"When the term “free will” is used in the sense of “spiritual power” by which corrupt man can desire that which is spiritually good, prepare himself for divine grace, fulfill the divine Law out of true love for Elohim, accept and trust the evangelism, and thus either convert himself entirely or at least cooperate in his conversion, we, on the basis of scripture, deny that man has a “free will.”
Scripture declares: “The natural man receiveth not the things of the spirit of Elohim; for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned.” I Cor. 2:14; “The carnal mind,” that is, the mind of the natural man, “is enmity against Elohim; for it is not subject to the law of Elohim, neither indeed can be,” Rom 8:7; “You hath He quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins,” Eph. 2:1." ELS