Nor is his guilt any the less because his depravity is so deeply rooted in his nature. The stronger his enmity against God the greater its heinousness. Fallen man is voluntarily an enemy to the infinitely glorious God and nothing can extenuate such vile hostility. It is the free and self-determined acting out of his nature for which the sinner will be held accountable. The fact that we are born traitors to God cannot cancel our obligation to give Him allegiance.
None can escape the righteous requirements of the law by deliberate opposition to it.
That man s nature is the direct consequence of Adam s transgression does not to the slightest degree mitigate his own sins. It was a heart that loved God. And it is the possessing of a heart which has no love for God that is the very essence of human depravity. No indeed, for that is the very core of his wickedness and guilt. Men never complain of their lack of power for loving the world.