Can anyone...by their own "FREE WILL" choose Christ?

[William Wilbur]

Can anyone...by their own "FREE WILL"
choose JESUS CHRIST?

John 15:16
Ye have not chosen me,
but I have chosen you, and ordained you,
that ye should go and bring forth fruit,
and that your fruit should remain:

Can you or anyone else
by their own "FREE WILL"
come to JESUS CHRIST?

John 6:44
No man can come to me,
except the Father which hath sent me draw him:
and I will raise him up at the last day

(greek word for draw above; helko = DRAG)

Can you or anyone else
by their own "FREE WILL"
decide to do GOD'S desires?

Phil 2:13
For it is God which worketh in you
both to will and to do of his good pleasure

So, by our own "FREE WILL"
we can't choose Jesus
we can't come to Jesus
we can't even "internally" desire to do either

So, it's our Creator himself
who begins this great work within our very beings

Can we have any confidence in this?

Phil 1:6
Being confident of this very thing ,
that he which begun a good work in you
will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Amazing!!
That's like a "FREE GIFT"

Eph 4:7
But unto every one of us is given grace
according to the measure of the gift of Christ

What exactly is this "GIFT" ?

Eph 2:8
For by grace are ye saved through faith;
and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Has every man received this gift of faith?

Rom 12:3
God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith

Is it possible for us to increase our faith?

Rom 10:17
So then faith cometh by hearing,
and hearing by the word of God

So God himself, and the word of God;
are the sources for receiving and increasing our faith

Faith sure is of "great importance" to God!!

Heb 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please him:
for he that cometh to God must believe that he is,
and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him

So, as it is written;
we must have faith ,
we must believe that God is
we must believe he will reward us

Didn't JESUS teach us…to Have Faith and Believe?

JESUS SAID:

Matt 21:21
If ye have faith and doubt not,

Matt 9:29
According to your faith be it unto you

Matt 15:28
Great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt

Luke 7:50
Thy faith hath saved thee

Luke 17:19
Thy faith hath made thee whole

Mark 5:36
Be not afraid, only believe

Mark 9:23
If thou canst believe,
all things are possible to him that believeth

Matt 21:22
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer,
believing ye shall receive

Matt 9:28
Believe ye that I am able to do this?

Matt 8:13
As thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee

William Wilbur
http://myspace.com/water_spirit_blood