When I said: “Doesn’t God give everyone a measure of faith?”, I was referring to Romans 12:3.
So, if it is directed to those that have already received the gospel, then Romans (as well as the rest of the epistles) should be read in that context.
**Unbelievers do not have faith.**
Even believers can be told that they have no faith, as the Lord told his faithless disciples, at times of their testing.
God puts a measure of faith in a person, but free will can reject it. From the beginning, calling on the name of the Lord, is a desire that has been passed along through all generations. The Greeks had the altar “TO THE UNKNOWN GOD”, showing the desire to seek some sort of God. But, just as the seed that falls on the wayside is plucked up by the birds, so does the devil steal faith from souls, with his many devices.
God puts a measure of faith in a person, but free will can reject it.
Yes, I and Augustine have heard this argument before. There is no scripture to support this nor is there anything as "free will". If a Christian has "free will" then why don't they freely obey to do the things that God has told them?