Rev Mendez Sermons & Notes

 Rev. Arturo Mendez Sermon Theme: Freedom of the Will Sermon Text: Rom:8:7; 1Cor:12:3         7  For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. During This Lent Season we began our Series regarding on Lutheran Doctrine meaning on what we believe teach and confess about the creation of the World and today we are go deep in what we believe about the Freedom of the Will. Lets see what  Dr Martin Luther teach us about this.   Martin Luther addressed this issue in his work "De Servo Arbitrio" (On the Bondage of the Will), in response to the ideas presented by the Catholic theologian Erasmus of Rotterdam. Luther teach that, due to original sin, the human will is enslaved and not free to choose good on its own. He maintained that the human will is completely inclined toward evil and can only be freed by the grace of God. In other words, human freedom is constrained by total depravity of sin, and without divine int