Sin destroyed.
Having looked at How God created everything perfect for us - we will now start to look at How sin destroyed and how bad sin is, so here comes point 14-29 of 285.
In the last post we saw that God gave Adam and Eve the possibility to chose if they wanted to obey their Creator or not.
14.
We all know that they decided to not obey – and ate the only fruit that they should avoid when Eve
“took of the fruit of it and ate and gave unto her husband also with her and he ate.” (Genesis 3:6)
15.
When they rebelled they died, not physically, but something on their inside died.
Suddenly they were alone, naked and afraid.
16.
God asked Adam, and knowing God, I think with both sorrow and love;
“have you eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you that you should not eat?” (Genesis 3:11)
Adam replied;
“The woman which You gave to bear me company she gave me of the tree and I ate.” (Genesis 3:12)
17.
Sounds to me like that instead of being sorry, he blamed both God and Eve, and in the next verse Eve blamed the serpent.
Seems like blaming others when we do something wrong started with our great, great, great grandparents when they sinned their first sin.
18.
How bad sin is and the terrible effect of it, is not to be underestimated.
Before sin there was no death, no pain, no sorrow, no sickness, no wars, no hate.
19.
And in Romans 5:12 we see that death came through sin;
“Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world and death by the means of sin. And so death went over all men, insomuch that all men sinned.” (Romans 5:12)
20.
At the early time on earth, the living conditions were great and man got really old before their bodies died.
However, sin was now on earth, and the first child murdered his brother.
21.
And it got really bad – so bad that God was grieved:
“And when the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was increased upon the earth and that all the imagination and thoughts of his heart was only evil continually, He repented that He had made man upon the earth and sorrowed in His heart.” (Genesis 6:5-6)
22.
Yes sin was so bad at this time that God decided to start over.
We then know that God sent the flood, and all civilizations have a story of a great flood, and evidence from it like fossils of corals on the top of the Alps, can be witnessed everywhere.
23.
But it is not only our great, great, great grandparents that have sinned.
We all have.
And not only once, but many, many times.
24.
Now, you might read this and think that you have not really sinned that much.
First – we might not be good at recognizing our own sins.
Therefore God has given us His holy word to show us how we should live, and then we see that we all have sinned – many times.
But even if it had been just one sin, it still wouldn’t help as we know that “Whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet fail in one point, he is guilty in all.” (James 2:10)
25.
Or you might read this and think that you have sinned so much, that God never wants you.
But the gospel is called the good news for a reason, and God tells us:
“though your sins be as red as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.
And though they were like purple, they shall be as white as wool.” (Isaiah 1:18)
26.
The Bible tells us that;
“all have sinned and lack the praise that is of worth before God” (Romans 3:23)
and “What say we then? Are we better then they?
No, in no wise, for we have already proved how that both Jews and Gentiles are all under sin, as it is written;
There is none righteous, no not one,
there is none that understands, there is none that seeks after God” (Romans 3:9-11)
Though there are many sins, one sin is especially mentioned – indicating that it is the biggest of them all.
Jesus says the following;
“And when He is come, He will rebuke the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment.
Of sin, because they believe not on Me” (John 16:8-9)
Jesus points out one sin – “they believe not on Me”
28.
And the prophet Isaiah writes;
“we have gone all astray like sheep, every one has turned his own way” (Isaiah 53:6)
God here points out one sin – “every one has turned his own way”
29.
To want to be our own boss, and to want to go our own way, and not wanting to believe in Jesus;
This seems to be the biggest sin of them all, and the root of all other sins.
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