“Does man possess free will?” The scriptural answer is that man is free to choose as he pleases, but because he is depraved, it pleases him to choose evil. In other words, fallen man does have free will, but he does not have a good will. His will is in bondage to his own depraved nature, and therefore he will always freely choose in opposition to the person and will of God. Jesus’ scathing rebuke of the Pharisees clearly reveals this: “Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things?”26
