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The Story Gets Bad Before it Gets Good Page 3 of 7
Like most compelling stories, this one gets worse before it gets better. Because you and I (and everyone else) are descendants of Adam and Eve, the Bible says we...
- are a "child of God's wrath" 1
- are "spiritually dead" 2
- are "separated from Christ" 3
- are a "sinner" 4
- are "without God" 5
Talk about bad news! You may try to be a good person, but the heart of the problem is not only that you do bad things. The main issue is that you were born with an identity problem. You were born a sinner because you descended from Adam.
Even though God's heart aches to be close and enjoy a relationship with you, your sinner identity prevents you from having a relationship with God. It is a wall standing between you and God, keeping you from knowing and experiencing true life. 6
Notes:
- 1 "Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest."
- Ephesians 2:3 (Read this chapter in the Bible) - 2 "...even when we were dead in our transgressions,"
- Ephesians 2:5 (Read this chapter in the Bible) - 3 "...remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world."
- Ephesians 2:12 (Read this chapter in the Bible) - 4 "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
- Romans 5:8 (Read this chapter in the Bible) - 5 "...remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world."
- Ephesians 2:12 (Read this chapter in the Bible) - 6 "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
- Romans 6:23 (Read this chapter in the Bible)
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