowed to enter into the holy and pure kingdom of God. Because they never repent of all there sins, but only some, and only when they feel like it. (Which is what this thread is all about)
The Father doesn't give freedom to come to the Son for those who repent for Allah's sake, nor for those who only partially repent at their leisure for a Christian show to others.