The One "
in charge" is HE who "
draws", "predestined", "called", "fore-ordainned" in order for those who would receive "
the GIFT OF FAITH" from God, in order TO believe.
JOH 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me DRAW him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
And the word "
draw" is more correctly defined; SRN 1670 helkuo
"to drag" (lit. or fig.)
And you aren't
dragging you, HE IS!
ROM 8:29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the first-born among many brethren. 30 And those whom he PREDESTINED he also CALLED; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified.
SRN 4309 proorizo: to limit in advance, i.e. (fig.)
predetermine
And you aren't
'predetermining' to be
CALLED of God, HE IS!
ACT 13:48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ORDAINED to eternal life believed.
SRN 5021
tasso:to arrange in an orderly manner, i.e. assign or dispose (to a certain position or lot)
And you aren't
ordaining yourself HE IS!
This last one nails it for me.
JOH 1:12 But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God;
13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, BUT of God.
So there you have it; when it comes to being
YOU "who were born" again, it did not rely on your/my hot shot
"BLOOD" family's name, nor was it by t
he will of your/my sinful
FLESH natured body, nor was it by
the will of man....including You/me. Getting born again from above, into His family takes place by
'the will of GOD', not Yours/mine.
And last but not least; Where do you get the faith TO believe? According to scripture, it is FROM GOD and you can't confess with the FAITH OF/FROM GOD until you have HEARD?RHEMA a written LOGOS/word.
ROM 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
By "
hearing" (not 'from what was heard' or 'having read'. It comes from 'hearing' with ears that hear His voice.
SRN 4487
rhema:
an utterance
Now, please give me ONE verse proving anyone has FREE WILL until after "
he whom the son has set free is FREE INDEED."
And refute every scripture which I provided to answer your post.