This is an excellent study Arcturus and I thank you for bringing it to attention. :)
Anyone who champions the belief of mankinds possession of Free Will, have clearly never read or ignored the following words of God. For here Christ in the form of Jehovah challenges Job to:
Job 40:7 “Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.
8 “Would you discredit my justice?
Would you condemn me to justify yourself?
9 Do you have an arm like God's,
and can your voice thunder like his?
10 Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor,
and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.
11 Unleash the fury of your wrath,
look at every proud man and bring him low,
12 look at every proud man and humble him,
crush the wicked where they stand.
13 Bury them all in the dust together;
shroud their faces in the grave.
14 Then I myself will admit to you
that your own right hand can save you.
Pretty powerful stuff. ;D Is this challenge not also made to all mankind? Of course it is. :)
So how did Job respond?
Job 42:1 Then Job replied to the Lord:
2 “I know that you can do all things;
no plan of yours can be thwarted.
3 You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge?’
Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me to know.
4 “You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.’
5 My ears had heard of you
but now my eyes have seen you.
6 Therefore I despise myself
and repent in dust and ashes.”
Job knew full well that God controls all things, and I especially liked the challenge that God himself made: Do all this and...." Then I myself will admit to you that your own right hand can save you."
This aligns perfectly with the words of Paul
Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:
Eph 2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast
Love to you in Christ,
Darren