Not that my opinion or take on certain issues carries a ton of weight or anything, but I believe my personal testimony has something to say on this issue of predestination vs. free will.
I know from scripture that I certainly would not be save had I not chosen to believe in Christ’s sacrifice. But I also know that my pride would not let me accept Christ’s sacrifice. I am a proud person and I could not freely accept Jesus simply because I was not free to do so. I was enslaved to my sin and pride and any will I had was certainly not free.
My pride would not let me accept Christ. God must first needed to humble me to accept the sacrifice cause I know I am incapable of humbling myself.
Even though my choice is imperative in my salvation, I cannot in good conscience say that it was the main step to my acceptance of Christ. I know that it was the work of God that I am saved.
So if it is ultimately up to God to save people, and if He does indeed have the power to save all people, why does He not do so? That is a deep question and one that I cannot answer. It is a mystery to me which I must accept. God’s ways are not my ways and there are things that I cannot understand but must simply accept about them.
That’s just my 2 cents.
