WHEN,
GOD decided to create human in His image [Genesis 1:26-27] He took some earth and formed it into the likeness of a man. But this "Man" had no life.
So, God 'BREATHED" into his nostrils, "THE BREATH OF LIFE" [GENESIS 2:7]
NOTE: and man became a Living Soul. Therefore our souls are not any ADD-ON feature why?
earth + Breath of Life = LIVING SOUL = LIFE!
A LIVING SOUL -- BREATH OF LIFE = DEATH. Man is NOT immortal nor is his soul!
Believe God's Word over those of men from Rome, as all are now rushing back to Mother!
This is the how God gave the human race the Spark of Life"----the Life Principle that resides ONLY in the Godhead Members! It is this life from the Creator, that makes us conscious beings and intelligent.When the dust of the ground is united with the Breath of Life, the result is a living human being.. Without this combination there is neither life nor existence, at least not the kind Adam had before God put within him the Breath of Life. Both the body (the dust) and the breath are necessary in order for the "SOUL to exist!
HUMANS ARE UNIQUE.
So,what kind of living being did the first humans become? Yes, animals share with humans some of the same "Ingredients," in this "Recipe" for life; namely the dust and the breath of life [Genesis 7:21-22] However, we are in a class apart from animals, in that we are created in HIS image! We have been given a special kind of intelligence that animals don't have. Physically, mentally and spiritually we reflect God's image. We were created with the ability to reflect on, to act upon, and to respond to God's love.
But the greatest gift God gave us when He created us was the Power of Choice". For without the ability to choose, we could never develop a moral character, nor could we ever serve God because we love Him! Of course, in giving us this ability, God took a huge risk, that we might misuse it, or even reject Him.
Note: Many, sadly these days totally reject Him and the son, right?
When our first parents, Adam and Eve, disobeyed God, they denied their dependence upon Him and thereby lost the ability to mlive physically, mentally, socially and spiritually the way God intended they should. Because of sin, the law of heredity, which originally had been a great blessing to the human race, became the mechanism by which sinful tendencies are also inherited. The image of God with which we were created has deteriorated as a result of sin, We share a fallen, sinful nature with its inevitable degeneracy. It is impossible for us, trusting on our own strength, to reject the demands of our sinful nature, for we have inherited sinful tendencies.
Jeremiah 17:9 "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? "
So our hearts are deceitful, worse still we are all sinners...
Romans 3:10 "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:"
WHY is this so?
Romans 3:23-24 "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:"
NOTE: VS 24 above is the sole reason why Jesus is our Redeemer, and none else! No not Mary, she is still in her earthly grave, no matter what Rome thinks! The Holy Bible is our path and tool for faith not men!
HE deals with our sinful nature by transforming us....
2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
In addition to all this, Satan takes full advantage of our inherited weaknesses, and our sinful tendencies to trap us in sin, we cannot resist him in our won strength and will!
JESUS IS THE ANSWER, THE ONLY ONE.
But God, in christ, reconciled the world to Himself an, through His spirit. He restores His image in us when we honestly repent and ask forgiveness. He forgives our sins, freeing us from the burdens of guilt and shame, and restores us to companionship with Himself.....
1 John 1:9-10 "f we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us."
1 John 3:1-2 " Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is."
He deals with our sinful nature by transforming it.....
Romans 12:1-2 " I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God"
Thereby making us a new Creature...
2 Corinthians 5:17 " Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
This changes the very way we live, a change so profound that He calls it a "New Birth".
John 1:12-13 "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God."
John 3:3 "Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
Just as God had warned, death was one of the results of sin that befell the human race[Genesis 2:17 and 3: 3] . Human beings at that moment became mortal [Note: sorry but the soul in a living life form, and no soul is as of yet,Immortal, no matter what your church thinks, the Bible says only God has immortality now!]
Romans 6:23 " For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord."
There are two kinds of death! Because of sin everyone, who is born into this world,---even the most righteous person,--- is subject to the First death. However this need not be permanent, thus not the ultimate death. The "Real" wage of sin (Romans 6:23) is the second death, which results into eternal death. This is the opposite to eternal Life, in and with Christ.
This is where our free-will to choose comes into play, we each can choose Christ, who will give us the power to abstain from sin, over time, but only those who cling to their beloved sinful ways will die with their sins, This is the Second death!
Revelation 21:8 " But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death." [ Revelation 2:11; 20:6,14; 21: 8.]
NOTE: The ONLY ones who will be cast into the burning Lake of Fire, are those who have chosen to do so! Because they either clung to their sins, or rejected Christ, and obeyed men instead!
All other will see....
1 Corinthians 15:51-55 " Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?" [Revelation 21:4]
The fall of Adam and Eve, also affected their power of choice and that of their descendants....
Romans 6:11-12 "Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof."
Romans 6:17-18 "But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness."
NOTE: God uses only Love and truth, Satan will never use these, but will use every thing else, including force, from loved ones, totally deceived! Until we accept Jesus into our life, we are powerless to resist the Devil. Now you know why there is much evil in the world, as most have moved far away from God the Father and The Son in the last 100 years!
Yet one acceptance of Jesus begins the resistance, to the satanic influence!
Further Study: Genesis 3. Psalm 8:4-8; 51:5. Ecclesiastes 12:4 Ezekiel 18. Romans 5: 12-17; 7:1. 1 Corinthians 15:22. 2 Corinthians 5:19,20. Ephesians 2:2-5.
Thanking YOU for your time>
Questions? Comments? John at www.servant@frontier.com
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John B.
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