It was Charlotte Bronte who said,'I am no bird,and no one ensnares me,I am a free being with an independent will'.We understand what Charlotte is saying,but it leads unto the question have we got free will or do we believe as Martin Luther wrote that our will is in bondage?Yes we all have a will,but the question is how far has our fallen nature affected our will?,do we have a free will?.Romans 8 v7,tells us that the natural man has a mind that is at enmity with God. Romans 5 v 10 tells us of humanity being enemies of God.an in Romans8 v7 ,we read of our inability to submit to God's laws.Jesus said.'No one can come to the me unless the Father who sent me draws them.(John 6 v 44).He also said ,' Light has come into the world,but people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.( John 3 v19) The problem with most of us we do not appreciate the awesome awful condition of our fallen nature. When we put our faith in Christ it is a miracle of God's grace,it takes God to move in our hearts, to enable us to turn from our ways to His ways.W Pink writes the following,'The sinners is biased towards evil,and therefore is ''free'' in one direction only,namely,in the direction of evil.The sinners will is enslaved because,.....it is in bondage to a depraved heart' ,again he says our will is regulated by our nature. What we have is the ability to make a choice,that is our responsibility,but only by the grace of God can we make the right choice.
'My will is not my own till Thou hast made it thine;'
George Matheson
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