Dr. Jerry Nelson
We all know that we have the ability to make choices. We call that freedom or free will. But if we investigate the concept a little more carefully, we understand there are limitations to our free will. We usually define free will as the ability to choose with absolute indifference – under no compulsion of any kind (internal or external). This would suggest that the human will is “inclined to neither good nor evil but it exists in a state of moral neutrality.” (Sproul, Grace Unknown, 131)
But that is contrary to what the Bible teaches. The Bible says we are not morally neutral, we are limited. We are influenced in our choices. The Bible says we are influenced by sin – we are captive to sin, we are dead in our sins. READ FULL ARTICLE
