Curt, Adam was born
posse peccare, posse non peccare (able to sin, able not to sin). Adam was a true moral free agent who possessed an unencumbered free will. Adam was created and placed in the garden and given a task:
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Genesis 1:26 26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
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In addition to the purpose for which he was created Adam was given a command that prohibited him from eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil:
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Genesis 2:16-17 16 The LORD God commanded the man, saying, "From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die."
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The implication is that Adam had the ability to obey or disobey. If Adam was created
non posse peccare (not able to sin) then there would have been no reason for God to give this prohibition.
Why did God give Adam this ability, to sin or not to sin? By exercising his free will Adam would glorify God by his obedience. This is the essence of the covenant of works. It is also what the Arminian believes free will to be like today. It dispels the notion that God created Adam to be a moral and spiritual robot.