THE DOCTRINE OF FREEWILL IS BASICALLY THIS, THAT A PERSON CAN MAKE A DECISION, AND ACT ON THAT DECISION, WITHOUT ANY ANTECEDENT CAUSES, OR WITHOUT ANY DEVINE INTERVENTION. THE DOCTRINE OF PREDESTINATION IS BASICALLY THIS THAT GOD HAS PREDETERMINED WHO WILL SPEND ETERNITY WITH HIM IN HEAVEN, HE HAS SET HIS CHILDREN ON A NARROW PATH THAT LEADS TO THE STRAIT GATE, AND PLANNED ALL THE EVENTS OF THE WORLD SO THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD, FOR HIS ELECT. BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, GOD KNEW HIS CHILDREN, AND PREDESTINATED THEM TO BE ADOPTED INTO HIS FAMILY OF FAITH.

Eph:1:1: Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

Eph:1:2: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Eph:1:3: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

Eph:1:4: According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

Eph:1:5: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

BEFORE WE, THE ELECT OF GOD, WERE BORN; BEFORE WE HAD DONE ANY GOOD, OR EVIL. GOD LOVED US, AND PREDESTINATED US TO BE HIS VERY OWN. BY GRACE ARE WE SAVED, THROUGH FAITH, AND NOT OF OURSELVES, IT IS A GIFT OF GOD. GRACE IS AN UNMERITED FAVOR, WE DID NOTHING TO DESERVE GOD'S LOVE, BUT HE LOVED US, AND PLANNED ALL THE EVENTS OF THE WORLD, SO THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR OUR GOOD.

Rom:8:28: And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Rom:8:29: For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Rom:8:30: Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

Rom:8:31: What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

Rom:8:32: He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

CAN A PERSON OF HIS OWN FREEWILL COME TO CHRIST? NO, IT IS GOD THAT CALLS HIS CHILDREN TO REPENTANCE, JUSTIFIES, AND GLORIFIES, US. WE DID NOT CHOSE GOD, IT IS GOD THAT HAS CHOSEN US, HIS ELECT. IN THIS VERSE OF SCRIPTURE JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD IS SPEAKING, AND HE SAYS THESE WORDS.

Jn: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: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

WHEN JESUS CHRIST, CREATED THE ELECT OF GOD, HE CREATED US IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO BELIEVE WITHOUT SEEING. AND WHEN WE HEAR THE GOSPEL PREACHED FAITH COMES INTO OUR HEARTS. ONLY THOSE THAT GOD HAS ORDAINED TO ETERNAL LIFE HAVE THE POWER TO BELIEVE THE GOSPEL.

Acts:13:46: Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

Acts:13:47: For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.

Acts:13:48: And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

CHILDREN OF LIGHT, WHEN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST CREATED US, HE CREATED US WITH THE ABILITY TO BELIEVE WITHOUT SEEING. FOR EXAMPLE I DID NOT HAVE TO CLIMB MOUNT SINAI WITH MOSES TO BELIEVE THAT GOD GAVE HIM THE LAW. FOR I BELIEVE HIS REPORT. I DID NOT HAVE TO GO INTO THE WILDERNESS OF ARABIA, TO SEE JESUS CHRIST GIVE THE APOSTLE PAUL THE EPISTLES THAT HE RECORDED IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. FOR I BELIEVE HIS REPORT. WE, AS SAINTS OF GOD, RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST BY FAITH. THE CHILDREN OF SATAN CANNOT RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST BECAUSE THEY CANNOT SEE HIM. JESUS CHRIST SAID THESE WORDS

Jn:14:15: If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Jn:14:16: And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

Jn:14:17: Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

WHEN WE, THE ELECT OF GOD, RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST, THE INWARD MAN THE SOUL COMES TO LIFE, AND THE INWARD MAN THE SOUL DELIGHTS IN THE LAWS OF GOD.

Rom:7:22: For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

WHEN WE, THE PREDESTINATED RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST, THE HOLY GHOST GIVES US THE POWER TO LIVE THE SIN FREE LIFE.

1Jn:3:1: Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

1Jn:3:2: Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

1Jn:3:3: And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

1Jn:3:4: Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

1Jn:3:5: And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

1Jn:3:6: Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.

1Jn:3:7: Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

1Jn:3:8: He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

1Jn:3:9: Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

1Jn:3:10: In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

SAINTS OF GOD, WE HAVE BEEN PREDESTINATED TO WALK THE STREET OF GOLD, TO EAT OF THE TREE OF LIFE, TO DRINK OF THE CRYSTAL CLEAR WATER OF LIFE, TO BE HEIR, AND JOINT HEIR WITH JESUS CHRIST IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

Eph:1:11: In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: (KJV)

WE, AS CHILDREN OF GOD, ARE ON A NARROW PATH, THAT LEADS TO A STRAIT GATE, THAT ONCE ENTERED LEADS TO ETERNAL LIFE.

