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God created Adam as a physically alive, spiritually alive, perfect man, without sin. After God created Adam as a physically alive, spiritually alive, perfect man without sin, Adam sinned.
Genesis 2:16-17 (NIV) And the Lord God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."
When Adam sinned, Adam committed spiritual suicide. Adam died spiritually at the precise moment when Adam sinned; and thereby incurred a spiritually dead sinful nature for himself, and for all of Adam's descendants. All of mankind descended from Adam, consequently every person is born with a spiritually dead sinful nature. Because of their spiritually dead sinful nature, immediately after birth, every person begins sinning. Every descendant of Adam who is born, is born physically alive, but spiritually dead. YOU are a descendant of Adam. YOU were born with a spiritually dead sinful nature.
Romans 8:8 (NIV) Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.
Because of YOUR spiritually dead sinful nature, YOU have sinned.
Romans 3:23 (NIV) for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
1 John 1:8 (KJV) If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
As proof to YOU of YOUR spiritually dead sinful nature, YOU know that YOU have told a lie.
Psalms 58:3 (NIV) Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward and speak lies.
Whenever YOU lie, YOU speak the native language of YOUR spiritual father, the devil, and YOU affirm the fact that YOU are the spiritually dead descendant of the devil.
John 8:44 (NIV) "You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies."
Because YOU were born spiritually dead, after YOU were born, YOU immediately begin committing acts of sin, which are acts of death.
James 1:14-15 (NIV) but each one is tempted when, by his own desire, he is dragged away and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
God is Perfect Love. God is Perfect Mercy. God is also Perfect Justice. In accordance with God's Perfect Justice System, every person who commits a sin deserves to die. Because of the sin that YOU have committed, YOU deserve to die.
Romans 6:23a (NIV) For the wages of sin is death,
When YOU physically die, YOU will be judged according to what YOU have done, and according to what words YOU have spoken.
Revelation 20: 11-12 (NIV) Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books.
Matthew 12:36-37 (NIV) "But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."
If YOU continue committing acts of sin, and if YOU continue sinning by telling lies, death will claim YOUR soul. Because of YOUR sinful deeds, death will be able to perfect death's claim on YOUR soul. Consequently, YOU will be "thrown into the lake of fire".
Revelation 20:13-15 (NIV) The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
Even in life, evil spirits can inhabit any human who is not filled with the Holy Spirit of God, because every human who is not filled with the Holy Spirit of God, has the same spirit of death in them that the devil has in him.
Luke 11:24-26 (NIV) "When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, 'I will return to the house I left.' When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that man is worse than the first."
John 13:27a (NIV) As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him.
In accordance with God's Perfect Justice System, in order to be able to balance God's scales of perfect justice, redeem YOU, a spiritually dead sinful person, and instate YOU in a relationship with God; a perfect man, who is spiritually alive because He has never sinned, was required to die as a Blood-Substitution-Sacrifice to compensate for Adam's sin and YOUR sin. No descendant of Adam, with the same spiritually dead sinful spirit as the devil, can live without sin; and every descendant of Adam is born with the same spiritually dead sinful spirit as the devil. So, perfect justice required the spiritually alive, sinless, Lord God Himself to come to earth, live a sinless life, and die as a Blood-Substitution-Sacrifice for Adam's sin and YOUR sin, allowing YOU to be spiritually reborn, and instated in a relationship with God. Jesus Christ is the Lord God, and did this.
Isaiah 7:14 (NIV) Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
Luke 1:26-38 (NIV) In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you." Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end." "How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?" The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. For nothing is impossible with God." "I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said." Then the angel left her.
The fact that Mary granted permission, is proof that the Holy Spirit of God was asking permission. After gaining Mary's permission, the angel Gabriel left Mary.
Luke 1:38a,b (NIV) "I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said." Then the angel left her.
NOTE: The angel Gabriel who treated Mary with such complete and total respect is a direct contrast to the angel who claimed to be Gabriel that dictated the Quran to Mohammed. The angel who claimed to be Gabriel and dictated the Quran to Mohammed established law, mores, and folkways which, at best, denigrate Muslim women to a subhuman outcaste class; quite often, Muslim women are sadistically subjugated to a genitally mutilated existence as chattel, while being despised like criminals. The angel who dictated the Quran to Mohammed was not Gabriel, the deceiving angel who dictated the Quran to Mohammed was Satan, also known as Lucifer, also known as Allah. Allah loathes a woman's womb because that is the sanctuary where human life begins. Allah hates life (John 10:10). Allah loves death. Allah IS NOT Akbar, Allah is the depraved sadistic father of death.
God also sent an angel of the Lord to simply advise Joseph, the virgin Mary's espoused husband, that the Holy Spirit of God had placed the Seed of God into the virgin Mary. The angel did not ask permission of Joseph, because the decision to birth Jesus Christ was not Joseph's decision to make, that decision was Mary's decision to make. Mary and Joseph were obviously not Muslim.
