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Originally Posted by mfblume
Man got a sin nature when he succumbed to what the enemy tempted him to do. The knowledge he received was not sin nature, but sin nature came WITH IT since it was from the enemy. It was like the enemy's desire was transferred to mankind. The appeal of the fruit was to make one wise -- self exaltation. This became a disease in our flesh. While God created us to have dominion and to be great, that is only good in the confines of God leading us and inspiring us, not with the independence satan tempted mankind to enter into.
The fruit was not sin nature, and neither was the knowledge. But sin nature entered man by sheer virtue of the fact that man followed the way of the enemy. Instead we partake of the divine nature by following after the Spirit in antithesis to Adam's way.
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scripture for your assertion in bold?
Also that means "Adams" was not a sinful nature but of choice and free will to choose. He did not need a sin nature to sin and nor do we.
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