God's commands expose man's attribute to "act" or man's attribute not to "act"
OR, written another way, God reveals man's ability "to do" something or man's ability "not to do" something
SO God distinguishes an "act", or actions, within commands
BUT God excludes explicit reference to decision or choice in commands
AND Lord Jesus declared "Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated? But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart" (Matthew 15:17-18).
AND a variety of muscles within the human body act to produce atmospheric vibration which results in sounds that can be interpreted as words then aggragated together into communication
SO when a person speaks, a person acts
YET Jesus did not say "when a person decides to speak"
NOR did He say "you are able to choose to speak"
RATHER Jesus did say "the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart" (Matthew 15:18)
THEREFORE a person's heart acts
THUS fruit is produced
AND Lord Jesus declared "where your treasure is, there your heart will be also" (Matthew 6:21)
AND the Holy Spirit is precious treasure (John 3:3-8, John 16:7-14)
AND the Spirit of the Living God produces fruit in us believers - the Spirit of Truth is required for us believers to have good fruit (John 15:5, Galatians 5:22-23)
AND Lord Jesus declared "there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit. For each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a briar bush. The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil [man] out of the evil [treasure] brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart" (Matthew 6:43-45).
SO like Jesus, we believers must do the will of Our Father (Matthew 6:10)
FOR we believers are not better than Jesus (Matthew 10:24)
AS evidenced by the fact that the will of we believers is worked by Our Father in heaven (Philippians 2:13)
NOT stagger to and fro in autonomous "free will" which is truly "self will" as the unrighteous do (Amos 8:12, Philemon 1:14 and 2 Peter 2:9-10)
BUT the love of Christ controls us believers (2 Corinthians 5:14)
1. "from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat" (Genesis 2:17) is a command of action to refrain and abstain
2. "You shall not steal" is a command of action to refrain and abstinence (Exodus 20:15)
3. "Seek" is a command of action to execute and engage (Matthew 7:7)
Just as the original post shows richly in scripture, Adam was not imparted free will, and no man thereafter was imparted free will neither.
OR, written another way, God reveals man's ability "to do" something or man's ability "not to do" something
SO God distinguishes an "act", or actions, within commands
BUT God excludes explicit reference to decision or choice in commands
AND Lord Jesus declared "Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated? But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart" (Matthew 15:17-18).
AND a variety of muscles within the human body act to produce atmospheric vibration which results in sounds that can be interpreted as words then aggragated together into communication
SO when a person speaks, a person acts
YET Jesus did not say "when a person decides to speak"
NOR did He say "you are able to choose to speak"
RATHER Jesus did say "the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart" (Matthew 15:18)
THEREFORE a person's heart acts
THUS fruit is produced
AND Lord Jesus declared "where your treasure is, there your heart will be also" (Matthew 6:21)
AND the Holy Spirit is precious treasure (John 3:3-8, John 16:7-14)
AND the Spirit of the Living God produces fruit in us believers - the Spirit of Truth is required for us believers to have good fruit (John 15:5, Galatians 5:22-23)
AND Lord Jesus declared "there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit. For each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a briar bush. The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil [man] out of the evil [treasure] brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart" (Matthew 6:43-45).
SO like Jesus, we believers must do the will of Our Father (Matthew 6:10)
FOR we believers are not better than Jesus (Matthew 10:24)
AS evidenced by the fact that the will of we believers is worked by Our Father in heaven (Philippians 2:13)
NOT stagger to and fro in autonomous "free will" which is truly "self will" as the unrighteous do (Amos 8:12, Philemon 1:14 and 2 Peter 2:9-10)
BUT the love of Christ controls us believers (2 Corinthians 5:14)
1. "from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat" (Genesis 2:17) is a command of action to refrain and abstain
2. "You shall not steal" is a command of action to refrain and abstinence (Exodus 20:15)
3. "Seek" is a command of action to execute and engage (Matthew 7:7)
Just as the original post shows richly in scripture, Adam was not imparted free will, and no man thereafter was imparted free will neither.