Man, His Fall and Redemption
3/25/2018
Man is a created being, made in the likeness and the image of God, but through Adam’s transgression and fall, sin came into the world. Jesus Christ, the Son of God was manifested to undo the work of the devil, and gave His life and shed His blood to redeem and restore man back to God.
Genesis 1:26-27 (KJV) - 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Romans 3:10, 23 (KJV) – 10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
1 John 3:8 (KJV) - He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Salvation is the gift of God to man, separate from works and the Law, and is made operative by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, producing works acceptable to God.
Ephesians 2:28 (KJV) - For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Romans 5:20 (KJV) - Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
Romans 5:1-2 (KJV) - 1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.