And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD GOD make coats of skins, and clothed them. And the LORD GOD said, Behold, the man is become as one of Us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Therefore the LORD GOD sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So He drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. (Gen 3:20-24)
GOD has pronounced His judgment and now covers Adam and Eve with the skin of a dead animal, showing them what their sIn cost. He had told them that sIn would result in death, and that will now happen for them, but GOD in His mercy has postponed the execution for them. Instead, He kills an animal in their place depicting the substitutionary atonement that was to come when Jesus would come to this earth as a man and take our place and pay our sIn debt on the Cross. Further, because of their sIn, GOD removed them from His sanctuary and prevented them from gaining paradise and fellowship with GOD directly and on their own merits. From this point on mankind would have to come to GOD on His terms and offer sacrifices for sIn and atonement until Jesus paid the final sacrifice of Himself to atone for the sIns of the whole world.
We who are His, who are redeemed and covered by His blood and clothed in His righteousness by faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, are commanded to proclaim this message of Hope and Mercy to this lost and dying world. We are commissioned and equipped to minister to those in need, not to earn our relationship with GOD but because of it, we are to disciple one another in the Word, and we are to take His Gospel, the Good News of Jesus Christ, as we go so that others may hear and believe and believing have life in His Name.
For GOD is not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance and the knowledge of the Truth. Jesus loves you and wants to establish a covenant relationship with you that is real and personal. Trust His Word and what He has already done for your sIn on that cruel Roman cross, surrendering to Him on His terms, and He will give you a brand new life of discipleship and fellowship with Him that is abundant and everlasting. Believe Him and receive Him by faith and let Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, restore the life that was lost in Adam.
In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet
We who are His, who are redeemed and covered by His blood and clothed in His righteousness by faith in His finished and perfect work on the Cross of Calvary, are commanded to proclaim this message of Hope and Mercy to this lost and dying world. We are commissioned and equipped to minister to those in need, not to earn our relationship with GOD but because of it, we are to disciple one another in the Word, and we are to take His Gospel, the Good News of Jesus Christ, as we go so that others may hear and believe and believing have life in His Name.
For GOD is not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance and the knowledge of the Truth. Jesus loves you and wants to establish a covenant relationship with you that is real and personal. Trust His Word and what He has already done for your sIn on that cruel Roman cross, surrendering to Him on His terms, and He will give you a brand new life of discipleship and fellowship with Him that is abundant and everlasting. Believe Him and receive Him by faith and let Jesus Christ, the Son of GOD who is GOD the Son, restore the life that was lost in Adam.
In Christ,
Jefferson Sweet
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