Adam had no CHOICE.... It was God's Plan for Adam to fall....

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And may I ask what does this have to do with the fall of Adam? Seriously my eight year old granddaughter can cut and paste a scripture from Biblegateway.

James 1:13-15
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempeth he any man
But every man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own lust and enticed
Then when lust hath conceived it bringeth forth sin and sin when it is finished bringeth forth death
 
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Nice opinion based on assumption. Yes Psalms were written by Moses as well as David and they are divine. David had the ark of God right there where he lived (do have any idea what that means)

Ps. 90 is speaking of the fall of man and God took the blame written there in black and white no matter how much you do not like it.



Yes God created us in his image and likeness; but God wants sons not robots; puppet on a string. Without the fall we would not be sons we would be robots doing God's Will because we are programmed to do God's will.

Romans 8:20 also address this but notice it says in hope. it does not say because God wants us to do evil or because he wants us to disobey him.. Evil is also in the complete and sovereign control of God. He created evil Satan for his will. Nothing happens outside the complete control of God's sovereign will.

Romans 5:18-20 (Weymouth’s) address this very clearly.

Romans 5:18-20 (Weymouth’s)
It follows then just as the result of a single transgression is a condemnation which to the whole race, so also is the result of a single degree of righteousness is a life giving acquittal which extends to the whole race. (19) for as thought the disobedience of one individual the mass of mankind were constituted as sinners, so also though the obedience of one, the mass of mankind will be constituted righteous. Now law was brought in later on so that the transgression might increase, but sin increased, grace is overflowed.




So you are telling me something as big as the fall of all mankind God got surprised?

:pray::pray:

in order for someone to talk about the begining of time it would have to be God or Adam or Eve
if God took the blame in this Psalm where did he speak if he were to take the blame he wouldn't speak through someone he's not a coward not at all
I find it very hard to belive after all the good i read,study,tell to other people about God the he would cause the down fall of man especially after in 1 timothy 1:13-15 states that God will not tempt man neither can he be tempted with evil the fall of man came from man being disobedient
 
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And may I ask what does this have to do with the fall of Adam? Seriously my eight year old granddaughter can cut and paste a scripture from Biblegateway.

YOU said God was responsible for the Down fall of man if you actually read your bible you could see that God won't tempt man with evil so if he can't tempt man with evil how can he plan something evil You said it was all part of his plan

any body can read the bible that is capable of reading but people need to start reading with an understanding

God is incapable of doing evil so how can YOU blame him for doing Evil
 
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I did not say this. God's Word did. I did read my Bible and PS 90: and Romans 8:20 declares God caused the fall. Do I need re-post the verses so you can read your Bible?

God did not tempt man. It was God's will man fell. Adam was just doing God's will and had no choice.

How can God plan something evil. Its called the left hand of God. Do you know what the left hand of God is?



YOU said God was responsible for the Down fall of man if you actually read your bible you could see that God won't tempt man with evil so if he can't tempt man with evil how can he plan something evil You said it was all part of his plan

any body can read the bible that is capable of reading but people need to start reading with an understanding

God is incapable of doing evil so how can YOU blame him for doing Evil
 
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Isa 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Here is some further detail as to how He makes use of the "evil factor":

Jdg 9:23 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:

1Sa 16:14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
1Sa 16:15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.

1Sa 16:16 Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.

1Sa 16:23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

1Sa 18:10 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house:

1Sa 19:9 And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.

1Ki 22:23 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.

2Ch 18:22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee.
This is not to "blame" God for evil, but to simply clarify that evil is also a tool He uses in the grand scheme of things.

YOU said God was responsible for the Down fall of man if you actually read your bible you could see that God won't tempt man with evil so if he can't tempt man with evil how can he plan something evil You said it was all part of his plan

any body can read the bible that is capable of reading but people need to start reading with an understanding

God is incapable of doing evil so how can YOU blame him for doing Evil
 
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For some reason you all believe in a half of a god; in that he is soooooo good but evil is beyond his goodness; in other words a god who has no power or authority in the realm of evil, darkness or calamity.



I sure you may believe your god is omnipotent in the literal word alone; but you admit God is incapable of any negative or evil. So what you are telling me is you believe in a limit power god; and omnipotent all powerful Satan with a evil power that God has no control of.


