Man’s Total Fall Into Sin
Minister: |
Rev. Ronald Van Overloop |
Date: |
9/4/2016 AM
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Text:
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Genesis 3;
Lord's Day 3
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Psalters: |
318, 42, 23, 142 |
- The sad history.
- God established the setting of Adam lovingly obeying and enjoying his Creator by means of the two special trees.
- How did sin come into the world of man?
- Sin originated among angels: the chief angel fell because of pride (Isa. 14:12-14; Ezek. 28:12-17; I Tim. 3:6).
- Now he is the devil (slanderer, liar) and Satan (opponent, adversary) and fell with other angels (Rev. 12:3,4,9).
- He came to Eve in order to use her help to get at his primary object, Adam, the representative head of the human race.
- Adam knowingly, willingly, and deliberately ate of the forbidden tree.
- The bitter fruit.
- Adam and Eve immediately experienced bitter consequences.
- The whole of creation fell under the divine curse for the sake of its king (Rom. 8:20; Gen. 3:17b,18).
- All mankind received the bitter results of the willful sin of their first father (Isa. 43:27) and representative head (Rom. 5:12).
- The extent of our death in sin is total or absolute.
- The whole man is completely depraved, so that every human is as sinful as they can be, entitled only to eternal hell.
- Total depravity is that man is wholly incapable of doing any good and inclined to all wickedness, constantly (all the time).
- The only way out is to be regenerated, i.e., born again from above by God.
- We are given a new spiritual heart (Ezek. 36:26).
- We must strive to live in the consciousness that the Spirit of Christ has made His dwelling in our hearts (Rom. 8:1-12).