I'd like to know where exactly, in The Bible, it states that God gave man free will??

Question

Please don't give your opinion of what you "believe" to be the proclamation, I need to know precisely where. New or Old Testament, chapter, verse....etc.

Answer 1

It actually says no such thing. What it does say..is that God knows us all , even our thoughts , before we are formed in the womb. And since we all know God is the eternal Being with no beginning and no end.. that heavily implies that we have zero free will and are placed here with all the chosen circumstances by God which surround us to learn self control.

Babies, all of us.

Answer 2

Whatsoever ye bind or loose on earth shall be bound or loosed in heaven... kinda puts the ball into our court, to finish what the head of the body of Christ authored: "eternal salvation", via "the end of the law", to the point of "blotting out" what's against us, to the point of what's old, faulty, "ready to vanish", "shall vanish".

Which is also to say we all are one will eventually get it right, and bind the law, the "strong man" of the house of sin and death, the "strength" of sin's death sting. For there is really no option in "ye shall know the truth... shall make you free", and perhaps free from believing all sorts of lies of false Christs, false apostles, false prophets, false teachers and preachers. For it's not believing something, but knowing the truth that makes you free.

And "if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant". For it won't change "the end" that's already written as declared from the beginning, but will make what's "evident" the evidence even more evident: "that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God".

And if the end is already written, well then, it's only a matter of time till we get there, to where there's no mention of law at all:

The "grace" of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.

Answer 3

That is like asking where in the Bible does it say God gave us bodies.

It is obvious that we have free will, why does the Bible have to tell you?:

Rom 1:22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
Rom 1:23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
Rom 1:24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,

Answer 4

The truth shall make you free, John 8: 32. Those who become free from sin receive eternal life, Rom. 6: 19-23.

I will judge every one according to his ways, Ezek. 18: 30. They shall give account of every idle word, Matt. 12: 36. Give an account of thy stewardship, Luke 16: 2. Every one of us shall give an account of himself to God, Rom. 14: 12. The dead will be judged according to their works, Rev. 20: 12

"War in Heaven"
This term arises out of Rev. 12: 7 and refers to the conflict that took place in the premortal existence among the spirit children of God. The war was primarily over how and in what manner the plan of salvation would be administered to the forthcoming human family upon the earth. The issues involved such things as agency, how to gain salvation, and who should be the Redeemer. The war broke out because one-third of the spirits refused to accept the appointment of Jesus Christ as the Savior. Such a refusal was a rebellion against the Father’s plan of redemption. It was evident that if given agency, some persons would fall short of complete salvation; Lucifer and his followers wanted salvation to come automatically to all who passed through mortality, without regard to individual preference, agency, or voluntary dedication (see Isa. 14: 12-20; Luke 10: 18; Rev. 12: 4-13

Satan was cast out of heaven and into the earth, Rev. 12: 4, 7-9

Answer 5

It is reasonable that you would want to know this and don't let anyone tell you that it is a stupid question.

Deuteronomy 30:19: "I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live"

See, God himself told us that he gives us a choice between life and death. Another place is...

Joshua 24:14-15: "Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord. And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, CHOOSE YOU THIS DAY WHOM YOU WILL SERVE; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."

God wants us to love him with our whole hearts. Think of it this way. Would you want to have to hold a gun to your boyfriend/husbands head every time you want to hear them say I love you? No, because there would be no meaning behind it. God wants us to love him because we want to not because we have to.

Answer 6

That's a good question. I can't find it either. perhaps it is true that you can look at the story of adam and eve as a metaphor for this? Since they were able to go against god's specific order, they must have free will?

Answer 7

How bout in Genesis when Adam and Eve CHOSE to disobey God? That would be the first example of free will.

Answer 8

Gen.2:16,17 16. And Jehovah God also laid this command upon the man: "From every tree of the garden you may eat to satisfaction. 17. But as for the tree of the knowledge of good and bad you must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will positively die.

Answer 9

Deu 30:15-19
(15) See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
(16) In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
(17) But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
(18) I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, [and that] ye shall not prolong [your] days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
(19) I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, [that] I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

(Jos 24:15) And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that [were] on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

(1Ki 18:21) And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD [be] God, follow him: but if Baal, [then] follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

If man did not have a free will, then we would be like robots who do exactly as we are programmed, or like animals who have instincts. But God gave us the ability to reason, and to choose what we want to do. The ability to make a choice, even with limited options, is free will.

Answer 10

Ho 14 ;4 for one

It is applied many times. Free to choose. Freedom to do, Freedom to follow, and on and on.