The capacity to sin makes men often look at Lucifer and his fall now making him known as Satan; the Deceiver; Leviathan; etc.
Why God allowed the free will to bring this downfall to him as well as Adam and how Predestination is involved is another topic.
When we look at Cain we clearly see God's instructions where sin was crouching at the door and apparently there was the ability to master it; this definitely makes us question some views on Predestination; again to be discussed another time. My point on mentioning that scripture was to show that surely Lucifer would have been given some indication or warning of the results of sinning; even though the Word doesn't state it explicitly we can look at the lament of Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 and see how God designed him to be originally and apparently some remorse as best as we can understand it from God as to his downfall if I am reading and interpreting the text properly. At any rate we may ask why does sin continue after Adam's fall? It is clear to me from othe verses later on in Ezekiel that a son cannot be held responsible for the sins of his father if he is a righteous man as well as the opposite the descendant of a Godly man can be totally wicked; hence it is the action of sin which we are responsible for. I would argue that it is not our fault we are born with a sin nature any more than the fact that we are mortal after salvation.
This is bolstered by other scriptures to show that those warned about hell were aware more or less of their sin actions as condemning them; again that doesn't absolve anyone from evil thoughts in the heart; but it does show how a 2 year old having a temper tantrum isn't the same as a man deliberately committing evil acts to rebel against God.
Also of course God has the remedy; through the Atonement we can finally die to ourselves and take on a new nature. Most don't want to take the narrow road and wish to stay on the broad and easy path to hell.
Then is God going to take your free will away when he locks Lucifer up for the thousand years before he lets him loose again, if there's no evil, you will have no choice to choose?
The capacity to sin makes men often look at Lucifer and his fall now making him known as Satan; the Deceiver; Leviathan; etc.
Why God allowed the free will to bring this downfall to him as well as Adam and how Predestination is involved is another topic.
When we look at Cain we clearly see God's instructions where sin was crouching at the door and apparently there was the ability to master it; this definitely makes us question some views on Predestination; again to be discussed another time. My point on mentioning that scripture was to show that surely Lucifer would have been given some indication or warning of the results of sinning; even though the Word doesn't state it explicitly we can look at the lament of Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 and see how God designed him to be originally and apparently some remorse as best as we can understand it from God as to his downfall if I am reading and interpreting the text properly. At any rate we may ask why does sin continue after Adam's fall? It is clear to me from othe verses later on in Ezekiel that a son cannot be held responsible for the sins of his father if he is a righteous man as well as the opposite the descendant of a Godly man can be totally wicked; hence it is the action of sin which we are responsible for. I would argue that it is not our fault we are born with a sin nature any more than the fact that we are mortal after salvation.
This is bolstered by other scriptures to show that those warned about hell were aware more or less of their sin actions as condemning them; again that doesn't absolve anyone from evil thoughts in the heart; but it does show how a 2 year old having a temper tantrum isn't the same as a man deliberately committing evil acts to rebel against God.
Also of course God has the remedy; through the Atonement we can finally die to ourselves and take on a new nature. Most don't want to take the narrow road and wish to stay on the broad and easy path to hell.
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