Dear Ron,
I read your reply and want to thank you. Some of what you write I'm not very sure of if you are absolutely correct or not. Did not Adam say "This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh" intimating he is flesh and thus since the flesh is not able to please God and we see that Adam did not please God when the test came that this therefore shows that I could be correct?
Do the Scriptures not say that Adam was soulish? It didn't say he "became soulish" but that he was soulish in 1 Cor.15:45? The term "natural man" I don't believe is really correct seeing that the adjectival form of the noun "soul" is used here and should be rendered "soulish" which is being such a one that is geared toward the soul rather than spirit. The second Adam, Christ did not become spiritual but just was spiritual just as Adam just was soulish.
I love talking about these things for I love talking about God being sovereign in all things.

But I have a request: Could you put your reply in "sola Scriptura" for me? [scratch]


Peace!

Zoe