The fall of man is a term used to describe what happened when Adam and Eve fell into the devils plan by going against God’s will, which made sin enter into the world of man.
When God made Adam and Eve, He did not force them to worship Him or make them as robots that would always do as they were told. For God to force man to worship and follow Him would be wrong (and useless), and since God is righteous and holy He cannot force man to follow Him.
Therefore, He gave man a free-will to choose whether or not to follow Him. God told Adam and Eve that they could eat from the tree of life as much as they wanted, but not to eat from the tree of “knowledge.”
The devil then lied to Eve and said that if they ate from the tree of life that they would “be like God.” “When the woman saw the the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.” (Genesis 3:6)
When Adam and Eve did this they went against God’s commandment (which is a sin), because they trusted the devil and their own judgment over God’s judgment.
Because of this, “Man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.” (Genesis 3:22).
Because Adam and Eve had now sinned against God they could no longer have eternal life in the presence of God, as God had originally gaven them.
Since Adam and Eve were now sinful, this sin was passed down through their seed to every man. Since then God has made a way for man to regain his eternal life through his Son Jesus Christ. Just as Adam and Eve had to choose weither or not to follow God, so do you.
Subscribe FB Podcasts Books Twitter Donate
Black Berry Pin: 286431e3
