OK, so this new nature is one where we are free to do good or to sin. Is that a fair restatement?
In the old nature, there was nothing possible except to sin. Is that also right? You said "a saved person now has the ability to not sin." From this I conclude that before being saved they did not have this ability. Therefore it was all sin.
OK. So what were we talking about? Oh, right. Does having the ability to sin or not sin, the freedom to choose, make one greater than God, who is not in his nature able to sin?
SD
Two in the chair is crowded
Three in the chair and somebody gets squashed lol
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I'll agree with that.
In the old nature, there was nothing possible except to sin. Is that also right? You said "a saved person now has the ability to not sin." From this I conclude that before being saved they did not have this ability. Therefore it was all sin.
Yes.
OK. So what were we talking about? Oh, right. Does having the ability to sin or not sin, the freedom to choose, make one greater than God, who is not in his nature able to sin?
No, you twisted it a bit. I did not say that having the ability to sin or not sin made one greater than God, but the ability to act different than our nature would make us greater than God.
An unsaved person acts according to his nature, which is to sin.
A saved person acts according to his nature, which is to sin or not sin.
God acts according to His Nature, which is to be Just, Holy, etc.
Everyone is still acting according to their nature.