Natural Man

It is really a myth that man in his natural state is genuinely seeking God. Men may seek a god, but they do not seek the true God for who He is, as revealed in the Scripture. Apart from the new birth, no one comes into the light of the true God but suppress the truth in unrighteousness.
The Bible, therefore, teaches beyond any doubt that we act or choose according to our greatest desire which is based on our natures. Jesus (as noted in Luke 6, Matt. 7 and John 3) teaches that it is impossible to do otherwise. Furthermore, as a consequence of physical death in Adam and his descendants (Gen 2:17) there are several other problems with man's nature in his unregenerate state including his inability to understand God (Psalm 50:21; Job 11:7-8; Rom 3:11); to see spiritual things (John 3:3); to know his own heart (Jer 17:9); to direct his own steps in the path of life (Jeremiah 10:23; Proverbs 14:12); to free himself from the curse of the Law (Galatians 3:10); to receive the Holy Spirit (John 14:17); to hear, understand or receive the words of God (John 8:47; 1 Corinthians 2:14); to give himself birth into God's family (John 1:13, Romans 9:15-16); to produce repentance and faith in Jesus Christ (Ephesians 2:8-9; John 6:64, 65; 2 Thessalonians 3:2; Philippians 1:29; 2 Timothy 2:25); to come to Christ (John 10:26; John 6:44); and to please God (Romans 8:5, 8, 9).
These consequences of Adam's disobedience on his descendants are what theologians often refer to as the 'total depravity' of man. Without a change of disposition, the love of God and His law is not the natural man's deepest animating motive and principle."
~ John Hendryx