The Bible in Depth – #13

Study Thirteen
 
The Sin of Adam and Eve
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Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden.’?” (Genesis 3:1).
 
We all know He did. He pinpointed one tree, the tree of knowledge of good and evil. What would it be like not to have to live with the knowledge of evil? That’s one thing I’m waiting for in heaven—not to have to be suspicious. What a heavy weight evil puts on our shoulders!
 
And they did eat. Some students of the Bible call that action treason. In grade school when I learned of the treason of Benedict Arnold, I was appalled!  I couldn’t sleep at night, tossing and turning over someone bringing treason against my country! Yet the actions of Adam and Eve were much more deleterious. Spiritual death came into our world. Sickness came, and they lost their enviable relationship with God.

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned (Romans 5:12).
 
Adam and Eve and all their children were not sick before spiritual death destroyed them. In the Old Testament God revealed Himself as the Great Healer, but healing was not provided to His beloved creation.
 
25 So, you shall serve the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take sickness away from the midst of you. 26 No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land, I will fulfill the number of your days (Exodus 23:25, 26).
 
For the Jews, healing was given when they confessed their sins. For the Christian, healing is applied through faith and through the Word of God.
 
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life and that they may have it more abundantly (John 10:10).
 
Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it (Colossians 2:15).
 
Jesus defeated the devil which restored our life with God the Father beyond our wildest dreams. It gave healing to the believers to exercise at will.
 
The Name of Jesus is stronger than any weapon. The Word of God is the power of God for it IS God. The Holy Spirit leads us into healing, health, forgiveness, and prosperity. Do you need healing? The Holy Spirit will bring it right to you through the name of Jesus and the Word of God. Be bold! Use the weapons given to you to remind the devil He has been defeated, and He must leave! Believe it! Receive it!