There is no doubt that the very elect are destined before the formation of the earth.
There is no doubt that man has the freedom to choose to follow the calling of the Christ, or to, against all things good and right, turn from it wholly unto eternal damnation in the form of utter destruction. Man too has the capacity to do little to nothing after receiving that wondrous calling. But we should too remember that only very few are elect, and those who are not are blessed in their innocent ignorance. Man will not be cast out due to the misguidance of those who willingly turned themselves and the lost sheep around.
Matthew: 13. 4. And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: 5. Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: 6. And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. 7. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: 8. But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. 9. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Can it not be concluded that our freedom is seemingly, within our own capacities to grasp, that of the will of GOD?
That is to say that GOD in love for creation (namely man) did not make us prisoners to his Will like the stone or plant. It is seemingly the will of GOD for man to have freedom of choice to some extent. That is not to say that the very elect can be moved ultimately from the love of GOD or it's manifold fruit, but that in our near sightedness we can in no way grasp the soveirgn province of GOD, nor can we wholly and fully express the manifold blessings.
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