Teaching About Baptism God’s The Choice The Need To Overcome THE PROBLEM Sin Is Disobedience To Commands God’s problem started way back in the Garden of Eden. God told Adam that he could eat of Man’s the fruit of any tree in the garden except one - the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God told Adam that if he ate from that tree, he would “surely die” (Genesis 2:17). Adam and disobedience is recorded in Genesis 3:1-12. From the beginning we note Eve’s that the of attack has been that God He the serpent’s plan didn’t really mean what said. “And serpent said to the (Genesis 3:4). surely shall not woman, ‘you die!’” So Eve was deceived (I Timothy 2:14) by the devil, and Adam and Eve ate. In doing so they sinned. Just as breaking a law or command of men is a crime, so breaking a command of God is sin. Sin Separates Man From God God told the day you eat from it [the tree of knowledge of good and evil], you Adam, “In will (Genesis 2:17). Did Adam die on the day that he ate the forbidden fruit? The surely die” Bible says that the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he (Genesis 5:5). “all died” Maybe God did lie to Adam? Maybe He was kidding Adam along a little so that Adam eat of that fruit? wouldn’t No! Adam died on the day that he ate of the fruit! He died the kind of death God fears most for His children -spiritual death! The word means When a person dies physically, the spirit is separated death “separation.” from the body (James 2:26). is the separation of the spirit from God, not from the Spiritual death body. What causes this separation? What dreaded disease is this that separates a man from the Father of spirits? Isaiah, speaking for the Lord, the is not so short that it cannot tells us: “Behold, Lord’s hand save; neither is His ear so dull that it cannot hear. But your iniquities have made a separation
God’s Teaching About Baptism The Choice The Need To Overcome THE PROBLEM Sin Is Disobedience To God’s Commands Man’s problem started way back in the Garden of Eden. God told Adam that he could eat of the fruit of any tree in the garden except one - the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God told Adam that if he ate from that tree, he would “surely die” (Genesis 2:17). Adam and Eve’s disobedience is recorded in Genesis 3:1-12. From the beginning we note that the serpent’s plan of attack has been that God didn’t really mean what He said. “And the serpent said to the woman, ‘you surely shall not die!’” (Genesis 3:4). So Eve was deceived (I Timothy 2:14) by the devil, and Adam and Eve ate. In doing so they sinned. Just as breaking a law or command of men is a crime, so breaking a command of God is sin. Sin Separates Man From God God told Adam, “In the day you eat from it [the tree of knowledge of good and evil], you will surely die” (Genesis 2:17). Did Adam die on the day that he ate the forbidden fruit? The Bible says that “all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died” (Genesis 5:5). Maybe God did lie to Adam? Maybe He was kidding Adam along a little so that Adam wouldn’t eat of that fruit? No! Adam died on the day that he ate of the fruit! He died the kind of death God fears most for His children -spiritual death! The word death means “separation.” When a person dies physically, the spirit is separated from the body (James 2:26). Spiritual death is the separation of the spirit from God, not from the body. What causes this separation? What dreaded disease is this that separates a man from the Father of spirits? Isaiah, speaking for the Lord, tells us: “Behold, the Lord’s hand is not so short that it cannot save; neither is His ear so dull that it cannot hear. But your iniquities have made a separation
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