How many here think that they are responsible for their salvation,"free will",you know?

Answer 1

Count me out, no free will. I don't trust man's perceived "abilities" and find it reprehensible that anyone would try to claim power over God in that way.

Answer 2

The doctrine of free will does not mean we are responsible for our salvation. How about the sovereinty of God doctrine, that believes anyone God has not called will burn in a fire for eternity. All people are drawn and Christ died for all. Its His decision and His alone who will receive eternal life. I don't think WE have the right to say who is or isn't going to heaven. Our job is to witness to Jesus Christ and leave the rest to God. Some of these things that we Christians debate and take sides on belittle the gospel and are not our business. These are the things that may turn away a person coming to Christ.

Answer 3

I had nothing to do with my salvation. I am just fortunate that God has chosen me. Their is no free will for salvation. People that claim or think that they came to the realization of Christ being saviour are still trusting in a work which is their thoughts or a prayer they said. And we all know that works are as filthy rags. Also Eph. 2:8-9

Answer 4

We are saved by grace, not by works, so that no one can boast.
We are saved by grace alone. Recall that in Acts 16:31 the jailer asked Paul and Silas how to be saved. They responded, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved." The jailer believed and immediately became saved.
Close to 200 times in the New Testament salvation is said to be by faith alone - with no works in sight. Consider the following:
John 3:15 tells us that "everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."
John 5:24 says, "I tell you the truth, whoever hears my words and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life."
In John 11:25 Jesus says, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies."
John 23:46 says, "I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness."
John 20:31 says, "But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name."
If salvation were not by faith alone, then Jesus' message in the Gospel of John - manifest in the above quotations - would be deceptive, stating that there is one condition for salvation when there are allegedly two - faith and works.
I must emphasize that we are saved by faith for works. Works are not the condition of our salvation, but a consequence of it We are saved not by works, but by the kind of faith that produces works.

Eph 2:8-10 God saved you by his special favor when you believed. And you can't take credit for this: It is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus so that we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

Answer 5

As a Muslim, I believe that I am accountable for my own deeds. The Christian belief that Jesus (peace be upon him) died on the cross so that we go to heaven automatically, doesn't make sense.

Everything that we're doing is being recorded in a clear record, and then on the "day" of judgement, we will each be judged for what we did in this life. This will determine if we're going to heaven or hell.

Answer 6

When have you seen a "christian" take responsibility for anything? It's always the fault of others, people, demons, devils, what have you...

Answer 7

Jesus paid the price for our sin when He hung on the cross of Calvary

On Calvary's tree
He died for me
That I His love might know
To set me free -
He died for me
That's why I love Him so.

Yes, each of need to respond by asking for forgiveness for our wrong doing (sin). Asking to be cleansed and set free from the power of sin in our lives, and then asking God to be the leader of our lives.