THE FALL OF MAN THE NEED FOR GRACE

 

THE FALL OF MAN

TEXT GENESIS 2: 16 - 17. 3:1-17

The fall of man was as a result of the sin of disobedient. God commanded Adam and Eve not to eat the fruit of knowledge of good and evil. Adam and Eve disobeyed God and the loss fellowship with God. Man was now far away from God, He could nor approached God as usual, and finally he was driven from the garden of Eden. (Genesis 3:8).

sin did not originated when Adam and Eve disobeyed God. Sin have been in the world i.e. in existence before the First man Adam was created. Sin came into existence the day Lucifer , an Arch Angel, a Cherub rebel against God. Sin originated from the fall of Lucifer.

Eternity past, when time have not been in existence, Lucifer was  a perfect being, an Holy Angel, perfect in everything in the sight of God until the day he rebel against God. "

"Son of man, take up a lament concerning the king of Tyre and say to him: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden,the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you:  carnelian, chrysolite and emerald, topaz, onyx and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold;  on the day you were created they were prepared. You were anointed as a guardian cherub,  for so I ordained you.
You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you. Through your widespread trade
    you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, and I expelled you, guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones. Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom  because of your splendor.
So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings.  By your many sins and dishonest trade you have desecrated your sanctuaries. So I made a fire come out from you,  and it consumed you,
and I reduced you to ashes on the ground  in the sight of all who were watching. (Ezekiel 28:12-18)" . The above scriptures revealed that Lucifer was perfect in all He does until iniquity was found in sin, Lucifer wanted all other angels to worship him they way the worship God.

"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. (Ezekiel 28:12-15). God was angry with Lucifer and  cast him down to hell. when God created Adam he gave him dominion over everything He had created, i.e. things that exist on earth. Lucifer was not happy about this, He does not want man to rule over him so came with the his own plan to deceived Adam and Adam fell and the dominion was transfer to him as the result of Adam sin?

THE NEED FOR GRACE

God love man so much that He had to make way for man to be reconciled back to him. God decided to send a second Adam (Jesus) to be a mediator, a saviour who had to died for the sin of man to reconciled man back to God. In John 14: 6  the bible review that Jesus is the only through which man can be reconciled back to God to enjoy having fellowship with God.

PRAYER: Oh God let the purpose of the cross be accomplish in my life in Jesus' name. Amen!.