So you agree with me, there are things the elect DO, or they aren't elect.
And, man must freely choose to do those things of himself, or he is just a parrot, doing what he sees and hears others do.
I do agree man makes his decisions from His soul. But
can the will of man act independently from the human heart?
The will of man always acts in accordance with man’s heart or nature,
this is taught in Scripture (Luke 6:45; Jer. 13:23; Mark 7:21).
Notice Mark 7:21 and Jeremiah 17:9:
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornication's, murders,
Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye,
blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who
can know it?
So, although man is at liberty to choose whatever he desires, since his heart
is evil he will only choose between greater and lesser evil. The unregenerate
cannot repent of His sins
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye
also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. (Jer. 13:23)
Man does evil since birth. (Gen 8:21; Psalm 51:5; 58:3) and as long as
man is alive His thoughts are evil continually (Gen 6:5). He is a slave
to sin (John 8:34 NKJV; servant KJV).
Conclusion:
Man's will is in bondage to his wicked heart. So man cannot decide to
come to Christ by his will, because he cannot will it. Man's, will/soul/heart
cannot, and will not come to Christ because he is spiritually dead in sins.