Not scriptures, but you. A repeated misuse of Romans 8:20-22.
You believe that God created and made man with a will, which you call “bond-will”, yet you cannot seem to give a clear answer to the question “Did Adam had a bond-will before he ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil?”.
There you go calling the Apostle Paul a liar again.
Again, your writings reveal the treasure of your heart (Matthew 15:18), that is your self-will reviling of Majesty on High (2 Peter 2:9-10)
Your heart says "Adam" (Genesis 2:7) is not part of "the whole creation", and Paul wrote "the whole creation" in Romans 8:20-22.
Your heart says "tree" (Genesis 2:9) is not part of "the whole creation", and Paul wrote "the whole creation" in Romans 8:20-22.
Your heart says "ate" (Genesis 3:6) is not an event that occurred prior to "now", and Paul wrote "until now" in Romans 8:20-22.
Your heart says "not willingly" occurs without application to "the whole creation" and "until now", and Paul wrote "not willingly" and "the whole creation" and "until now" in Romans 8:20-22.
In "Adam ate not willingly of the tree", Paul covered "Adam" which is a person as part of "the whole creation" in Romans 8:20-22.
In "Adam ate not willingly of the tree", Paul covered "tree" which is a thing as part of "the whole creation" in Romans 8:20-22.
In "Adam ate not willingly of the tree", Paul covered "ate" which is an action in time of "until now" in Romans 8:20-22.
In "Adam ate not willingly of the tree", Paul covered "not willingly" in Romans 8:20-22.
Paul most certainly included "Adam ate not willingly of the tree" in Romans 8:20-22.
See that you call Paul a liar about "Adam" as part of "the whole creation" in Romans 8:20-22.
See that you call Paul a liar about "tree" as part of "the whole creation" in Romans 8:20-22.
See that you call Paul a liar about "ate" as occurring prior to "until now" in Romans 8:20-22.
See that you call Paul a liar about "not willingly" in Paul's application to "the whole creation" in Romans 8:20-22.
And, this, sir, is Romans 8:20-22 in context.
The Apostle Paul conveys that Adam ate not willingly of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil subjecting the whole creation to futility (Romans 8:20-22).
Therefore, the kind of "will" that Adam was created with, if any kind, is irrelevant to Adam eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Not only that, you are asking a question that is scrupulously covered earlier in this thread.
Too much of your “according to free-willian philosophy”. Take that to the free-willian philosophers.
Salvation is of God, by God, by grace. Now, take the part “according free-willian philosophy” to the free-willian philosophers.
Ad hominem does not do any good. Neither is the use of a strawman.
Salvation is of God, by God, by grace.
God have by the election of grace, saves a people, His people. He has chosen them from the beginning for salvation. These people are revealed in time. Who are they? They are the ones who are given to the Son by the Father, who can come to Jesus Christ, that is, those who will be manifested to believe in Him.
You are a free-willian philosopher because you conveyed in this thread that people have the ability to choose Jesus in defiance of the Lord's words "you did not choose Me" (John 15:16).
According to free-willian philosophy, human salvation is contingent upon a person choosing Jesus unto salvation, so no salvation occurs without such a person's choice toward Jesus.
Now back to your incomplete statement to which I appended clarification which makes your statement complete according to free-willian philosophy.
"The matter of God’s salvation of fallen man is something that belongs only to God" (your words) except salvation for the fallen man cannot happen unless the fallen man chooses God according to free-willian philosophy.
Since you claim man chooses Jesus, then in your heart you call Jesus a deceiver because Lord Jesus says "you did not choose Me, but I chose you" (John 15:16) and "I chose you out of the world" (John 15:19, includes salvation) to all His own disciples (John 10:27-29) in all time.
That is relevant to your statement.
That is relevant to your philosophy.
That is relevant to free-willian philosophy.
There you go calling the Apostle Paul a liar again.
The Apostle Paul identifies Adam as a natural man with "the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual" (1 Corinthians 15:46).
1 Corinthians 15:46 as applicable to the creation account is distasteful to your heart.
There you go calling the Apostle Paul a liar again.
The Apostle Paul explains that the commands of God are foolishness to Adam with a "natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised" (1 Corinthians 2:14)
1 Corinthians 2:14 as applicable to the creation account is distasteful to your heart.
There you go calling the Apostle Paul a liar again.
The Apostle Paul explains that Adam's flesh opposes the Spirit of God with "the flesh desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh. For these are opposed to one another" (Galatians 5:17).
Galatians 5:17 as applicable to the creation account is distasteful to your heart.
The matter of Adam not having knowledge of good and evil has little to do about understanding the commandment. He understand full well what the commandment is, that is, not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the midst of the garden, and that eating it, he will surely die.
Disobedience to God's command by man is evil.
A person willingly disobeying God is doing evil, so you have Adam "willing" to do evil (disobedience) without knowing what evil is.
You claim Adam willingly performed the evil of disobedience against God's command - a thing that Adam's "will" could not "know" because Adam did nor know evil.
YOUR HEART'S CONTENTION IS (1) CONFUSION IN THAT YOU HAVE ADAM "WILLING" TO DO THAT WHICH HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND AND (2) YOU CALLING THE APOSTLE PAUL A LIAR FOR PAUL CONVEYS THAT ADAM ATE NOT WILLINGLY OF THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL SUBJECTING THE WHOLE CREATION TO FUTILITY (ROMANS 8:20-22).
In other words, in your heart you have Adam "willing" evil against God's command, yet Adam does not know evil.
You contradict yourself which is confusion, yet "God is not a God of confusion but of peace" (1 Corinthians 14:33).
Yes He did not. What he knew is that God commanded him to not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. That he ate, only shows that he listened to the voice of his wife rather than God, indicating that he believed his wife and did not believe God who told him what will happen to him, the day he eats of the forbidden fruit.
And no free-will choice was indicated in the Word of God "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat from it'" (Genesis 3:17).
According to you and not scriptures.
There you go calling the Apostle Paul a liar again.
The Apostle Paul explains that the commands of God are foolishness to Adam with a "natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised" (1 Corinthians 2:14)
God's commands are immeasurably valuable, yet God's command (Genesis 2:16-17) was foolishness to Adam (1 Corinthians 2:14).
Your confusion is immense.
According to you and not scriptures.
Tong
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There you go calling the Apostle Paul a liar again.
According to scripture, Adam (a natural man, 1 Corinthians 15:46) did not understand (the things of God were foolishness to Adam, 1 Corinthians 2:14) everything about God's command of "You shall not eat from it" regarding the tree (Genesis 3:17).
Moreover, the natural man Adam opposes the thing of God (Galatians 5:17), that is, God's command of "You shall not eat from it" regarding the tree (Genesis 3:17).
You proclaim "the word of you". For you adulterate the Word of God with "choose" and "willingly" such that it is no longer the Word of God.
Still, no free will written in the creation account (Genesis 1:1-31 Genesis 2:1- 25 Genesis 3:1-24), with Paul in accord for he conveyed that Adam "not willingly" subjected creation to futility by eating of the tree forbiddenl for eating since Paul included all time prior to Paul's birth by his writing "until now" (Romans 8:20-22).
"YHWH is righteous in all his ways and holy in all his works" (Psalm 145:17)
Just as the original post shows richly in scripture, Adam was not imparted free will, and no man thereafter was imparted free will neither.