The Good Series, 8
When God made Adam, he gave him charge over all he created on
earth. He can drink and eat whatever he likes but the fruit of one certain tree
he must not touch, talk less of eating.
In Genesis chapter 3, Adam disobeyed that instruction – he not
only touched, he ate that fruit.
That disobedience altered the original nature of man
completely, till this day – it brought the ‘’sin nature’’ upon man, and this
sin nature altered man’s right standing before God. (Man was no longer
blameless before God)
This is how the Holy Spirit through the tent maker puts it in
Romans 5:19a
(TLB)
‘’Adam caused many to be sinners because he disobeyed God’’…
Now you need to understand this very
clearly, - it is/was not your sin that made you a sinner, Adam’s disobedience did!
That verse said …he caused many to be sinners because he disobeyed…
Another word for ‘’caused’’ is ‘’triggered’’,
so Adam triggered the sin nature in man. (Very unfortunate)
Now get this, Adam’s sin was put on you.
You inherited what was not your own. And now you sin because sinners sin. It is
not your act that made you a sinner; the sin nature that Adam put on you makes
you a sinner.
In Leviticus chapter 16 God devised a strategy
to take care of man’s sin – the goat strategy
In verse 20-22 it said.
20’’When Aaron
has finished purifying the Most Holy Place and the Tabernacle and the altar, he
must present the live goat. 21He will lay both of his hands on the goat’s
head and confess over it all the wickedness, rebellion, and sins of the people
of Israel. In this way, he will transfer the people’s sins to the head of the
goat. Then a man specially chosen for the task will drive the goat into the
wilderness. 22As the goat
goes into the wilderness, it will carry all the people’s sins upon itself into
a desolate land’’. (NLT)
This was done once a year, but the problem
with this strategy, was that it was not sustainable and most importantly it dealt
only with the sin man was committing but NOT the main issue – the ‘’sin nature’’
that was put on man by Adam.
Then God came up with a better and
sustainable strategy to deal with the root problem (the sin nature) – the Christ
strategy
God sent Jesus Christ and he poured out his
blood on the cross of Calvary and offered to man the gift of ‘’right standing
before God’’ again, by dealing with the sin nature
Romans 5:19b …’’and Christ caused many to
be made acceptable to God because he obeyed’’. (TLB)
The tent maker declared in Romans 6:6 ‘’we
know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might
lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin’’. (NLT)
An offer does not become yours until you
accept it. This offer Christ gave us ‘’to be made acceptable to God’’ is not
automatic, it is for ONLY those that will accept it.
When a company makes one a job offer, it is
not automatic. Even though your name is on the offer letter that does not
automatically make you an employee of that company
For you to become an employee of that
company and start enjoying all the benefits and privileges contained in that
offer letter. You MUST first accept the offer.
To enjoy the gift of ‘’right standing
before God’’, you must accept Christ’s offer, no other way around it.
The sin that will take a person to hell is majorly
the sin of rejecting or not accepting God’s offer
How on earth do you plan to enter his heaven if you are not
in a right standing with him? Please tell me how?
God Bless you.
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