Featured Do we have free will to choose to believe and follow God?

JOSHUA 24:14-15 is spoken to God's people. There is no contradiction to ROMANS 3:10-18 whatsoever.

Ok let's examine your claims here in detail and see if there is any truth in what you are saying here.

JOSHUA 24:14-15 [14], Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve you the LORD. [15], And if it seem evil to you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

Your trying to argue that JOSHUA 24:14-15 is not talking about free will because of ROMANS 3:10-18 which says...

ROMANS 3:10-18
[10], As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
[11], There is none that understands, there is none that seeks after God.
[12], They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that does good, no, not one.
[13], Their throat is an open sepulcher; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
[14], Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
[15], Their feet are swift to shed blood:
[16], Destruction and misery are in their ways:
[17], And the way of peace have they not known:
[18], There is no fear of God before their eyes.

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You may want to re-check your references Dave, they say nothing against free will and choosing to believe and follow God's Word.

Hope this helps...

 

You have not provided a single scripture here that has anything to do with man having or not having free will. You have not provided a single scripture to show that mankind does not have a free will to choose to believe and follow God's Word. It God's Word that is the power of creation to all those who believe.

 

The bible does say mankind has a darkened heart but No if mankind did not have free will they could not choose to believe and follow God's Word and the Gospel would not be GOOD NEWS to all mankind. It is God the gives the power through faith. For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ for it is the POWER of God to everyone who believes *ROMANS 1:16; JOHN 3:15-21.

 

Please prove your claims there has nothing been taken out of context in this OP. Please address the OP and prove your claims. If you cannot prove what you are claiming why do you not believe God's Word?

Salvation is from sin not to continue in it *JOHN 8:31-36 because the wages of sin is death to all those who reject the gift of God's dear son *ROMANS 6:23. It is those who continue in sin that receive their reward of everlasting punishment because they did not choose to believe and follow Gods Word. Only God's Word is true and we should believe and follow it RO.

 

Sorry I have real life things to do as well. What does it matter if my replies are fast or slow? It was never because of anything you have said here as you have not provided anything from God's Word to show that mankind does not have free will to choose to believe and follow God's Word and it is God's Word not mine as shown in the OP that we have free will to choose to believe and follow God's Word or not believe and follow God's Word. Only God's Word is true and you have provided none to support anything you have claimed here.

Hope this is helpful.

 

I have answered your question this OP is on free will. You are free to start another thread on your topic somewhere else if you wish to. I can understand why you always seek to change the subject matter however. Only God's Word is true and we should believe and follow it.

 

Yep I do. You wish to change the topic as it does not agree with you. It is God's Word not mine and we should bring everything to the light of God's Word as it is only in God's Word that we can know the truth and the truth canset us free. God's Word does not teach we are robots.

 

The GREEK from the OP on PHILEMON 1:14 says this...

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon

ἑκουσιος , ἑκουσιον (ἑκων), “voluntary”: κατα ἑκουσιον, “of free will,” Philemon 1:14. (Numbers 15:3; καθ' ἑκουσιαν, Thucydides 8, 27 — *

Vines
Usage Notes: "willing," is used with kata in Philem. 1:14, lit., "according to willing," RV, "of free will" (AV, "willingly").

ἑκούσιος, ία, ιον (Soph., Thu.+; inscr., pap., LXX, Philo) voluntary, as a volunteer κατὰ ἑκούσιον (opp. κατὰ ἀνάγκην) of one’s own free will Phlm 14 (Num 15:3

William Arndt et al., A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature : A Translation and Adaption of the Fourth Revised and Augmented Edition of Walter Bauer’s Griechisch-Deutsches Worterbuch Zu Den Schrift En Des Neuen Testaments Und Der Ubrigen Urchristlichen Literatur (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1979), 243.

ἑκούσιος hekousios; from 1635; of free will, voluntary:—free will(1).

Robert L. Thomas, New American Standard Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries : Updated Edition (Anaheim: Foundation Publications, Inc., 1998).

ἑκούσιος
hekousios, adj., willing; acting of free will; willingly. 14× +NT

The Lexham Analytical Lexicon of the Septuagint (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012).

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Thanks for the discussion Dave. Your false allegations that you cannot prove from the scriptures are noted. I do not follow anyone except God's Word. In this thread I have only provided God's Word to you but you do not believe it. I can understand why you do not wish to talk about this topic as it does not agree with you, yet it is God's Word not mine so your arguement is with God not me. I only wish you well Dave. Maybe you can pray about it.

 

Sorry but we are not cats and dogs we are made in the image of God *GENESIS 1:26 and have free will to choose to believe and follow God's Word or not to believe and follow God's Word *JOHN 3:15-21; PHILEMON 1:14; 1 CORINTHIANS 7:37; DEUTERONOMY 30:19; JOSHUA 24:14-15. God's Word is the power of creation as we believe 1 JOHN 5:4.