Freewill

Freewill

1: voluntary choice or decision

2: freedom of humans to make choices that are not determined by prior causes or by divine intervention

Synonyms: choice, freedom, option, free choice, decision, opportunity, chance

And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” ^{Joshua 24:15 ESV}

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. ^{James 1:13-16 ESV}

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. ^{Revelation 3:20 ESV}

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.” ^{Deuteronomy 30:19-20 ESV}

The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. ^{Proverbs 16:9 ESV}

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. ^{Romans 10:9-10 ESV}

If anyone’s will is to do God’s will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. ^{John 7:17 ESV}

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. ^{Proverbs 16:1 ESV}

Who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. ^{1 Timothy 2:4 ESV}

And they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will. ^{2 Timothy 2:26 ESV}

But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. ^{John 1:12-13 ESV}

And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. ^{Mark 8:34 ESV}

The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way; ^{Psalm 37:23 ESV}