Man’s highest privilege is to will to do God’s will. It is his most godlike privilege. To live entirely within the will of God is to have the reigning of peace, righteousness, and harmony everywhere. This was God’s purpose in His universe. All of the angelic beings, as well as man, was made to…
In 2013 the word “selfie” was crowned Word of the Year by Oxford Dictionaries. In God’s studio, the Bible, a photograph can be found of each of His created beings. Our photograph is there. It has been taken by the Divine Photographer; therefore, it is accurate. Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can…
Sin conquered the sphere of the soul and laid hold of man’s intellectual, emotional, and volitional life. Man’s mind was blinded. 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not,…
Since we have already studied the “three parts” of man, let’s look at the impact of sin and death on each of these parts. The first “part” of man to be touched by the devastating breath of death was the human spirit. Sin shut the windows of the spirit Godward and made it a…
Man, no longer under the loving rule of God, is now under the tyrannical rule of sin. Sin not only “entered” and “abounded,” but it also “reigned” in man. Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned— Romans…
Adam’s sin brought innumerable suffering and grief to himself and his descendants. However, God was the One most wounded and wronged by sin. His purpose in the human race was not only defeated but He Himself was dethroned in his own universe. This was the twofold aim of Satan in the tragedy in Eden….
Before the tempter entered Eden, the social relationships were as God had intended for them to be. Not only were Adam and Eve perfect, but they were living in perfect adjustment with God; and between each other. Godliness and holiness were followed by righteousness and peace. Sin deadened the human spirit and broke its…