BTW, another strawman you've constructed...putting words in ftD's mouth that he didn't even marginally utter.
First, the issue you seem to stumble over with both faith and perfection is the word "natural," as you've stated again above. I don't think ftD ever used the word "natural." However, God doesn't command totally depraved man NOT to murder because He thinks they cannot obey that command. He thinks they can.
So far as I know, there are many who have not murdered. You are probably one of them.
The command to be "perfect" is a legitimate command, but as you might guess, no being except God will ever attain to the perfection of God.
I surmise from that that I must look for some other meaning regarding God's intent, since I think we're not held accountable for what we are totally unable to do anything about.
***The command to be "perfect" is a legitimate command, but as you might guess, no being except God will ever attain to the perfection of God.***
Well, take your complaint up with fortheDeclaration. He is the one who thinks that it is unfair: "God never commands anything that we are unable to do, only unwilling."
Perhaps you Arminians might ought to huddle up and figure out what is fair and what is not fair. Obviously, some of you think that, because God commanded it that man must be able to do it, in this case, be perfect as the Father in heaven is perfect. Of course, that is the very heart of Pelagius' error. He, too, thought that man followed Adam's example into sin and thought that man could obey God's commands, which is exactly what this belief of some of you Arminians leads to.
In the service of the Lord,
Christian.