What is sin? What is sin? Not drinking, not smoking, not gambling, not rejecting church. Sin is unbelief. Is that right? He that believeth not is condemned already. See? You’re not…You do not…You’re not destroyed or separated from God because you’re a sinner. You’re separated to God—from God because you refuse to walk with Him, to walk in His provided way. You’ve got death and life before you. Just like Adam and Eve, every man’s a free moral agent. And the Tree of Life and tree of death is before us all. You can take either one you wish to. It depends on what tree you eat off of is what you are. That’s right. And God is…God created you a free moral agent to do whatever you want to do about it. He can’t make you love Him, and He don’t force you to love Him.

Ministry Explained, 1950-07-11, Minneapolis, MN, §48