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Originally Posted by KMK  Adam did not fall according to his nature. Having righteousness and knowledge his nature was to not sin. In a way, Adam acted against his nature in order to sin. |
Right...for if he did, it would seem odd. I think about these things often, and try to put the puzzle pieces together. Having viewed it in a similar way, it seems to place the will above the nature, does it not?...meaning, if Adam's nature was to not sin, then his will had an ability to trump that and go in the opposite direction. Doesn't it seem odd, however, to view the composition of the person like that?...to where the whole does not govern the parts, but to where one of the parts can trump the whole? How are we to correctly view the person, in view of the relationship of the nature of the man to the faculties that are within him? Do the faculties submit to the nature? Or do they act independently of the nature?