God has come to our rescue. Consider the significance of the condition in which we come into this world, not only bearing Adam’s guilt but also spiritually dead and with a sin nature. We’re not only unable to relate to God spiritually, but also, because of our sin nature, reject God and constantly seek after evil. Like Adam and Eve, our natural inclination is to hide from God and go our own way, relying on ourselves. Our focus is on ourselves, and we are driven by greed, lust, pride, and selfishness. Since we come into the world in the same…
God Rescued Adam and Eve God could have left them in that state of spiritual death, and would have remained perfectly righteous and just if He had done so. He owed them nothing. He had created them as marvelous creatures in His own image and placed them over all the earth and every living thing upon it. He’d given them the opportunity to live forever, united with Him in perfect spiritual fellowship. And, he’d given them only one command: He forbade them to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. They had rebelled and violated that…