Where does the bible say that man has the ability to choose?
It seems to me that the bible teaches that with out God we dead in sin, and I am not sure how a dead man makes desicions.
It also seems that we are told that we are slaves to sin, and will do the will of our master, and what ever we do it is sin.
And Paul said something like "the evil that I do not want to do, that I keep doing." If he does not want to do it then why does he do it?
I am not for this libertarian free will, I am for a free will that is confined to the nature of the person, if he is unregenerated all his choices will be dirrected by his unregenerated nature, like wise if he is regerated then he will have a new nature and will act out that nature.
Taking into concideration of the two wills at odds.
Anyways, while man can choice what pants he might where today, he can not choice God unless God choices and regerates the man.