Money inheritance is a legal issue. Is sin a legal issue? Is disease caused by legal violations? I don't think so. And I don't think that EGW was thinking legal either. Do you???Was she speaking of a legal inheritance? Nope.

You completely missed the point. Let me clarifyt: just because you inherit something doesn't necessarily mean it was through DNA. Your fallacy is that since we inherit characteristics through DNA, it is necessarily true that we inherit ALL characteristics through DNA. One example is sufficient to disprove your premise.

The root of it is pride. You think that you know all there is to know about heredity. It is possible that you don't, especially since your "sin is in the DNA" theory can't account for how sin entered into the world through Adam but managed to infect the entire planet.

Grace is that which God offers to undeserving sinners to turn them into righteous saints.

But the point is that while the man of Rom 6:14 is not under law, Jesus was born under law. Whatever condition Jesus was in at birth, it was not the same as the man of Rom 6:14, who is not under the dominion of sin.

I guess I have to find the section we were reading on the SOP to get to the heart of the matter, but look at the following as it clearly shows what the affects of the Holy Ghost are, and sanctification is from the Holy Ghost.....

'...True sanctification is a Bible doctrine. The apostle Paul, in his letter to the Thessalonian church, declares, “This is the will of God, even your sanctification.” And he prays, “The very God of peace sanctify you wholly.” [1 Thessalonians 4:3; 5:23.] The Bible clearly teaches what sanctification is, and how it is to be attained. The Saviour prayed for his disciples, “Sanctify them through thy truth; thy Word is truth.” [John 17:17, 19.] And Paul teaches that believers are to be “sanctified by the Holy Ghost.” [Romans 15:16.] What is the work of the Holy Spirit? Jesus told his disciples, “When he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth.” [John 16:13.] And the psalmist says, “Thy law is the truth.” By the Word and the Spirit of God are opened to men the great principles of righteousness embodied in his law. And since the law of God is “holy, and just, and good,” a transcript of the divine perfection, it follows that a character formed by obedience to that law will be holy. Christ is a perfect example of such a character. He says, “I have kept my Father’s commandments.” “I do always those things that please him.” [John 15:10; 8:29.] The followers of Christ are to become like him,—by the grace of God, to form characters in harmony with the principles of his holy law. This is Bible sanctification.

This work can be accomplished only through faith in Christ, by the power of the indwelling Spirit of God'...The Great Controversy 1888, Page 469

http://text.egwwritings.org/publication....mp;resultId=165

So if from the womb that would explain how Christ had no propensities to sin, and yet this power is available to us, but do we partake of it. That is the question.

Offers what and how? Hint: Isaiah 53:11; Titus 3:5-7.

I see that you don't have a definition of grace. You confuse grace with its method of delivery and its effects. Conflation again.

It is certainly crucial that we avail of His grace. If we don't, we are lost.

However, let's not confuse what He gives us and what He is. We will never be "little" Christs.

Consider John again. He was filled with the Spirit from the womb. Was he qualified to be the Christ, the Savior of sinners?

Let's take it down a few notches. Having started out filled with the Spirit, was it possible for John to avoid being tainted with sin his entire life, as Jesus did, and stand uncondemned by the requirements of the law, without the benefit of Christ's blood?

Let's take it down some more. Did John have propensities to sin?

No definition of grace, and I provided that best one I know from scripture itself and you provide nothing for your side. Very interesting indeed.

I would agree with your diagnosis here.

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.