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Originally Posted by armourbearer  Adam's nature was earthy. He was fobidden from following his earthy nature in the case of the forbidden fruit. He followed that nature and disobeyed God's directive when he chose to eat it. I fail to see how he acted contrary to his nature. He acted in accord with his nature as left to himself without divine assistance. Yes, he acted contrary to his righteousness; but the very purpose of the probation was to test that righteousness; so it was by nature a mutable righteousness, and one from which it was possible for him to fall by his own free choice. |
I'm glad you joined in with your thoughts. It seems appropriate to my thinking that the nature governs the faculties. Without divine assistance, he was bound to fall. I wonder what "acting contrary to his righteousness" means. What righteousness did he have? As God is the fountain of good, Adam surely cannot be.