The origin of free will comes from the originator of all lies, the devil. John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
In Genesis 3:4 we have the first lies ever recorded in the scriptures. Gen 3:4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil”
I've highlighted and underlined Satans words in verse 4, because everything he says here is a pack of lies, but there is some truth mixed in verse 5. YET, the Church believes every single word of verse 4. The first lie, you will not surely die. Did Adam die? Yes he did, and so did Eve. Genesis 5:5 So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.
Did they become like God as satan had said? according to Gen 3:22, yes. Gen 3:22 Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. Both God and satan say that Adam and Eve KNEW good from evil, its not said here that either of them CHOOSE good or evil. The Church argues that Eve chose to eat of the tree, that she could have decided not eat of it. When God asked Eve what she had done, she answered that the serpent had deceived her. God did not say that he didn't accept her explanation for her sin, that she CHOSE to sin. No, God straight away cursed the serpent before he punished Adam and Eve.
The whole premise behind us having this supposed free will as far as the Church is concerned is that we are all able to choose between good and evil, it upholds their vile doctrine of eternal hell. If we are not free to choose between good and evil, then how can they say that hell is just and fair (as if having free will takes care of it).
Even though we may know good and evil, do we choose good from evil? Not according to Psa 14 and Romans 3. Rom 3:10 “ There is none righteous, no, not one; 11 There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. 12 They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one.”
The Church believes that we will not surely die, they believe we have immortal souls. The Church believes we have free will and free moral agency to choose between good and evil, that the only way we "get saved" is completely by ourselves with no influence whatsoever, we choose to accept Jesus Christ as our savior etc. So according to the Church when God said to Adam that he would die, God was lying. When satan said he would not sure die, he was telling the truth. According to the Church when Jesus Christ said that the devil is a liar and the father of it, He was lying.According to the Church when Paul quoted Psalms 3 in his Epistle to the Romans and said that There is none who seeks after God. and There is none who does good, no, not one, he was lying too.
As Ray said in his talk on free will, if we have it then why has it been a 100% failure according to Romans 3 so far? If we're free to choose between good and evil without Divine intervention from God, how come according to scripture no one ever has?
I'd actually go further than Ray in his condemnation of this damnable heresy. I'd hazard a guess that very few if any in the Church have ever considered this thought. If we do indeed have free moral agency and free will, and those that use it wisely go to heaven and those that don't go to hell, then what they are saying is we don't actually need a savior, we can save ourselves. By teaching and believing they have this false free will, its just another heresy that demotes God and Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior in their minds.