My faith is base on the reality of the fulfillment of all the scriptures, God said He would send His Son to atone for my sin and I believe with all my heart He did just that. We could go around and around with these verses, the way I see things here is that you want to pick pieces out of verses and use them to make your own puzzle. I on the other hand, take all of scripture and find how it fits together, and am able to see the picture of love God drew before creation. When I put those verse up I looked at them as I knew you would, so your reply is of no surprise. The whole thing boils down to this, you are creating your own picture and I'm looking at God's picture that's intended for all of man kind.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
