[HarleyD]

Man has control over it just like Cain had control over it. God told Cain "sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it". So what did Cain do? He went and murder Abel. This is the flaw of man. We cannot master sin. We have no "free" will because we cannot master sin.

I just want to be clear about a point. Cain was told by God that he must master his sin. There is, in that comment, a statement that man can indeed master sin. The problem is that Cain had no intentions of mastering sin. This is a very subtle but important point. We sin because we want to sin-we choose to sin if you will. We will NEVER choose not to sin. This is our flawed nature. God has to change this behavior.

[P8riot]

Harley,

Thank you for your posts. You have a way of articulating scripture very well. Are you an ordained minister?