It has plenty to do with FREEWILL if you understand that your will becomes His Will through the process ofnewbirth said:what does this have to do with freewill...the truth does not make you free to do as you please...it makes you free to choose either to be a servant of righteousness or a servant of sin...before the truth you were in bondage to sin...
Where does scripture say "God begins to make our choices for us" that is false teaching...
sanctification. John 17:17 & 21 says,
17 Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.
21 that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in
You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that
You sent Me.
My point is, when we become one with the Christ which is within us, we only say what our Father says, and
we only do what we see our Father do. Isn't that what Jesus said? If you are one with Him, then you will not
do anything contrary to the Word of God, because God will be making that decision for you.
As a matter of fact, you can't come to God unless He draws you. You don't choose yourself, God chooses you.
John 15:16 says,
16 You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that
you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so
that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.
The old man thinks he is doing something for God, because he believes that Jesus is the Christ, but Jesus told
us we can't even come to Him to believe, unless the Spirit draws us. Where is our FREEWILL in that? When
we begin to understand that God does it all, then and only then, can we recognize the old man that is trying to
deceive us into believing that we are saved by our own confessing that Jesus is Lord. No, a thousand times no,
the new man which is created in Christ Jesus, is the one that will confess that Jesus is Lord. He will not take any
credit for the salvation that Jesus supplied for us @ Calvary.
We must lay down our wills and allow God's will to be done in our lives. Our will is always tainted with carnality,
because of the mortality within our body. God has provided a solution to our mortal problem through His Son's
death, and the old man within us must die daily in order for us to benefit now and in the future. It comes down
to one thing... are we going to believe the old man or the new man. Either one will influence your so called
freewill.
Jacob learned that lesson when he wrestled with the angel. God changed his name (nature) from Jacob (deceiver)
to Israel (God Rules). When we understand God Rules in every situation, then we can begin to focus on things that
matter. His yoke is EASY. His decisions are perfect!!!
What a God! What a Plan!
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