You blame little Adam for the fall of billions of God people and declare he sinned by his own freewill. But do you present one verses that declares this? This is all based on your assumption and your limit power of god which I just expressed above.



You believe Adam had a freewill or choice? I have debate many people like you and never has any one ever showed me one single verse man has a freewill or choice in salvation; and this also is the case of Adam who had no choice at all according to Romans 8:20 and Ps 90. Then you spin these verses because you cannot accept what God's Word declares... BUT THEN YOU CAN SHOW NO VERSES TO BACK YOUR ASSUMPTION BASED ON HOT AIR.


Why would Adam not have a choice?



Well for one thing we all agree adam had a will; but is his will greater then Gods? A will so powerful that God just could not control little Adams will.



Oh yea you blame Satan. Satan is a created being by God (never an angel), a liar, a murderer and from his beginning and has no power unless God ordains it. I started a new post on this which no one has responded to.




We all agree Adam was created in the the image and likeness of God. But what you all do not see is that Adam was lowered from the point.


I am going to turn to Genesis to which I believe is the second most spiritual book next to the Book of Revelation.



Genesis is the foundation for the whole Bible. 1 Corinthians 15:45And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. 47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven. Both Adam’s were made from God, in His image and Likeness; the first Adam had to fall or there was no need for a second Adam; that is why God created him innocent; God set Adam up to fall; the second Adam I(Christ) matured to adulthood and overcame.


Soul is not flesh, soul is the mind our intellect our reason, flesh is our body; our mind is effected by our fleshly body; Both the soul and the carnal mind were "formed" on the same day and are interconnected for this reason. Our fleshly mind, carnal thoughts all lead Adam to the realm of death and decay.



Just like our spirit can also affect our mind. Our spirit is the Christ with in us, the Holy Spirit with in, but Adam on the seventh day began his fleshly walk in the realm of self-hood and was set up for the fall.


God formed Adam this way; if God did not form Adam from the dust of the ground and made him a living soul; Adam would of not fallen. For when he was "created" on the sixth day he was created as a Spirit for he was made in God's image and likeness. God is not a soul.

I understand the traditional teaching that God rested on the seventh day and this is true; but if you look at the content and context of the sixth and seventh day in God's Word and reject the traditional teaching of man God did far more then fall a sleep on the seventh day.



God never rest like people rest.


Genesis 1 (
sixth day) where Adam was created in God’s Image, Genesis 2 (seventh day) Became a living soul.

Gen 1:26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Roman’s 8:20 declares all creation; not just man was subjected to the curse.

Romans 8:20 (NLT) Against its will, all creation was subjected to God’s curse. But with eager hope, 21 the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay.


Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Then we get to the next chapter and who how short or long this period is:

Genesis 2: 1Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Notice this is a totally new day, seventh day.



CONTEXT...


Gen. 2:7And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.


Adam did not die physically until he died at age 930 in Genesis 5:5; but Adam did die spiritually from the presence of God Shekinah glory when he sinned.

So if you look at the content and the context of the above there were two totally different days; the sixth when God created man; the seventh where God formed Adam and Eve. Created and formed/ sixth and seventh.



YOU said God was responsible for the Down fall of man if you actually read your bible you could see that God won't tempt man with evil so if he can't tempt man with evil how can he plan something evil You said it was all part of his plan

any body can read the bible that is capable of reading but people need to start reading with an understanding

God is incapable of doing evil so how can YOU blame him for doing Evil
 
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[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]Yes God warned them and because of the disobedience we are all dead spiritually in Adam. That was God's will.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]NT:3153 Vanity: mataiotes (mat-ah-yot'-ace); from NT:3152; inutility; figuratively, transientness; morally, depravity:


Voluntary/no choice uncertain affinity; voluntary: The Greek uses the word NT:1635 hekon (hek-own'); of uncertain affinity; voluntary:

NT:5293 hupotasso (hoop-ot-as'-so); from NT:5259 and NT:5021; to subordinate; reflexively, to obey:


Romans 8:20 (NLT) Against its will, all creation was subjected to God’s curse. But with eager hope, 21 the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay.
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It was God who warned them not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil, with God's warning, it created a choice. It was Adam who choice to disobey God.
 
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God used what happened for His glory but by no means did God force Adam to disobey. Adam could have not eaten of the tree but he did.

Psalms 90:1-2 speaks of God being God before the formation of the world.
Psalm 90:3 speaks to what God does now after the fall of man, because one of man's punishment for Adam's disobedience is death.
You return man to dust and say, "Return, O children of man!" For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday and when it is past, or as a watch in the night."​

Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, til you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.​

Just so you know, if you are going to look up words and what they mean, I think you should look up the meaning in Hebrew...for the Old Testament was written in Hebrew, and so the word origin should be looked up in that language. Not saying that the Greek word is incorrect, but if you are reading from a Greek bible of the OT, know that it was a translation from Hebrew. If you are going to explain the actual origin of the word, Greek is not the language you should be looking it, it should be Hebrew.

Romans 8:18-25
18For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 19For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. 20For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope 21that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. 23And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. 24For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? 25But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.​
This is speaking of what creation has done after the fall of man...we were in bondage and we eager await to be set free ---Romans 8, Paul is explaining the freedom we have being sons of God. When God created the world in the beginning, creation weren't moaning and groaning in childbirth, that punishment didn't come until after Adam and Eve sinned.

Genesis 3:16
To the woman He said, "I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing, in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you."​

Again, Paul is explaining our freedom in Christ now, compared to when we were slaves to sin.

But neither scripture that was use negate the fact that Adam choice to sin. Yes, God knew what would happen and I'm sure God always had a plan set forth, but God in His wisdom knew man, but He most certainly gave man a choice.
 
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On and on but never do I see one verse that quotes Adam man had a choice, a freewill. I have posted numerous verses to the contrary but this does not matter because you all blame Adam who is but mortal man and you seem to forget the real power in this picture is not little Adam who was the created; but God who is sovereign over all things.

You posted your self read the words. 20For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope


If the creature is Adam and he was not willing then where this assumption of choice or freewill; then read on.... "but because of him who subjected it". Who is he who subjected it? GOD.

Does somehow not willing turn into freewill in your mind?

[FONT=Comic Sans MS, cursive]Ps. 90:1-3. "Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You have formed the earth or the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. You (God) turn man to destruction; and say return you children of men.[/FONT]


I change the color of to green because you were having trouble with red and blue reading what it says not what you want it to say.

This is speaking of what creation has done after the fall of man

This is bunk and spin. Romans 8:20 is clearly speaking about the fall not after the fall. And you do not believe this verse read Ps. 90 which is clearly speaking of the fall.



God used what happened for His glory but by no means did God force Adam to disobey. Adam could have not eaten of the tree but he did.

Psalms 90:1-2 speaks of God being God before the formation of the world.
Psalm 90:3 speaks to what God does now after the fall of man, because one of man's punishment for Adam's disobedience is death.
You return man to dust and say, "Return, O children of man!" For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday and when it is past, or as a watch in the night."​
Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, til you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.​
Just so you know, if you are going to look up words and what they mean, I think you should look up the meaning in Hebrew...for the Old Testament was written in Hebrew, and so the word origin should be looked up in that language. Not saying that the Greek word is incorrect, but if you are reading from a Greek bible of the OT, know that it was a translation from Hebrew. If you are going to explain the actual origin of the word, Greek is not the language you should be looking it, it should be Hebrew.

Romans 8:18-25
18For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 19For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. 20For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope 21that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. 23And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. 24For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? 25But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.​
This is speaking of what creation has done after the fall of man...we were in bondage and we eager await to be set free ---Romans 8, Paul is explaining the freedom we have being sons of God. When God created the world in the beginning, creation weren't moaning and groaning in childbirth, that punishment didn't come until after Adam and Eve sinned.

Genesis 3:16
To the woman He said, "I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing, in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you."​
Again, Paul is explaining our freedom in Christ now, compared to when we were slaves to sin.

But neither scripture that was use negate the fact that Adam choice to sin. Yes, God knew what would happen and I'm sure God always had a plan set forth, but God in His wisdom knew man, but He most certainly gave man a choice.
 
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The choice that Adam had was to eat or not to eat. He ate, therefore he choice to disobey. It's funny that you said that you don't see a scripture that tells you Adam had a choice and yet you don't see in scripture that God was the one that made Adam disobey. It's quite simply, God gives a command, there is choice a or choice b, if we choose to follow God we're all good...if we choice to disobey God, we have sinned.
 
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There is no reference to this assumption.

The reference was in Romans 8:22 when Paul said:
For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.​

Genesis 3:16 tells us that the woman's punishment was a hard childbirth. We are not told that before the fall of man that there were groaning and pains in childbirth and we can assume it was not since it was God's punishment when mankind sinned.

I didn't assume anything. That phrase was one of our punishment after the fall of man.
 
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On and on but never do I see one verse that quotes Adam man had a choice, a freewill. I have posted numerous verses to the contrary but this does not matter because you all blame Adam who is but mortal man and you seem to forget the real power in this picture is not little Adam who was the created; but God who is sovereign over all things.
But it that mortal man that brought sin into this world. He sinned. God didn't sin for Adam, Adam did that himself.


You posted your self read the words.
I posted scripture in it's ENTIRE context, I didn't isolate one verse and then try and make statements on just those one verse alone when it comes to this subject. That verse is bundled up with others around it.

20For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope

continue with 21
that the creation itself will be set free from it's bondage to decay and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.​
Again, this is after the fall because "bondage of decay" is not part of the creation UNTIL Adam sinned and brought death into the world. If death and decay was already here before the fall, then please explain to me why Romans 5 tell us that Adam sin brought death into the world or why is one of the punishments for Adam and Eve's sin was death (from dust we came and dust we will become) if that was part of the world already???

It's not, these verses are dealing with us in our state after the fall of man.

If the creature is Adam and he was not willing then where this assumption of choice or freewill; then read on.... "but because of him who subjected it". Who is he who subjected it? GOD.
If you want to speak about Adam specifically then you should Read Romans 5:12-21 that speaks specifically about Adam's sin, which tells us that HE--not GOD--but ADAM sinned.



Therefore, JUST AS SIN CAME INTO THIS WORLD THROUGH ONE MAN, and death through sin, and so death spread to all man because all sinned--Romans 5:12​
That verse tells us specifically that Adam was the one who sinned. It didn't tell us that Adam was subjected to God's will and therefore God gave him no choice, NO, it tells us that Adam sinned.

Does somehow not willing turn into freewill in your mind?
He choice to sin--that is free will. God told him NOT TO. If Adam went on and ate the fruit and God said nothing then Adam wasn't given a choice, but that simple command that God gave Adam created the choice and the choice belong to Adam and he freely could choose to or not to.



[FONT=Comic Sans MS, cursive]Ps. 90:1-3. "Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You have formed the earth or the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. You (God) turn man to destruction; and say return you children of men.[/FONT]

I change the color of to green because you were having trouble with red and blue reading what it says not what you want it to say.
If you are going to make your argument, try not to insult people...otherwise there is no point in continuing this discussion. Again, read it...you'll see that the first two verse tell us how God's has always been here and all the other verses after tell us what God does to his creation now. In verse 5, it tells us that God sweep them away as with a flood, something that happened AFTER the fall of man, it wasn't something God was doing before the fall. Even verse 10 tells us that our days are numbered to around 70 or 80 and although I don't think he was meaning a specific age, we are told in Genesis that God cut man's lifespan to about 120, AFTER the FALL.

This is bunk and spin. Romans 8:20 is clearly speaking about the fall not after the fall. And you do not believe this verse read Ps. 90 which is clearly speaking of the fall.
Romans 8:20 is speaking after the fall because Paul uses a reference that was part of the punishment for the fall. When God created the world He said it was "very good" so what happened between that "very good" and the "whole creation groaning and moaning in the pains of childbirth"??? THE FALL.
 
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No one said God sinned. Yes Adam sinned. But Adam did not sin willingly. (freewill is the total opposite of not willingly. How do you get free choice or freewill out of not willingly?

But it that mortal man that brought sin into this world. He sinned. God didn't sin for Adam, Adam did that himself.

This is true but you are trying to isolate this verse from the fall which is what this verses is addressing. It is also addressing why God wanted the fall to happen as well as the hope in the ages top come.


I posted scripture in it's ENTIRE context, I didn't isolate one verse and then try and make statements on just those one verse alone when it comes to this subject. That verse is bundled up with others around it.



I agree which I just pointed out. But this has nothing to do with the fact that Creation was not willing. Did not God created man in his own image and likeness which is spirit (God is not a soul)?

Did not God on the seventh day "form man from the dust of the earth and made him a living soul. This was Gd lower man to carnality,to a dust man soul man.

1 Corinthians 2:13-15

The soulical man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him, neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned,



continue with 21
that the creation itself will be set free from it's bondage to decay and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.​
Again, this is after the fall because "bondage of decay" is not part of the creation UNTIL Adam sinned and brought death into the world. If death and decay was already here before the fall, then please explain to me why Romans 5 tell us that Adam sin brought death into the world or why is one of the punishments for Adam and Eve's sin was death (from dust we came and dust we will become) if that was part of the world already???


NO.

It's not, these verses are dealing with us in our state after the fall of man.


Amen.
But Romans 8:20 and Ps 90 tell us God took the blame.


If you want to speak about Adam specifically then you should Read Romans 5:12-21 that speaks specifically about Adam's sin, which tells us that HE--not GOD--but ADAM sinned.
Therefore, JUST AS SIN CAME INTO THIS WORLD THROUGH ONE MAN, and death through sin, and so death spread to all man because all sinned--Romans 5:12​

This is true but Romans 8:20 and Ps 90 tell us God took the blame.

That verse tells us specifically that Adam was the one who sinned. It didn't tell us that Adam was subjected to God's will and therefore God gave him no choice, NO, it tells us that Adam sinned.

There is no such thing as man having a freewill or choice to be found about salvation any where in the Bible; the Bible teaches to the contrary. Freewill and choice is a religious term not a Biblical.

No where does it say Adam chose freely. I like NIRV


(NIRV) Romans 8: 20 The created world was bound to fail. But that was not the result of its own choice. It was planned that way by the One who made it. God planned to set the created world free. He didn't want it to rot away completely. Instead, he wanted it to have the same glorious freedom that his children have


He choice to sin--that is free will. God told him NOT TO. If Adam went on and ate the fruit and God said nothing then Adam wasn't given a choice, but that simple command that God gave Adam created the choice and the choice belong to Adam and he freely could choose to or not to.




If you are going to make your argument, try not to insult people...otherwise there is no point in continuing this discussion. Again, read it...you'll see that the first two verse tell us how God's has always been here and all the other verses after tell us what God does to his creation now. In verse 5, it tells us that God sweep them away as with a flood, something that happened AFTER the fall of man, it wasn't something God was doing before the fall. Even verse 10 tells us that our days are numbered to around 70 or 80 and although I don't think he was meaning a specific age, we are told in Genesis that God cut man's lifespan to about 120, AFTER the FALL.


Romans 8:20 is speaking about the fall.
It is also speaking that God caused it and was not willing.

Freewill/not willing???????


It is also speaking of the reason God caused the fall in hope.

Ps. 90:1-3. "Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You have formed the earth or the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. You (God) turn man to destruction; and say return you children of men.

Ps. 90:1-3. Your trying to explain away the clear time frame of this verse which clearly shows us a time frame before mountains were brought forth, or ever You have formed the earth or the world. You cannot go back further in time then this; yet you are trying to prove the context is after the fall.

Do not give me your bias agenda when interpreting God's Word for it does not work. You are insulting God's Word with this vane attempt.







Romans 8:20 is speaking after the fall because Paul uses a reference that was part of the punishment for the fall. When God created the world He said it was "very good" so what happened between that "very good" and the "whole creation groaning and moaning in the pains of childbirth"??? THE FALL.
 
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Man is a slave to sin, man is dead in trespasses and it is his nature to totally reject all things of God; man has no choice or freewill to choose his own salvation; this is a religious myth and not a scriptural fact; if anything the Bible teaches it is God who draws; it is Jesus that saves not mans carnal mind believing on by its own will.


The word freewill or choice are not found anywhere in the NT when it comes to someone freely choosing his own salvation. The word freewill is not even found in the Bible except for the Freewill Offering in the OT; which has nothing to do with salvation even as an example. God saves us by His grace, the and only then can carnal man have faith to believe in God and be saved. I also showed him that God caused the fall in Romans 8:20 which he totally rejected the content of the verse and replaced it with his bias opinion.



In John 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw (Gk(drag) and I will add forces him: and I will raise him up at the last day. and John 12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw (Gk(drag) all men unto me as you so wisely posted.

The word draw is the Greek word from Strong’s 1670: helkuo (hel-koo'-o);or helko (hel'-ko); probably akin to 138; to drag (literally or figuratively):

There are eight examples in the NT that shows this word draw means force; Peter drew his sword is one example; the disciples drew their net; the net did not choose or have a freewill neither did the sword.

Notice Ephesians 2: 1And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

(Eph. 6:17). Then the writer to the Hebrews declares that the sword of God’s word is "QUICK ."Quick means living and active — LIFE-GIVING! "For the word of God that speaks is alive and full of power — making it active, operative, energizing and effective; it is sharper than any two-edged sword" (Heb. 4:12, Amplified).

2Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
4But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved
6And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
7That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9Not of works, lest any man should boast

Notice the order, God must quicken us be we are dead in sins; then He saves us by grace; then and only then do we have faith and I will add once this has happen we had no choice or freewill.

Man never came into the picture above until vs. 8

8For by grace are ye saved through faith; (then notice) and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9Not of works, lest any man should boast

There sure is a lot of boasting in othadoxy
 
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No one said God sinned. Yes Adam sinned. But Adam did not sin willingly. (freewill is the total opposite of not willingly. How do you get free choice or freewill out of not willingly?

So God coerced or forced Adam to sin? Was God lying to Adam when He told him to not eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil? The only way this can work out per your theory is for God to be lying.
 
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Man is a slave to sin, man is dead in trespasses and it is his nature to totally reject all things of God; man has no choice or freewill to choose his own salvation; this is a religious myth and not a scriptural fact; if anything the Bible teaches it is God who draws; it is Jesus that saves not mans carnal mind believing on by its own will.


The word freewill or choice are not found anywhere in the NT when it comes to someone freely choosing his own salvation. The word freewill is not even found in the Bible except for the Freewill Offering in the OT; which has nothing to do with salvation even as an example. God saves us by His grace, the and only then can carnal man have faith to believe in God and be saved. I also showed him that God caused the fall in Romans 8:20 which he totally rejected the content of the verse and replaced it with his bias opinion.



In John 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw (Gk(drag) and I will add forces him: and I will raise him up at the last day. and John 12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw (Gk(drag) all men unto me as you so wisely posted.

The word draw is the Greek word from Strong’s 1670: helkuo (hel-koo'-o);or helko (hel'-ko); probably akin to 138; to drag (literally or figuratively):

There are eight examples in the NT that shows this word draw means force; Peter drew his sword is one example; the disciples drew their net; the net did not choose or have a freewill neither did the sword.

Notice Ephesians 2: 1And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

(Eph. 6:17). Then the writer to the Hebrews declares that the sword of God’s word is "QUICK ."Quick means living and active — LIFE-GIVING! "For the word of God that speaks is alive and full of power — making it active, operative, energizing and effective; it is sharper than any two-edged sword" (Heb. 4:12, Amplified).

2Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
4But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved
6And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
7That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9Not of works, lest any man should boast

Notice the order, God must quicken us be we are dead in sins; then He saves us by grace; then and only then do we have faith and I will add once this has happen we had no choice or freewill.

Man never came into the picture above until vs. 8

8For by grace are ye saved through faith; (then notice) and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9Not of works, lest any man should boast

There sure is a lot of boasting in othadoxy

All of this is true since the fall. None of it was true before the fall. Adam and Eve walked with God. They had to have been perfectly sinless in order for that to be happening. Why would God make them fall so that He'd have to provide a means for them to return to Him?
 
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If God took the blame for sinning.....then GOD sinned. But He didn't take the blame for sinning He told us that Adam sinned in Romans 5, therefore God did not take the blame for something He didn't do.

God took the punishment for sin when He allowed His Son to die on the cross for us, but God did not take the blame of sin because if He did, not only would it have meant that God was the one who sinned but it would not have made sense for God to punish Adam, Eve and the Serpent IF God was the one who took the blame.

And to say that God wanted Adam to sin so He could reconcile us back to Him makes no sense, Adam and Eve walked with God and if they would continue in a righteous relationship with Him and their children would follow along then we would have walked with Him as well, there would be no need for Christ to come down and save the lost, if there were no one lost.
 
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