I don’t see it. John still retained free will, and the text does not insinuate that he was filled with the Holy Spirit from conception, only before he was born.
“For he shall be great before the Lord and shall drink no wine nor strong drink: and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.”
“For he shall be great before the Lord and shall drink no wine nor strong drink: and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.”
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