Does GOD force salvation on anyone ? Hebrews 10:26 to willingly, willfully sin after being converted there is no more sacrifice for sins. This describes a person who with knowledge of the truth blasphemes the Holy Spirit , there is no forgiveness.
Interesting you should ask this.
I said this to
@childeye 2 earlier:
Free will allows one to choose not to act on sinful desires, nor have a mindset that is against God's will - setting one's mind on the flesh.
One can choose to set one's mind on the spirit, and keep walking by spirit, or allow oneself to be led by the spirit.
11 Do this, knowing the time, that
it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now [
a]salvation is nearer to us than when we
first believed.
12 The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore
let’s rid ourselves of the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
13 Let’s [b]behave properly as in the day,
not in carousing and drunkenness,
not in sexual promiscuity and debauchery,
not in strife and jealousy.
14 But
put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.
This is a choice you and I have to make.
It is not a built in program that we automatically follow.
These involve action on our part... a doing - willingly; voluntarily; unforced; of one's own accord.... free will.
In case you will make the argument that the spirit dwelling in a person is what makes their will God's, and therefore their will is not free, I have a question for you...
Ephesians 4:30 reads... And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
He never answered the question,
We both know what the answer is.
I asked him to point out the noun, but haven't heard from him as yet.
There is no noun in the statement. Free will is an adjective.
This was made clear several times, including in the OP.
The Greek word
hekousios - meaning free will, is the neuter of a derivative from
hekon; voluntariness -- willingly, which is (
an adjective, a primitive term) –
properly, willing; "unforced, of one's own will, voluntary" (J. Thayer), i.e. acting on one's own accord. The root (hek-) emphasizes intentional, deliberate action (choice), i.e. "of free-will" (J. Thayer).
Post #69;
Post #145;
Post #169;
@childeye 2 acknowledged this several times as well.
childeye 2 said:
He even admitted to free willed decisions.
childeye 2 said:
childeye 2 said:
I believe an attempt at dragging on this debate is being made, although it has been proven very consistently and thoroughly, that humans have free will.
However, I am willing to go the mile, if need be, to establish this truth.
I won't be going through what has already been clearly, and simply stated, but anything that needs clarifying, I will address.
So, to be clear... "free will" in this statement is not a noun, because
the noun 'will' has been modified by the adjective 'free',
resulting phrase is typically referred to as an adjective phrase or adjectival phrase.
Phrases such as, of one's own accord; of one's own free will; freedom of choice... all fall into this same category.
There really is no need to spend time arguing over words, and doing so while avoiding the topic, or discussion at hand.