I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
People are not free before they're born again. God commands us to repent and choose, but a spiritually dead person cannot choose God without the leading and prompting of the Holy Spirit.
Man's nature and natural response to God is to run and hide, ala Adam and Eve.
Man does not seek out God. He seeks us, calls us, empowers us, gives us life, everything. We CANNOT do in and of ourselves what He requires of us. And that's even after we're been born again.
I still believe in “free will” to accept or reject Christ . Humans can and do either accept or reject Christ. That is free will.
All I am asking kindly is to agree to disagree. OKAY?
People can and do SEEK God.