Victory Can Be Yours!
(Article 2)
One of the greatest difficulties today is understanding
why a person needs to believe in Jesus Christ.
The answer is that man, since Adam, is born separated from God. Man’s choice not God’s.
In Genesis, chapters one and two, we read about God
creating the world we live in. On the
sixth day, He created man in His (God’s) own image. (Gen. 1: 26-28) This means that Adam was created pure, with
no inherent tendency to sin. Therefore,
man was in perfect harmony with God. God
then made Eve from one of Adam’s ribs and placed them in the Garden of Eden and
provided them with food and life. “And
the Lord commanded the man, saying, ‘From any tree of the garden you may eat
freely; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat,
for in the day that you eat from it, you shall surely die.’”(Gen. 2: 16,
17) This was like telling a child to
stay out of the candy. Adam and Eve both
ate from the forbidden tree in complete disobedience to God’s command. As a result, sin entered into the world and
man was condemned and separated from God because of sin. The harmony between God and man was destroyed
for God cannot tolerate sin.
“Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the
world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all
sin---.“ (Rom. 5: 12)
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
(Rom. 3: 23)
“For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were
made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made
righteous.” (Rom. 5: 19)
The obedient act of the One, is speaking of the death on
the cross of Jesus Christ. It is because
of this single act of love that man can be restored to harmony with God. There is, however, only one way to accomplish
that, by believing in Jesus Christ. “I
am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but
through me” (John 14: 6)
Along with the many things God has given man, He gave us
a free will and each person individually has a choice to make. What will it be, obedience or disobedience?
You can have victory in Jesus! More to follow!
Lowell Parrish
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