There are many Bible verses that show we have free will to choose to follow God…
You see, God wishes for all people to come to Him, but He does not force anyone…He gives you a choice…
Every single person has the ability to choose to follow God because He created you, He loves you, and He wants you to join Him in heaven.
And both Old Testament scripture and New Testament scripture show that we have this great gift of free will…
So, here are 53 Bible verses that will help you understand that God gave you the free will to choose to follow Him….
Free Will Bible Verses…
Matthew 26:39
“And going a little further, he fell upon his face, praying, and saying: My Father, if it be possible, let this chalice pass from me. Nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.”
Matthew 5:48
“Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect.”
Joshua 24:15
“But if it seem evil to you to serve the Lord, you have your choice: choose this day that which pleaseth you, whom you would rather serve, whether the gods which your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorrhites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house we will serve the Lord.”
Romans 13:2
“Therefore he that resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God. And they that resist, purchase to themselves damnation.”
Deuteronomy 11:26-28
Behold I set forth in your sight this day a blessing and a curse: A blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day: A curse, if you obey not the commandments of the Lord your. God, but revolt from the way which now I shew you, and walk after strange gods which you know not. [source]
1 Timothy 4:10
“For therefore we labor and are reviled, because we hope in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially of the faithful.”
1 Timothy 2:3-4
“For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour, Who will have all men to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth.”
John 5:39-40
“Search the scriptures, for you think in them to have life everlasting; and the same are they that give testimony of me. And you will not come to me that you may have life.”
James 4:7
“Be subject therefore to God, but resist the devil, and he will fly from you.”
John 8:24
“Therefore I said to you, that you shall die in your sins. For if you believe not that I am he, you shall die in your sin.”
Galatians 5:13
“For you, brethren, have been called unto liberty: only make not liberty an occasion to the flesh, but by charity of the spirit serve one another.”
Romans 5:8
“But God commendeth his charity towards us; because when as yet we were sinners, according to the time”
Acts 3:19
“Be penitent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out.”
John 14:15
“If you love me, keep my commandments.”
John 8:32
“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
Romans 10:9-10
“For if thou confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in thy heart that God hath raised him up from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For, with the heart, we believe unto justice; but, with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation.”
1 Corinthians 10:13
“Let no temptation take hold on you, but such as is human. And God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that which you are able: but will make also with temptation issue, that you may be able to bear it.”
2 Chronicles 9:7
“Happy are thy men, and happy are thy servants, who stand always before thee, and hear thy wisdom.”
2 Peter 3:9
“The Lord delayeth not his promise, as some imagine, but dealeth patiently for your sake, not willing that any should perish, but that all should return to penance.”
Proverbs 3:31
“Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his ways”
John 8:34
“Jesus answered them: Amen, amen I say unto you: that whosoever committeth sin, is the servant of sin.”
John 7:17
“If any man do the will of him; he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.”
Galatians 5:16-17
“I say then, walk in the spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the spirit: and the spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary one to another: so that you do not the things that you would.”
Proverbs 16:9
“The heart of man disposeth his way: but the Lord must direct his steps.”
Mark 8:34
“And calling the multitude together with his disciples, he said to them: If any man will follow me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.”
Joshua 1:8
“Let not the book of this law depart from thy mouth: but thou shalt meditate on it day and night, that thou mayst observe and do all things that are written in it: then shalt thou direct thy way, and understand it.”
1 John 3:23
“And this is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ: and love one another, as he hath given commandment unto us.”
2 Corinthians 9:7
“Every one as he hath determined in his heart, not with sadness, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”
John 8:36
“If therefore the son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.”
Revelation 22:17
“And the spirit and the bride say: Come. And he that heareth, let him say: Come. And he that thirsteth, let him come: and he that will, let him take the water of life, freely.”
Romans 3:11
“There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.”
Genesis 2:16-17
“And he commanded him, saying: Of every tree of paradise thou shalt eat: But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat. For in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die the death.”
Isaiah 65:12
“I will number you in the sword, and you shall all fall by slaughter: because I called and you did not answer: I spoke, and you did not hear: and you did evil in my eyes, and you have chosen the things that displease me.”
Acts 2:37-38
“Now when they had heard these things, they had compunction in their heart, and said to Peter, and to the rest of the apostles: What shall we do, men and brethren? But Peter said to them: Do penance, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins: and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” [source]
John 3:36
“He that believeth in the Son, hath life everlasting; but he that believeth not the Son, shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.”
Hebrews 11:6
“But without faith it is impossible to please God. For he that cometh to God, must believe that he is, and is a rewarder to them that seek him.”
2 Timothy 2:26
“And they may recover themselves from the snares of the devil, by whom they are held captive at his will.”
James 1:13-16
“Let no man, when he is tempted, say that he is tempted by God. For God is not a tempter of evils, and he tempteth no man. But every man is tempted by his own concupiscence, being drawn away and allured. Then when concupiscence hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin. But sin, when it is completed, begetteth death. Do not err, therefore, my dearest brethren.
Matthew 11:28
“Come to me, all you that labour, and are burdened, and I will refresh you.”
Acts 17:30
“And God indeed having winked at the times of this ignorance, now declareth unto men, that all should everywhere do penance.”
Mark 8:34
“And calling the multitude together with his disciples, he said to them: If any man will follow me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.”
Ezekiel 18:30-32
“Therefore will I judge every man according to his ways, O house of Israel, saith the Lord God. Be converted, and do penance for all your iniquities: and iniquity shall not be your ruin. Cast away from you all your transgressions, by which you have transgressed, and make to yourselves a new heart, and a new spirit: and why will you die, O house of Israel? For I desire not the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God, return ye and live.”
John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting.”
Romans 6:23
“For the wages of sin is death. But the grace of God, life everlasting, in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Deuteronomy 30:19-20
“I call heaven and earth to witness this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Choose therefore life, that both thou and thy seed may live: And that thou mayst love the Lord thy God, and obey his voice, and adhere to him (for he is thy life, and the length of thy days,) that thou mayst dwell in the land, for which the Lord swore to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would give it them.”
Isaiah 55:6-7
“Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found: call upon him, while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unjust man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God: for he is bountiful to forgive.”
Genesis 4:6-7
“And the Lord said to him: Why art thou angry? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou do well, shalt thou not receive? but if ill, shall not sin forthwith be present at the door? but the lust thereof shall be under thee, and thou shalt have dominion over it.”
Revelation 3:20
“Behold, I stand at the gate, and knock. If any man shall hear my voice, and open to me the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.”
Proverbs 1:29
“Because they have hated instruction and received not the fear of the Lord”
Mark 16:16
“He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved: but he that believeth not shall be condemned.”
John 1:12-13
“But as many as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name. Who are born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”
Galatians 5:1
“Stand fast, and be not held again under the yoke of bondage.”
Luke 1:38
“And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.”
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