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If that is what you believe, then you believe in Theological Determinism. Clearly God knew before creation that Adam would disobey; therefore, according to you, God predestined Adam's disobedience. Thus, it was not Adam's fault, but rather God's fault. Theological Determinism makes God...

Jesus says that you are wrong. John 6:28 Then they said to him, "What must WE do, to be doing the works of God?" John 6:29 Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent."

Any credible Greek Scholar will tell you that you are wrong. It was not because of forgiveness of sin. It was unto the forgiveness of sin. i.e., in order to receive forgiveness of sin.

Rom 11:20 That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear. Rom 11:21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.

We do a lot of things that that we do that are not considered to be works of the law or for a wage, such as eating, drinking, sleeping, thinking, conversing with one another, hearing, confessing, loving, etc., etc., including being baptized. Rom 3:20 For by works of the law no human being will...

Even John's baptism was for the forgiveness of sin. Mar 1:4 John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. Luk 3:3 And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of...

Every person's name is in the book of life when they are born. It is blotted out when that person sins. It is written back in when one is born again, thus having sins forgiven and the spirit renewed (reborn) to its original state. (Original Sin is a lie).

You are saying that, not me. You obviously are confused about what either foreknowledge or predestination mean. To foreknow is simply to know ahead of time. God knows everything. It is called omniscience. omniscience of the future is called foreknowledge. It has nothing whatsoever to do...

But you apparently don't believe what the bible says is the purpose of baptism.

And you cannot mix doing something with works of law. After all, Jesus said believing in God is a work, but certainly not a work of law.

But you have no references in scripture that would indicate that could have occurred.

That is foreknowledge, not predestination. The failure to understand that is only a part of the problem in the Calvinist soteriology. We cannot remove our spiritual blindness, but we can want God to remove it. That happens when we believe in God. Romans 11 says a remnant Israel had been saved...

I don't know understand your point.

And He has told us that He does know everything.

True enough. In order to communicate, there must be agreement on meaning of words and critical phrases. That does not usually happen.

What does it mean "to believe in your spirit"? That is not a phrase that even exists in the Bible.

Yes, and it is mostly your nonbiblical soteriology.

For one to believe in free will does not mean believing that that one made himself born again. Such thinking is wrong.

I don't know if it helps the conversation at all. My point is that what some here are proclaiming is a divine message direct from God apart from His written word which is simply not there. Such a direct divine message is what may be referred to as the doctrine of illumination. That is a false...

Yes, that message is the Bible, the written word of God.