Did the fall destroy free will?

Chuck Smith read the fall and the cross as two exercises of the same capacity: "you still have a free choice," and "God has ordained that you must exercise that capacity of choice by partaking of that tree of life through Jesus Christ." Long after Eden, God still set the choice before fallen people: "therefore choose life" (Deuteronomy 30:19). Read Chuck on Genesis 3:7 in the reader. Chuck Smith commentary used by permission of The Word For Today.

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