Modern discussions of belief often begin with the mind: What propositions does a person accept as true? Scripture certainly cares about truth, but it repeatedly presses beyond mental assent into the territory of loyalty, worship, service, and return.
Joshua stood before a people who did not need to be persuaded that Yahuah existed. They had inherited the story of deliverance and had witnessed covenant faithfulness. Yet Joshua still demanded a choice. The issue was not mere awareness. It was allegiance.
This changes the question. Instead of asking only, “Can a person choose belief?” Scripture asks, “Whom will you serve?” That question reaches the will, the habits, the loyalties, and the direction of a life.
“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve...” Joshua 24:15, KJV
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