(March 27, 2019 at 12:26 pm)tackattack Wrote:Free-will without the possibility of sin only after physical death since believers have been "grafted" into the divine nature. The old nature at that point would have been completely extirpated which why physical death is necessary.(March 26, 2019 at 11:08 pm)snowtracks Wrote:I agree with everything you said snow except "one can have free will without the possibility of sin; the new creation will be sin-free" You can not have free will without the possibility of being able to sin. If you can and do choose to sin then it is a choice. That is the point behind Romans 3:23. If you have no ability to choose a course then it is coerced/forced. If you can maintain your connection to the divine 100% of the time then it's not you making the choice. In neither instance does that mean that it is attainable in this life or that you or are are sinless in this very moment.
Atheist Credo: An universe by chance that also just happened to admit the observer by chance.