delvanis,

You are reading scripture that teaches man is accountable to repent and believe and adding your belief of freewill into it. Man's accountability and freewill are not the same. Man in his natural state is accountable for something he cannot and will not do, unless God intervenes first. That's actually the crux of Grace! That's what makes it "amazing" <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/bow.gif" alt="" />....as the famous hymn goes.

Also, if you really want to engage this issue, why won't you address Pilgrim's replies to you? <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/shrug.gif" alt="" />