Your denial of free will is bogus. If they had no free will then the choices they had to make concerning the forbidden fruit was nonsensical. Why would God make a command if they had no free will to obey it? Why make a death penalty for something they couldn't help? That is just nonsense.Your talk of "free will" is bogus.
You use that idea as a way to explain away the truth that Adam's flesh was the same flesh both before and after he sinned. And Paul says that when he does what he wills not to do it is no longer he that does it but sin dwelling in his flesh. He says of himself "Oh wretched man that I am". He also says that the law is made weak by the flesh, not by "free will".
You are confusing self interest with sin. Adam's flesh was changed by sin. What led to his sin was a division of his loyalties carefully planned by the devil who was there in the garden as a guardian angel. (Cherubs are not cute little baby angels....they are the guardians that God uses to protect something) When the two were evicted from Eden, it was cherubs he used to guard the way to the tree of life. Angels also have free will otherwise satan could not exist. He chose to rebel and he offered temptation to the woman, not to Adam. He was the target all along but the devil got to him through his love for his mate. He put her before his God. Divide and conquer is a very successful tactic.....it still works for him.
The JW"S totally miss how Paul personifies sin and the flesh. It's no wonder they are astray.
Rubbish! Paul personifies what fallen human flesh experiences.
Michael throws satan out of heaven.....is there flesh in heaven? Seriously, your version makes absolutely no sense.
Adam was a free willed, perfect, sinless specimen...there was no sin in him...until he chose to do it. Choices mean you have free will. What you say is illogical.
Jesus was also a perfect sinless human, but he withstood the temptations of the devil, proving that Adam had no excuse. Sin is a choice, not an inevitability. Obedience to God is what separates the sheep from the goats.
I believe that your reasoning is flawed. Do you have a brotherhood who shares your beliefs and with whom you worship?....or are you just another 'lone ranger' with his own ideas gleaned from the misinterpreted musings of others?
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