Matthew 1:18-25 (NIV) This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins." All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"--which means, "God with us." When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.
If Jesus Christ was not conceived by the Holy Spirit of God, as the Holy Word of God states, then Jesus Christ would simply be another spiritually dead, sinful descendant of Adam. If Jesus Christ was simply another spiritually dead, sinful descendant of Adam, then Jesus Christ's Blood-Substitution-Sacrifice would be inadequate to satisfy God's Perfect Justice System, and the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ would not have balanced God's scales of perfect justice.
If YOU disbelieve that the Holy Spirit of God planted the Seed of God into the virgin Mary, and conceived Jesus Christ, the Son of God; then in accordance with the Holy Word of God, YOU are a pagan, and a sinful spiritual child of the devil, and if YOU do not repent, YOU will spend eternity in HELL!
The physical conception of Jesus Christ by the Holy Spirit of God, is a fore-glimpse of the spiritual conception of the "Born Again" Children of God, by the Holy Spirit of God.
Jesus Christ is the Lord God, and came to earth, lived a sinless life, and died as a Blood-Substitution-Sacrifice for Adam's sin and YOUR sin, allowing YOU to be spiritually reborn, and instated in a relationship with God.
Luke 19:10 (NIV) "For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost."
Romans 3:22-26 (NIV) This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25 God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished-- 26 he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
Romans 4:25-5:1 (NIV) He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification. 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Romans 5:8-19 (NIV) But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! 10 For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! 11 Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. 12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned-- 13 for before the law was given, sin was in the world. But sin is not taken into account when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who was a pattern of the one to come. 15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God's grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! 16 Again, the gift of God is not like the result of the one man's sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. 17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ. 18 Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men. 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
Romans 8:3 (NIV) For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man,
1 Corinthians 5:7 (NIV) Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast--as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
1 Corinthians 15:2-4 (NIV) By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance : that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
1 Corinthians 15:21-22 (NIV) For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19 (NIV) All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
Galatians 1:3-4 (NIV) Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
Philippians 2:5-11 (NIV) Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross! 9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Colossians 1:19-22 (NIV) For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. 21 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. 22 But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation--
1 Timothy 2:5-6 (NIV) For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all men--the testimony given in its proper time.
Titus 2:11-14 (NIV) For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. 12 It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope--the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.
Hebrews 7:25 (NIV) Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
Hebrews 9:26-28 (NIV) Then Christ would have had to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27 Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, 28 so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
Hebrews 10:10 (NIV) And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
1 Peter 2:24 (NIV) He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.
1 Peter 3:18 (NIV) For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit,
1 John 2:2 (NIV) He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
1 John 3:5 (NIV) But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin.
1 John 4:10 (NIV) This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Because Jesus Christ was the only perfect man who never sinned, His Crucifixion is the only Perfect Blood-Substitution Sacrifice, and it is only through Jesus Christ's intercession that YOU are allowed atonement (at-one-ment) with God.
John 14:6 (NIV) Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
Acts 4:12 (NIV) Salvation is found in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.
John 3:36 (NIV) "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him."
Because Jesus Christ's Blood is completely precious, completely powerful, and completely pure; Jesus Christ's Blood has the ability to cover a compilation of YOUR most heinous, despicable sins instantly; just as quickly as it covers YOUR smallest, most minor sin.
Psalms 103:12 (NIV) as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
Matthew 1:21 (NIV) She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."
Matthew 9:1-8 (NIV) Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and came to his own town. 2 Some men brought to him a paralytic, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven." 3 At this, some of the teachers of the law said to themselves, "This fellow is blaspheming!" 4 Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, "Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts? 5 Which is easier: to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'? 6 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins. . . ." Then he said to the paralytic, "Get up, take your mat and go home." 7 And the man got up and went home. 8 When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe; and they praised God, who had given such authority to men.
Mark 2:1-12 (NIV) A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 So many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. 4 Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus and, after digging through it, lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven." 6 Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, 7 "Why does this fellow talk like that? He's blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" 8 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, "Why are you thinking these things? 9 Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, take your mat and walk'? 10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins . . . ." He said to the paralytic, 11 "I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home." 12 He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"
Matthew 26:26-28 (NIV) While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take and eat; this is my body." 27 Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. 28 This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins."
Luke 1:76-77 (NIV) And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, 77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
Luke 5:20 (NIV) When Jesus saw their faith, he said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven."
Luke 7:48-49 (NIV) Then Jesus said to her, "Your sins are forgiven." 49 The other guests began to say among themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?"
John 1:29 (NIV) The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
John 8:24 (NIV) "I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am the one I claim to be, you will indeed die in your sins."
Acts 10:43 (NIV) All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name."
Acts 13:38-39 (NIV) "Therefore, my brothers, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. 39 Through him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.
Romans 5:9 (NIV) Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him!
Ephesians 1:7 (NIV) In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace
Colossians 1:13-14 (NIV) For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
1 John 1:7 (NIV) But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.