Some people argue that though the words may not be there, we can certainly find the concept. And we do—in the sense that the Bible says much concerning the responsibility that we have to make choices. But the emphasis in Scripture, in light of original sin, is on human bondage—of man enslaved to his own wicked desires. It’s not that man is a servant to the tyranny of God; man is in bondage to himself and his own sinful predispositions.
