For free will believers out there
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FREEWILL of man.
Absolutely.
By observing babes from (natural) birth, they learn very quickly...HOW TO USE their SENSES...(and react, control);
Touch, Sight, Hearing, Taste, Smell...
Little toddlers, (as their body is Physically growing in strength, so ALSO is their Carnal Mind growing ) IN KNOWLEDGE and UNDERSTANDING and "MAKING" CHOICES...as can easily be observed.
As a toddler, grows, Becomes an Adult...his KNOWLEDGE has INCREASED "exponentially".
His "UNDERSTANDING", of his "KNOWLEDGE"....."LAGS".
Meaning...
KNOWLEDGE is one thing.
UNDERSTANDING the Knowledge is a completely DIFFERENT Thing.
* THAT ^ Applies to ANY Knowledge...
Carnal Knowledge...AND..Spiritual Knowledge
"UNDERSTANDING" -
The "understanding" of Carnal Knowledge - of mankind, IS Effected
* Through basic; SCIENCE.
(Trials, Testing, Experimenting, Data, Results, Achieving a desires result, or Continuing Experiments)
The "understanding" of Scriptural Knowledge - of mankind, IS Effected
* Through "ONE" Source; Lord GOD.
Every Individual man-KIND of thing; of Gods Creation and Making...
* IS...CREATED, bodily, "without the mans choice."
* IS...MADE, bodily "functional without the mans choice."
Every Individual man-KIND of thing; IS
Taught Knowledge... Without AND With "The Individuals "choice".
Every Individual man-KIND of thing; IS
"TAUGHT" Understanding... Without AND With "The Individuals "choice".
Regarding..Gods WORD of KNOWLEDGE:
* Scripture EXPRESSLY TEACHES:
** TO HEAR; THE "KNOWLEDGE" IN Written Scripture.
** TO VERIFY; what one HEARS, "IS" Knowledge Written IN Scripture.
** TO DIVIDE; the Truth so Written, THAT IT APPLIES, to the Individual.
** TO TRUST; GOD will Provide the "UNDERSTANDING" of His Word, TO that individual.
Freewill - of mankind.
Absolutely.
Carnal Minds THOUGHTS...Freely Believe something, Change their Minds, Stop Believing something, Believe something else instead.
THAT ^ is a Natural process, AS the MIND gathers "additional" Knowledge, "different" conclusions become believed.
Hearts THOUGHTS...are a natural mans TRUTH...(called the natural spirit of man).
The MIND and HEARTS THOUGHTS, can be COMPLETELY "OPPOSITE".
(Which is called; INTERNAL CONFLICT).
* Medically: (scientifically)... the RESULTS of such "internal conflict"...
Are identified by numerous "TERMS"...
....Depression, Anxiety, Mental illness, Duel personality, etc. etc.
THE CAUSE..IS CLEAR; Internal Conflict.
THE "FIX"..IS CLEAR;
....Scientifically TREAT, the SYMPTOMS, according TO the individual CHOOSING Mans "UNDERSTANDING".
...Scripturally TREAT, the CAUSE,
According TO the individual CHOOSING
Gods "UNDERSTANDING".
BOTTOM LINE...MEN HAVE "FREEWILL" TO CHOOSE.
* THE Caveat IS;
- An Individual Choosing Carnal (thought) mans WAY...definitely...by the POWER of a mans MIND, can be CHANGED over and over and over.
- An Individual Choosing Gods "HEART" (thought) WAY IS KEPT...specifically Forever...BY the POWER of God....AND...THAT FOREVER KEEPING...IS Chosen and EFFECTED, BY the Individuals Freewill.
Glory to God,
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