Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.1EZ

Summary of text [comment] pages 69 through 71

Schoonenberg gave an example of ‘the person influenced by grace’.

Consider the metaphor of illness. Grace is like a drug that a person has taken. The potion works on the person’s nature, aiding its combat with the illness.

The reverse is true for sin. A person takes a drug that induces ill effects in the person’s nature.

But doesn’t God, at times, bypass a person’s decisions?

What about miracles of healing or punishment?

What about the repercussions of the grace of paradise and Original Sin?