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Do the depravity texts rule out a free response to the gospel?
SHORT ANSWER
They describe the sinner truly and none of them says the word cannot reach him. Read each to the end: loved darkness is a refusal, the truth makes the slave free, delivered then obeyed, and the gospel itself is called the power of God to everyone who believes.
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Checked 2026-09-28 by Darren.