God doesn't invite he commands that people come to Christ.

It's the moral obligation for somebody to come to Christ.

Yet Jesus himself said,

no one can come to me, remember?

Unless it is given to him by the father. When we study the nature of man and ask the question, who am I? One question is surely going to arise. Is man free? Do we have free will?

Since we're sinners as we've seen on prior Saturdays, how has that sinfulness impacted our ability to choose?

It's good to have you with us today on renewing your mind

as we conclude this Saturday series on The Doctrine of Man.

As this is our final episode in the series,

is also your final opportunity to request access to a shattered image,

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Today's topic, The Will of Man, is debated and there have been several views put forth throughout history

Here's R.C. Sprawl to explain these views the biblical perspective and the message of the Christian faith that fallen sinners desperately need to hear.

Many of us are familiar with the prayers of Saint Augustine and the famous prayer that is found in the

Confessions from which Augustine said, O Lord, thou hast made us for thyself and our hearts

are restless until they find their rest in thee.

That's a very well-known prayer from the pen of Augustine, but there's another prayer that

produced and provoked one of the most serious controversies

in the history of theology. This was a prayer in which Augustine had made this comment,

God grant what thou command us, and command what thou dost desire.

Now for a theologian to say, oh God, command what you want, it would certainly not make history.

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