Garden of Eden
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Calling Upon the Name of the Lord
This afternoon I was reading an article found at an Assembly of God website entitled, “How Can I Be Saved?” In answer to that article’s question, the author referenced three passages: Romans 10:13, Joel 2:32 and Acts 2:21 that all essentially say the same thing: “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” And this brought to my mind the passage at the end of Genesis 4. 25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.26 And to Seth, to him also there was…
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Was Their Rebellion in the Garden?
I recently came across two different people referring to Adam & Eve’s act of eating the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden as an act of rebellion. One said, “Humans chose to rebel while in paradise.” and the other said “Adam and Eve…rebelled against the wisdom and authority of the Creator…”. That prompted me to respond. Did Adam & Eve really “rebel”?
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Did the Creator’s Design Change After the Fall of Man?
Many seem to think that the creation established in the beginning was later altered by God and that He instituted physical death, in response to the Fall of Adam in the Garden of Eden. However, upon careful examination of the stories found in Genesis 1-3, I draw a different conclusion. In the Garden of Eden Genesis 2 tells us of the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good & Evil that existed in the Garden of Eden. The created man (both male & female) was placed in that garden. And while the man was told by God that he could eat of any tree therein, he…
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For All Have Sinned
There is a predominant teaching within Christianity that says we are all born into sin and our flesh is innately sinful. The crux of that teaching is based on texts found in Paul’s letter to the Romans. The Romans Road Many years ago, I was taught a “Plan for Salvation” called, The Romans Road. It was an evangelism tool to spread “the gospel message”: a series of various verses primarily from the book of Romans, strung together to formulate a “plan of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ”. The underlying premise of this is that “we are all sinners by nature and choice”, “for all have sinned, and come short…