Dolores L wrote: Now did God give him a choice or not. He gave him what the consquences would be if he disobeyed which he chose to ignore.
Delores I think when we look at Adam and Eve we have to remember that we see them in two states. (1) Pre-sin. (2) Post-sin. We today are all Post-sin. We are all born from parents who were sinners all the way back to Adam and Eve. We are all born sinners. So if we look at the famous "Free Will" question we note that as born sinners we do not have "free will" BECAUSE of sins influence upon us. Whereas if we look at Adam and Eve "Pre-sin" - Then we see two mortals who are not yet influenced by sin. At that point I would say Adam and Eve had free wills.
As for John Yurich's point in saying we become Christians by quote "asking" Jesus to come into our life. We cannot do that at the stage - before - Christ/Holy Spirit arrives. The "Natural" stage. Since before we are born again we cannot discern spiritually, 1Cor 2:14. Therefore it must be Christ/Holy Spirit who provides the ability in us to "ask" for Christ - And know we are sinners and need saving. How do we become saved? - Jesus saves us. Without any input from man in his natural state.