The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum Did Adam Fall or Did He Jump?

I think you are wrestling with semantics here. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> When we say that Adam "fell" or the "Fall", it is referring to him "falling from grace", or "falling out of favor with God", or "falling from his original relationship", etc. It isn't referring to the manner of his transgression. His transgression was a willful disobedience. He deliberately chose to ignore the commandment and the penalty which would follow. I'm sure we all can identify with that act of willful disobedience in our own lives. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

In His Grace,