[Raycpa]

However, God does allow us to choose which master we serve

Left to oruselves, we cannot chose anything but sin.

[superskunk]

Left to oruselves, we cannot chose anything but sin.


Left to ourselves, there would be nothing to choose but sin.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Left to ourselves, we cannot chose anything but sin.

Precisely. All men are fallen and dead in sin and trespass through the imputed sin of the first Adam.

"What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God." -- Romans 3:9-11

None can choose righteousness unless and until God first regenerates his deadened heart.