I have ongoing discussions with folks and many support some type of "free will" that allows them to decide to choose and believe in Christ. In some cases they think they have some kind of drawing of the Holy Spirit as they all claim to believe the Bible. Unfortunately many think that there is some ability within themselves to believe the gospel without removal of barrier issues. What I term barrier issues are statements in the Bible referring to man's fallen condition. He is variously described as: desperately wicked, hater of God, thinking evil constantly, heart of stone, carnal, having no good thing in him, lover of darkness (and not light) ,dead spiritually and of course sin - personal and Inherited from Adam.
So I always hear the same verses claiming that all people everywhere have the ability to believe and of course the result of that is they believe that that is what causes God to choose them. There is this irrational thought that God would never consider interfering with man as He is a gentleman. What, did not this Gentleman interfere with man all through history both for their destruction and for His glory?
So here is the inability chart:
