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If now Adam and Eve would have been given the same circumstances as the fallen then there would have been no salvation horrible thought. The exorcist had some fallen trying to convince them that they would repent if they were allowed but they aren't, and it was all a show and they soon showed their evil
Yeah, he gave us this gift as we are the only animal made in his image and I think he took the chance of us not following his will in order to grant us total freedom of will (like HE has). If we are wise, we will seek to do God's will because the alternative (self-will) often leads to sin and destruction.
Our self-will and ignoring the will of God often leads to evil. The desires of the flesh are Earthly and we we thrive when we do the will of our Lord. As self-will leads to the desires of the flesh in the physical realm.
God created all of the laws of physics. No one has any problem with that.
They were tested and failed by following their self-will rather than God's will.
Is there anything to day that is forbidden that we are allowed to touch? It is as if you can not touch this, you can not touch that to the point where I wonder if I can touch anything at all.
Depends on who gets to decide on what is good and what isn't. Paul said we are going to have problems, so we need to weight the problems and the benefits to see if it is worth it or not. Who gets to decide what is good and what is not good. God does have the ultimate authority and we do need to submit ourselves to Him. He does tell us what is good for us and what is not. I know it looks good to me but we have to seek God and HIs opinion if it really is good or not or when and under what circumstances it is good, right, proper and true.
So are your intentions good, righit, proper and true. We always want what is best for people. But do they want what is best for us?
I am pretty sure it is the sin that leads to death because if we die that is pretty much the end of it. But I have lost track of how many times God has revived and given me my life back again. Perhaps instead of wondering what we can get away with we should look at the flip side. IS IT possible that we can live a life Holy, Sanctified, Set apart and free from sin so that God is not able to find any fault in us at all. Even IF we can do what we want to do, we still have to determine what we do and do not want. Unless we really only want what is best for us but that still remains to be seen as to just what is and what is not the best. Because God does tell us to lean not on our own understanding but to trust in Him and He will bring it to pass. Is that something we can do? Can we trust God to show us what is best, good, right, proper true? Or is it possible that we claim we are trusting God and giving it all to Him when we are really just giving in to what we want to do. Perhaps we all have a little bit of PTSD from getting ourselves into situations we should not have allowed ourselves to get into.
I think we need to be able to distinguish between choice and free will. Perhaps we have to earn the right to have free will my showing that we make the right choices.
Doesn't sound biblical.
