- Jan 23, 2011
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God says Adam died the day he ate, therefore God's definition of death is different from yours:As Adam didn't die on that day, your point is moot.
Yup, and thank God everyday for allowing us to live without sin, since Jesus' resurrection.
What scripture do you cite for that idea ?
Natures are not sin.
A sin must be committed, for one to be a sinner.
17 "but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die." (Gen. 2:17 NKJ)
Living without sin is impossible for us now:
9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.
10 As it is written: "There is none righteous, no, not one; (Rom. 3:9-10 NKJ)
In the New Heavens and New Earth God dwells with man, and man in Him:
And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. (Rev. 21:3 NKJ)
We will worship God IN His temple, the Lamb and God are the Temple:
But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. (Rev. 21:22 NKJ)
Then Jesus' prayer has come true:
20 "I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word;
21 "that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
22 "And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one:
23 "I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me. (Jn. 17:20-23 NKJ)
Our fallen nature in Adam reeks of death and corruption. It is "unholy". It cannot exist in God, He must separate it from Himself. He is Holy. But thanks be to God our Creator, in Jesus He has created the way to reconcilation, to "AtOneMent" with God. All who believe will be saved. Not one of the hairs on their head will perish. All who reject Christ, will be rejected. For God is not partial, whatever a man sows that also he will reap.