Sins and their effect Part 2: Further discussion of Adam and Eve
Some time ago I commented on the fact that since Adam and Eve are NOT mentioned in the "hall of fame" in Hebrews 11 there is no guarantee they truly were saved. That is a mind boggling thought since they were created without sin and were the original human beings we all are descended from biologically. I am not dogmatically saying they weren't saved as Eve gave God credit at least for Seth being born after Cain murdered his brother Abel. But they certainly weren't noteworthy for anything which is something to consider since they lived almost as long as Noah.
What left us was a true paradise on earth once sin came into the picture; not to mention living forever in a sinless state. Knowing how sin operates it is a fool's dream to think that somehow if Adam and Eve hadn't fallen we could remain in such a condition because all of us have potential to act out on sin who are born to natural man. So in a sense the sin nature we all inherited from Adam; but Adam still had potential to sin which of course we will not have if redeemed and Born Again. The opposite is true for unredeemed men as in this life and the next they cannot be removed from being in such a condition.
Whew. This is getting serious already. Let us go back to the definitions here of sin.
I discussed in my last posting the concepts of sin being acts of commission and omission. Going back to the childhood analogy
we can look at Romans 7:9 and see how it appears we are not held responsible for our nature of sin until we act on it and deliberately rebel against God at a certain age. In this lifetime we are in a sort of "probation" and consequences start small and increase as the ravages of age and the depths of our depravity metastasize. I believe God has predetermined a set number to be redeemed; but He gives out multiple warnings as final judgment approaches. We are reminded of Genesis 4:7 and God's warning to Cain
Some time ago I commented on the fact that since Adam and Eve are NOT mentioned in the "hall of fame" in Hebrews 11 there is no guarantee they truly were saved. That is a mind boggling thought since they were created without sin and were the original human beings we all are descended from biologically. I am not dogmatically saying they weren't saved as Eve gave God credit at least for Seth being born after Cain murdered his brother Abel. But they certainly weren't noteworthy for anything which is something to consider since they lived almost as long as Noah.
What left us was a true paradise on earth once sin came into the picture; not to mention living forever in a sinless state. Knowing how sin operates it is a fool's dream to think that somehow if Adam and Eve hadn't fallen we could remain in such a condition because all of us have potential to act out on sin who are born to natural man. So in a sense the sin nature we all inherited from Adam; but Adam still had potential to sin which of course we will not have if redeemed and Born Again. The opposite is true for unredeemed men as in this life and the next they cannot be removed from being in such a condition.
Whew. This is getting serious already. Let us go back to the definitions here of sin.
I discussed in my last posting the concepts of sin being acts of commission and omission. Going back to the childhood analogy
we can look at Romans 7:9 and see how it appears we are not held responsible for our nature of sin until we act on it and deliberately rebel against God at a certain age. In this lifetime we are in a sort of "probation" and consequences start small and increase as the ravages of age and the depths of our depravity metastasize. I believe God has predetermined a set number to be redeemed; but He gives out multiple warnings as final judgment approaches. We are reminded of Genesis 4:7 and God's warning to Cain
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