Sin To Salvation in Jesus Christ
In my previous blog post 3 Spiritual Components to your Salvation, I explained that there were 3 spiritual guided ways to our Salvation:
Justification, Sanctification, and Glorification.
I explained that you must understand that God did not send His Son to condemn the world but to save it, John 3:17 to cleanse us of our sins.
He in His Mercy and Grace had a plan to save His creation from perishing, being set free from the Wrath of God.
Everything has a beginning and an end, and the beginning started from Genesis when Adam and Eve sinned against God in the Garden of Eden
Genesis 3:1-6, God held Adam responsible for the sin they committed for He created him first, Adam was under the Godhead, then Eve, Adams helpmate, she was the weakest link if you will, She too was aware and even explained to Satan that God did say to them that they could eat of any fruit of the trees, but the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, the tree of knowledge of good and evil, God said they shall not eat of it or touch it or they will surely die, and Satan tempted her to go against God, by persuading her and saying did "God really say you shouldn’t eat from any tree in the garden"? He knows if you do your eyes will be opened and you will be as gods.(simply saying you will be like God Himself) but she had a choice, because that's what God gives us a choice, He gives us all free will, instead she took the bait and ate from what was forbidden and then gave Adam some as well, so they’re eyes were opened and now they could see, and they saw that they were naked, so in shame they hide from God,
They are now separated from God because they were disobedient and sinned against Him.
When God asked Adam, who told you, you were naked? Genesis 3:11-19, He immediately blamed Eve, by saying the one who you gave to me, she’s the one that gave me the fruit and I ate it. So, let’s just look at this whole scenario, just within this piece of scripture we have a better understanding now how sin and evil has entered the world and is still and has always been a part of this world until this very day,
God has not then nor is He now pleased with sin and evil in His presence or in His Kingdom.
In these scriptures from Genesis, these are the first fruits of sin.
Since the beginning of time we were in sin,
God cursed satan, Adam and Eve and the ground which is the earth, and we would work for the food which we are to eat for the rest of our days.
To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,
“Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life.
I am explaining all this so that you can get a picture of how it all started, when God says we were born in sin, this is what He is saying.
God the Infinite Being that sits outside of time, the Creator of Heaven and Earth and all things in it,
He has a perfect Paradise for all to live in, where we were intended to be, before the Fall of Man, He decided to make man,
Genesis 1:27 so God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him: male and female created He them,
We were perfect beings living in the Garden of Eden, until Adam and Eve disobeyed God which He gave warning to them, “Eat of this fruit and you shall surely die” They were dead spiritually all the evil and sin that they have just committed has now tainted them and the human race, in other words they have spoiled it for all of us literally, so because we came from them through humanity Eve, because she is the mother of all the living.
God loves us so much didn’t want us to perish knowing that sin and evil has entered the world.
A Disclaimer: First, I want to say don’t never put God in a box, don’t conform His ways with your human ways and your human thoughts with His thoughts,
Isaiah 55:8-9, God is Almighty, All Powerful, All Knowing, The Creator of Heaven and Earth and I can go on and on.
I always hear people say, that God couldn’t possibly come down in flesh, that He couldn't possibly have a Son named Jesus Christ, and why would He need someone to do what He could do Himself? that is out of order, God is considered Sovereign, signifying that He reigns over the entire earth and the heavens, controls all things, and is exalted above all.
Humanity in their ignorance will say they believe in God but won't believe the things of God same as Adam and Eve they believed there was a God but didn't believe His word was true.
Well I can tell you that God Is a Holy deity, that means He is separated and set apart from this world, He is unstained by sin and evil, and people forget that this world was and is full of sin and evil and God Himself cannot dwell in such a place, God had to come from His perfect world which is Paradise in the form of a man which is His Son Jesus Christ into this unperfect world of evil and sin.
So, God is God all by Himself, He sits out of time, and He can do the unthinkable what our little minds couldn't even fathom.
The Greatest Gift that God the Father has given us to make an atonement of our sins, His Son name Jesus Christ
That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.” For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. For “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
Contemplating doing wrong
By thinking or doing something that you know you shouldn’t be doing, but because you see an opportunity to deceive others you will act on it like Eve saw an opportunity to be like God, it was her desire to be wise like God,
The Bible says in Jeremiah17:9 that the heart is deceitful above all things; and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Disobedience
Is going against God, it is being rebellious and not trusting Him that He knows what is good for you Adam and Eve were disobedient towards God, and because of it they were cast out of the Garden, they were separated from God and His presence,
it can be life altering when you want to do what you want to do without the guidance of the God.
