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HOW WOULD YOU FEEL, IF YOU HAD NO PARENTS

by Charles (Chuck) Robey
06/16/15
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How would you feel if you had no relatives, living or dead. And you had no friends or neighbors to fellowship with. And the only human close to you just happened to be your spouse, who consequently just happen to be in the same predicament as yourself.

Then, as a result of being tempted, by a slippery slimy snake, you and your wife betrayed the only direct command given to you both, by your creator. As a result of this behavior the both of you were kicked out of the only home place known to you. Then, what would you do ? Well, such was the case of our first relatives, or parents, here on earth.

Now not having companionship with any other humans, other than your spouse, Would you not have given in to your spouse's request, to follow her and eat the forbidden fruit. And why was the two of you not alarmed to see an animal speak ? Perhaps you all did not realize animals could not speak; at any rate, neither of you were alarmed.

Was God aware of what would happen in the garden ? Of course He was (Matthew 11:21) (James 1:17). You see God’s eternal plan for creation included the fall of man and all creation. While there were painful consequences for sin, the curses were divinely purposed to serve as a part of the cure. In dealing with the sins of men, God’s glory is revealed. In forgiving the sins of men, the grace of God is manifested. And in the end, the last state of the believer is far better than the first. God purposed the fall of man for His glory and for our good.

According to Christian doctrine, the fall of man, or the fall, is a term used to describe the transition of the first man and woman from a state of innocent obedience to God to a state of guilty disobedience. This doctrine of the fall comes from a biblical interpretation of (Genesis 3:1-7). At first, Adam and Eve lived with God in the Garden of Eden, but the serpent tempted them into eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, which God forbade. After doing so, they became ashamed of their nakedness and God expelled them from the Garden to prevent them from eating from the tree of life and becoming immortal (Genesis 3:7-24).

This doctrine is interrupted as that of the original sin. Thus, the fall of mankind, brought sin into the world, corrupting the entire natural world, including human nature, causing all humans to be born into original sin, a state from which they cannot attain eternal life without the grace of God (Romans 5:12) .

And the sad point of this lesson is that rather than assume responsibility for their own actions, Adam and Even passed the responsibility on. From their actions in (Genesis 3:7-8) and (Job 31:33), we find that they tried to conceal rather than confess this sin.

Had Eve trusted God (Isaiah 44:6), she would have found His word sufficient (Psalm 119:11). She only need know who had forbidden the fruit, not why the fruit was forbidden. You see, God desires for us to obey Him in faith (Hebrews 11:1,6). Such faith is not based on our understanding, but only because it is our God who requires it.

And now, the history of mankind's first sin is a constancy reminder of the inbreeded sinfulness of man (Isaiah 43:27). But, through the free grace of God (Ephesians 2:8-9), by way of the cross (John 3:17), God made a way of escape for all mankind. Thus:

------------The fall of man was included in His plan for creation (Exodus 34:6-7)
------------God’s plan was established before the foundation of the world, to include  sin and the suffering(Isaiah 53:3-6).
------------In God’s plan the curse is a part of the cure (James 1:2-4)
------------In God’s plan, sin and the curse made possible a cure with blessings better than those lost by Adam’s sin and the curse.(Romans 11:32)).

In conclusion, we see that God’s eternal plan, of a free will and a free choice for creation, included the fall of man and all creation. Yes there was, and will always be, painful consequences for sin, but the curses were divinely purposed to serve as a part of the cure as God's glory was revealed. In forgiving the sins of men, the grace of God is shown (Ephesians 2:8-9). And in the end, the last state of the believer is far better than the first (Romans 6:2-3). For I have read the back of the book (Revelation) and the good wins out over the evil.

Blessings !  http://ccrobey.wix.com/themessage