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Originally Posted by photon
So salvation is about a gift and not about what people do, but then you say it IS about what they do (since they asked for forgiveness for their sins).
But if we're fallen creatures with a sinful nature, then we cannot help but sin.
It's like a doctor offering the gift of a cure for a disease the doctor gave you in the first place.
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God did not give us sin like a disease. He created us perfect, not fallen creatures. But He gave us a free will, so that we aren't forced to follow him.
But Adam and Eve messed up and chose to reject that perfection and God. They separated themselves from God and therefore gave birth to a people that were born fallen from God. Hence the need for a Savior, someone who could make things right again.
This is why so many people make the argument of "How can a loving God create so much evil in the world?" Simple. God didn't create evil, he allowed it to happen. It was us humans that created it.
Once you become a Christian, the Holy Spirit lives in you. You are reconciled to God and are no longer a fallen creature. This Spirit guides you in order to live a perfect life worthy of the Lord and doing His work. That being said, we still have a free will and oftentimes this comes into play, when we choose to do what we know is displeasing in the Lord's sight. The Spirit will convict us if that is the case and we can always ask for forgiveness which is freely granted. The Holy Spirit is supernatural and the more time we spend with the Lord in devotions and whatnot, the closer we become to His spirit and the less likely we are to get sucked into the making wrong decisions.