Proverbs 15:5 says, A fool despises his father’s instruction, but he who receives correction is prudent.
Blame
When God asked Adam who told him he was naked He then asked if he had eaten from the tree that God had forbidden him to eat?
Adam blamed Eve for his actions, and this is what we as mankind always do.
Instead of taking responsibility for what we do we always find ourselves putting the blame on others.
Proverbs 28:13, states if you cover your sin, you will not prosper, but if you confess it and leave it, they will have mercy.
Shame and Guilt
This was the outcome of Adam and Eve’s disobedience, they now saw each other’s nakedness, they were vulnerable, they were ashamed, they hid from God, they were outside the will of God.
Not a good feeling, the same goes as today we do things that will cause shame and guilt to God, ourselves, families, and friends, because of our actions, disobedience it is the consequence of our sins.
As a person of faith, I sense when God feels distant. In such times, I seek clarity and ask if there is anything hindering our communication, to please make it known to me.
Fear
Fear has also entered, they are afraid to see God because of their nakedness, they were in His perfect will and now they feared Him, I believed their fear is the way some of us fear God today, the word fear is meant to have respect for God that you are in awe of Him you are showing reverence towards Him in all His majesty, but because of sin in the unbelievers it is the fear of going to hell the fear of experiencing Gods wrath.
Proverbs 1:7 says, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction
I don’t know about you, but I have the joy of knowing that if I have fallen short of Gods glory that I can come to Him in repentance and ask Him to create in me a clean heart, Psalm 51:10-12
that my God is faithful and just to forgive you.
so, as believers we have the courage and the boldness to come before the Lord in our weaknesses through our faith in Him without the kind of fear, we once possessed
Deception and lies
satan is the father of all lies,
he is here to kill, steal, and destroy,
and he prowls around like a roaring lion to see who he can devour
he is the prince of this world,
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
he tries to separate us from God. In this world today humanity has been deceived, we too deceive each other, we lie, and we cheat, and our heart is not in the right place.
Accusations
The Lord God asked Eve what is it that you have done?
And she accused Satan of beguiling her, persuading her, deceiving her to eat of the tree. At times, we may come across people with malicious intent who know they can sway us into actions that stray from God's plan for us. When one succumbs to the pressure from friends, family, or others to partake in wrongful deeds, and when the consequences catch up, blame is often cast, and accusations fly instead of individuals accepting responsibility for their actions.
1 Corinthians 15:33-34 warns against being misled, emphasizing that bad company corrupts good character. It urges the need for discernment in the company we keep, while also reminding us to acknowledge our own actions in situations and to seek guidance from God, allowing Him to lead the way.
Now that the Light is On
Now that you have an idea where sin and evil came from, it should make you think about the sin and evil that the human race displays in these days, the Bible says it will be like the days of Noah Matthew 24: 37-39
People are going to be going on their daily day living in sin unaware of the times we are living in and in a twinkling of an eye the Lord will soon appear in the clouds so, sin and evil abound on this earth. Matthew 24:12-14
God, however, does not look at sin the way we do, we categorize sin and evil, but God looks at all sin the same even in the small details,
God sees sin the same, God examines all our hearts, and this is why God had to send Grace upon His people and that Grace was
His Son Christ Jesus.
The Godhead is made up of
The Father, which is God.
The Son, which is Jesus Christ
The Spirit, which is the Holy Spirit
God the Father had to send His Son Jesus Christ into this world as the second Adam,
He had to save His creation from destruction and the wrath that we so deserve, Ephesians 2:1-3, explains that by nature we were the children of wrath, but because of Jesus Christ, who was holy, righteous and was without sin, became sin to be sin for us.
He has saved those who accepts Him into their lives and hearts, and we receive the Holy Spirit that guides into all truth and righteousness
God is the same yesterday, today and forever.
Hallelujah Praise God Glory to His Name!!!!!!!
Will You Be Willing to Give Up Your Sins and Come to Jesus Christ to be Forgiven and walk in Faith?
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