Original Sin

so something i've been contemplating for a while just haven't gotten around to writing it so here it is.
a friend and i were talking a while back about the garden and why if God can do anything and knows everything, then why did He let Adam and Eve sin?
so here's my and their thoughts...
being that yes God created everything in its perfect nature to be completely beautiful and glorify Him to the highest. Adam and Eve spent their time in the Garden of Eden with God. He was there to speak to then, spend time with them and lived among them probably. The picture of pure perfection.
There are two sides to this one
1. God had the power to never let them sin. They and the rest of history could remain in a perfect world in harmony and daily fellowship with God. There would be no free will so everyone would just love God and serve Him. Not because they want to but because they have to. (hugely important!) There would never be any choice other than to just love God and serve Him all the time. They would be programmed robots with no will and zeal. There is no other emotion than complete joy.
2. God let them sin. He let them go through pain, suffering and what not. God lets man struggle with sin throughout history. Yet a day would come when God would come down, take on the very nature of a slave (Philippians 2:6-8). He dealt with the same temptations that we go through everyday. He endured the pain of denial, betrayal, loneliness, being an enemy of the world. He endured it all so that He may be able to understand and guide us through our struggles. Then at the cross He took the pain of the world. The pain of separation from God is taken upon Him because of His great love. And in return we have the choice to love Him back.
So this is the difference between the two. On one hand you have a God that loves us but we don’t choose our path. We exist to enjoy His creation and Him. However there is no choice, no chosen zeal, no battles to strengthen our love and devotion. Nothing to strive for. On the other hand, God let us sin so that He could show his great love towards us. Which love means more. A love of letting your creation just sit there and do everything you tell it to, or to let them live their lives in pain and then one day becoming just like them (without the sin) completely, choosing to face their battles, struggles, trials, temptations, and sufferings. Choosing to leave your throne on high and living the life of an unwanted servant who everyone wants to see but few truly desire. He then shows the greatest love, taking on the pain and suffering of the world, and dying so that the pain may be mended. Your creation then can choose whether or not to follow you. Yet through their trials and struggles that you promised, they become closer to you. They choose to either love the life of sin they live in and enjoy it. Or choose a life of hardship and worldly pain so that they may know you more. The ones that choose the path of righteousness choose to endure the hard times because knowing God the almighty lover of our souls, is greater than anything else on this earth. The separation of sin from God is broken and through this we have become ambassadors for Christ and instead of payment for our pathetic nature by eternal damnation we can rejoice in the coming of Christ because He died. He broke the barrier between us and God so that we may rejoice and take part in the return of the king and the inheritance of Abraham..
Either you have a God that has already chosen that you will love him and he will not show you His great love for you or you have a God that will leave his place on High endure 33 years of pain so that He may show is great agape love for all of creation and then even after still care to feel our pain and suffering so that we may become more like him.
Here’s some lyrics to finish it off you don’t have to read them but it’s a wonderful reminder. Bolded for emphasis
Who am I?
That the Lord of all the earth,
Would care to know my name,
Would care to feel my hurt.
Who am I?
That the bright and morning star,
Would choose to light the way,
For my ever wandering heart.

Not because of who I am,
But because of what you've done.
Not because of what I've done,
But because of who you are.

I am a flower quickly fading,
Here today and gone tomorrow,
A wave tossed in the ocean,
A vapor in the wind.
Still you hear me when I'm calling,
Lord, you catch me when I'm falling,
And you've told me who I am.
I am yours.
I am yours.

Who am I?
That the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love
And watch me rise again.
Who am I?
That the voice that calmed the sea,
Would call out through the rain,
And calm the storm in me.

Not because of who I am,
But because of what you've done.
Not because of what I've done,
But because of who you are
So my finishing thought is that God let Adam and Eve sin so that He may show His great love. If they did not sin there would be no opportunity to show it. So out of His great love for His creation he let us sin so He could come to this earth and die. “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends “John 15:13