Romans 5:12-14
“Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and
death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned— for sin
indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where
there is no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses,
even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a
type of the one who was to come.”
As we age and it seems strange but often it requires one to
get in there thirties before recalling some of the wisdom of their dads, at
least that was true with me. My dad
enjoyed history and he was a reader of history and well versed in biblical,
world, and United States history. He
would say; “If one would only learn from history they would not have to repeat
it.” And he often said; “We repeat
history because of our ignorance of history” and I believe that is so true in
and out of the Church.
I was reminded Sunday
that a good writer will always use the (“5 W’s) when covering a topic. Not having any claim to being a writer, but
enjoying hitting keys on the computer, I’m going to try that method to give a
history of how sin entered into mankind.
In the beginning Scripture gave an account of what happened,
God created the heavens and the earth, no one has a time line on this, in fact
it may have happened before God made time.
Next, it would be of importance to know who was there, and Scripture
tells us, the players were God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy
Spirit. You may be wondering why did it
happen, and maybe that is one you can ask the Father when you enter His
presence. You also may be wondering when
did it happen, and it is clear it was in the beginning, and the where did it
happen, in the vastness of nothing.
Now you may stand with the many who do not accept God or
Scripture and you allow man to give you what they believe about not only
Creation but about how you were formed.
It seems one should consider these men of great learning; they believed
or at least stated the very first man and woman were formed from millions of
years of slime, and some how a cell came about and that is how the process
began and millions of years later a monkey somehow became a man, now that is not
precise, but close. It seems no one can
tell where the slime came from, when it happen, why it happen, or even if it
happen, that is why it is called a theory.
Now I cannot choose for you but the slime theory requires more faith
than I have.
So let’s stay with Scripture, we have this account in
Genesis 1: 26, God formed the first man, and I hope it answers the (5W’s) for
us, in that Then
God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of
the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all
the earth.” Now Scripture
tells us God placed them in a garden in Eden and they were without sin, they
fellowshipped with God daily, and were given work to do and commands to keep
and all was good.
Then along came the serpent and he was a crafty rascal and
one day while Adam was standing with His lady, the old serpent ask Eve, “Did God actually
say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden.” And I’m sure you are not going to
believe that Adam was passive, totally inactive letting Eve do the heavy
lifting much like many men are doing today.
And she let the deceiver, the old serpent, the devil, the one God calls
Lucifer or Satan, con her into doing it her way, she ate the forbidden fruit
and gave some to Adam and for the first time in the history of mankind sin and
death entered into man.
So we have a problem, and guess what, it is still in the works
100% of the time, mankind is sinning and dying, and yet we are not without
hope, for in Christ we have a Redeemer.
From the Back Porch,
Bob Rice
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