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of a muddy pit with slippery sides. As long as he is on the edge he has free will. He can either stay on the bank or jump into the pit. If he decides to jump in, then his free will is lost as far as getting out is concerned. He has lost his free will in the fall. Oh yes, he has the free will to endeavor in vain to get out, or ot accept his plight philosophically. He has the free will to cry out for help or be silent and complacent. In a sense,
this is what happened to Adam and the entire human race because of sin. The first man had a free will to obey or to disobey the com mandment of the Lord. When he fell through transgression, he lost his free will to choose Cod. This was proved when he ran away from the Lord. All men since Adam are born of the same inability to choose God. No one may come to Him until the Lord reaches down by grace into the mud pit of hu- Page 43
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