Mt:7:13: Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

Mt:7:14: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

WE AS SAINTS OF GOD ARE PREDESTINATED, BUT WE ARE NOT TO TEMPT GOD BY THROWING OURSELVES OFF THE PINNACLE OF SOME CHURCH. FOR CHRIST HIMSELF TAUGHT US NOT TO TEMPT GOD.

Mt:4:5: Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,

Mt:4:6: And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Mt:4:7: Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

SAINTS OF GOD, DO THE CHILDREN OF SATAN HAVE FREE WILL? CAN THEY MAKE A DECISION, AND ACT UPON THAT DECISION WITHOUT ANY ANTECEDENT CAUSES, OR WITHOUT ANY DEVINE INTERVENTION? THE ANSWER IS NO. GOD HAS GOT BANDS, AND CORDS, ABOUT THEM SO THEY CANNOT MAKE A MOVE WITHOUT HIS CONSENT.

Ps:2:1: Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

Ps:2:2: The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,

Ps:2:3: Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

Ps:2:4: He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

Ps:2:5: Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.

DOES SATAN HAVE FREEWILL, CAN HE MAKE A DECISION, AND ACT UPON THAT DECISION WITHOUT ANY DEVINE INTERVENTION? NO, HE CANNOT. LET ME USE AS AN EXAMPLE JOB. JOB WAS AN EXTREMELY RICH MAN. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT JOB WAS PERFECT AND UPRIGHT BEFORE THE LORD GOD.

Jb:1:1: There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. (KJV)

COULD SATAN JUST GO INTO JOBS HOUSE, AND KILL JOB? NO HE COULD NOT BECAUSE GOD HAD BUILT A HEDGE ABOUT JOB.

Jb:1:6: Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.

Jb:1:7: And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

Jb:1:8: And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

Jb:1:9: Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

Jb:1:10: Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

IT WAS NOT UNTIL GOD REMOVED THE HEDGE FROM AROUND JOB, AND HIS POSSESSIONS, THAT SATAN COULD DO HARM TO JOB. WHEN GOD REMOVED THE HEDGE, SATAN KILLED JOBS CHILDREN, AND USED HIS CHILDREN TO TAKE JOB'S POSSESSIONS. BUT, DID SATAN KILL JOB? NO HE DID NOT. BECAUSE GOD WOULD NOT ALLOW SATAN TO TAKE JOB'S LIFE.

Jb:2:2: And the Lord said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

Jb:2:3: And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

Jb:2:4: And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

Jb:2:5: But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

Jb:2:6: And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

THERE ARE ONLY TWO THINGS THAT I KNOW A MAN CAN DO OF HIS OWN FREE WILL, AND ONE OF THE THINGS IS, GIVE A OFFERING UNTO GOD,

Dt:23:23: That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the Lord thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth. (KJV)

THE OTHER THING THAT A PERSON CAN DO OF THEIR OWN FREEWILL IS MAKE A TRIP TO JERUSALEM.

Ezr:7:12: Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.

Ezr:7:13: I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.

LISTEN CAREFULLY SAINTS OF GOD, AS GOD HAS PLACED THE EARTH IN AN OBIT AROUND THE SUN, AND THE LOCATION OF THE EARTH, CAN BE DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF DAYS IT HAS ROTATED THAT YEAR. IT IS IN A CERTAIN LOCATION, AT A CERTAIN TIME. SIMILARLY A CHILD OF GOD IS ON A PREDETERMINED PATH TO THE HEAVENLY CITY NEW JERUSALEM, WE ARE AT A CERTAIN PLACE AT A CERTAIN TIME PREDETERMINED BY GOD. NOT EVERYONE IS PREDESTINATED, ONLY THOSE OF US, THAT GOD FOREKNEW BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.

Rom:8:28: And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Rom:8:29: For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Rom:8:30: Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

Rom:8:31: What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

HOW CAN A PERSON TELL THE PREDESTINATED, CHILDREN OF GOD? GOD'S CHILDREN WILL NOT WILFULLY TRANSGRESS GOD'S COMMANDMENTS.

1Jn:3:9: Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. (KJV)

THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT DWELLS WITHIN THE BORN AGAIN CHILDREN OF GOD WILL CAUSE THESE THINGS RADIATE FROM THEM.

Gal:5:22: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

Gal:5:23: Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law

IT WAS A MYSTERY TO ME BEFORE HAND, HOW PEOPLE COULD READ SUCH SCRIPTURES AS THESE, AND NOT BELIEVE IN PREDESTINATION

Rom:8:28: And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Rom:8:29: For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.