Statements alone sometimes bear witness to our hearts.
Free will is defined as denying Jesus Christ. The first "free will" exercised was used to disobey God. We are brought out of that disobedience when we surrender ourselves to Jesus Christ as Savior AND LORD.
Free will leads to destruction---we should ask Adam about that. Saving faith in Jesus Christ binds us to Christ as Lord. Our compass heading is now set by Him, Jesus Christ. He makes us a new creature. Old things pass away for the new. We are a new "citizen". We don't get 'deported' from His Grace for burning the potroast. We get 'deported' when we 'divorce' Him and deny Him. In the end He will say that He never knew us in the first place; we were never a citizen in the first place but an illegal alien living in the land.
“...Free will is defined as denying Jesus Christ...”
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How does one address this after a person professes their faith and then falls into sin?
That is the greater issue -
We have confession - as in 2 Corinthians 5:17-20
Are the “saved’ not sinners anymore? How does this work?
If they sin, for instance ...