In the light of John 1:13 must we conclude that the will of man is not exercised in the salvation process?

This text is an extract from a transcript of a Q&A session given by David Gooding entitled ‘The Glorious Gospel of the Blessed God’ (1995).

But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. (John 1:12–13)

No, that does not imply that the will of man is nowhere involved in the salvation process. What verse 13 does is to describe for us this process of the new birth. That is a process that we cannot accomplish by our own will. You can't will to perform upon yourself what is here called the new birth. The new birth is something that only God can do. It is not produced by the will of man. On the other hand, when God offers you Christ the terms are, 'to as many as received him'—only to those who receive him does God perform this great act of regeneration. Whether you receive Christ or refuse him will involve your will. The reason why some Jews were not born again of God was, as the Saviour put it: 'You will not (i.e. are not willing to) come to me, that you may have life' (John 5:40).