The sin that has most twisted, corrupted and deformed humanity wasn't taking the fruit it was insisting on redeeming ourselves. That is why the lamb was slain before anything else was created.
@5SolasMissy Recieving full redemption utterly freely is an impossible premise for our sin nature to accept, which, in order to survive, must insist on some form of obligatory payment or contributing role. The gift of his cross strikes at the deepest root of human and religious pride.
@Pastor_Gabe If the NT was completed and sealed by and thru the cross of Jesus Christ, how did letters penned decades later become the eternal immutable laws to which we are obligated?
@Protestia There aren't enough eye roll emojis on the internet to express how I feel seeing all you talking heads sitting around judging whether a person has God working in them. Is that your calling? To evaluate and condemn others?
It's helpful to be aware that posts by Christian influencers instructing others in the third person are often disguised first person confessions of where they're failing.