> CHAD:  As long as there is a "condition" present, the relationship
> between the Creator and Creature is one of merit and justice, not grace
> because grace has no conditions.

JGR:  I agree

> The moment there is any condition is
> the moment grace ceases to be grace. . .

JGR:  I agree

> It is recognizing the fact that  grace never has conditions.  This is
precisely the error of the New
> Perspective because it presumes grace where there are conditions.

JGR;  I agree.  However, that has nothing at all to do with your position
that there is works but no grace in Genesis 2:17. THERE IS NEITHER GRACE OR
EARNING BY WORKS IN THE GARDEN - SHOW ME OTHERWISE IN THE TEXT.  There is a
clear commandment from a sovereign Creator to a sinless man not eat of a
specific tree upon pain of death. That is all the text says. Your theology
has to somehow get "works and earning" into Genesis 2:17 but it simply does
not fit. The more you write the more convinced I am that you are
"theologizing" and not exegeting.