Free Will

In this message, Pastor Jim explores the gift and weight of free will through Scripture and everyday life. Beginning with John 3:16, he shows that God’s love places a real choice before every person: believe in Jesus and receive eternal life, or reject Him and remain separated from God. Free will is presented not as an abstract debate, but as a daily reality involving our heart, soul, mind, and strength, illustrated with personal stories like stubborn chickens that ignore care meant for their good.

He then walks through Matthew 24, Joshua 24, and Genesis 3 to show how free will unfolds across the biblical storyline. Jesus’ teaching on the days of Noah highlights the urgency of choosing Christ in a distracted, self-focused world. Joshua’s call to “choose this day whom you will serve” underscores that every house serves someone, while Adam and Eve’s choice in the garden reveals how ignoring God’s command opened the door to sin and a broken world. We need to use our God-given freedom not for compromise or spiritual laziness, but to trust, obey, and share Jesus in a world that clearly needs Him.