CHAD:  And it would seem the Creator is making it as easy as possible for
> Adam to earn, at the very least, another day in the garden.  That's not
> grace.  That's generosity.  This was part of his dominion requirement,
> something which he did of his own free will.

JGR: As you often say, "Where does the Bible say anything like that?"

Chad responds:   I take it NCT doesn't affirm a free will for pre-fallen
Adam?

JGR:  You lost me. What does your response have to do with my question. I do
not at all question that Adam could have obeyed the command to not eat from
the tree and continue to live in the garden or he could disobeyed and die.
He had free will. But nowhere does Genesis suggest that Adam's free will was
involved in "earning" the right to enjoy another day in the garden.  You
have left the text of Scripture and giving us theology based soley on
theological presuppositions.

I agree that Adam was not given grace to earn another day in the garden..
Until he sinned he did not need grace.