“Man is impotent as to his will. He has no will favorable to God. I believe in free will; but then it is a will only free to act according to nature. A dove has no will to eat carrion; a raven no will to eat the clean food of the dove. Put the nature of the dove into the raven and it will eat the food of the dove. Satan could have no will for holiness. We speak it with reverence; God could have no will for evil. The sinner in his sinful nature could never have a will according to God. For this he must be born again.” J. Dr ham Smith, quoted in one of A. W. Pink’s classic books, “The Sovereignty of God.”

So for the sinner who is not born again, to stop sinning and start leading a holy life is like for a cat to try to stop meowing and start speaking like humans. Impossible!

That is why Jesus said to Nicodemus, “You must be born again.” John 3

It is not the will but the nature of a person that needs to be new so he/she can lead a praiseworthy life before God.

And here is another true: No one can birth him/herself into the Kingdom of God. God chooses who to bring to His Kingdom. ///