Lesson 2.2
Sin Originated when Lucifer and his angels forsook their allegiance to God. When they were cast out of heaven (Revelation 12:9). Satan devised a plan to get man to follow him. This is what the controversy between Christ and Satan is all about. Both are seeking converts.
What did the serpent do in the Garden of Eden where man was?
“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die.”
Whom did Adam and Eve believe, God or the serpent?
“And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.”
Because Adam sinned how did this affect the human race?
“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.”
Romans 5:12. Read Romans 3:23; 1 Corinthians 15:22, first part
What is sin?
“Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.”
1 John 3:4. Read Romans 4:15
God’s law helps us to know what sin is (Romans 3:20, last part).
Disobedience to God’s command was sin in the Garden of Eden. That same principle holds true today. However, a person need not continue to disobey and sin. Whenever a person sins he makes that choice. Read Joshua 24:15