The Will Of The Flesh

Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. - John 1:13

    The so-called free will of man being the determining cause of regeneration is at the heart of all false doctrine. The supremacy of the natural will is the delusional dream of the demented mind of depravity. There is not one verse or context of holy writ that even suggests man is empowered with an ability to move himself to spiritual life or has a natural desire for the true and living God. The will of the flesh is the god of the flesh. Man’s natural ungodly will is concerned with and in bondage to self in three areas, which constitute the whole man. For all that is in the world, the (1.) lust of the flesh, and the (2.) lust of the eyes, and the (3.) pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world (1 Jn 2:16).

    Man’s will is only functional in the realm in which it is in captivity, and that is the realm of spiritual death and darkness. Man’s spiritual demise forbids him to move to the Light and to life. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil (Jn 3:19); And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life (Jn 5:40). Spiritual birth, or regeneration, is not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

    What part does man havein regeneration? None! Here is the determining, sufficient and efficient cause of a once dead sinner being alive unto God. No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day (Jn 6:44); And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand (Jn 10:28).

    Any message that is not clear as to God’s free will in the salvation of the elect and the bondage of man’s will to sin and self is blasphemous in content and damning in consequence. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth (Ps 110:3). This is the work of God!