During Christ’s forty day temptation, Satan offered him the world and all its kingdoms. If he did not in fact own them, that would not have been a temptation and Christ would have noted it. After His resurrection, Jesus stated that all authority, in heaven and Earth, had been given to Him. Some theologians use this to suppose that God is working under legal constraints He had imposed. It will all turn out to His satisfaction.
You do realize that there are many verses talking about God’s omnipotent knowledge and his ability to know what we are going to do even before we do them.
You will also find many verse talking about how God’s chooses those he will save.
But you will never find the term “free will” in the Bible, nor do you see an ongoing message in the Bible about man’s free will.
Man does what he does because of his nature. The natural man does not understand that which is spiritual, because it is not his nature, and therefore, will not chose what is spiritual.
Of course, you probably won’t believe me, but God already knew that...
Do you really think you go through life with absolute free will?
Take religion out of the equation for a second.
Can you really be anything you want? Are there some jobs you want to do and can’t? Skills? Other abilities? Why or why not? Discuss.