Monday, October 1, 2012

We believe....Article 2

"We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam's transgression."


Adam had a choice to make. What was he to do? On one hand he was commanded not to partake of the fruit of tree of the knowledge of good  and evil; on the other if he did not choose to do so he would remain in a state of innocence not knowing between the two. He had his agency to choose. God told him what the consequences would be if he did partake..."...for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die" Genesis 2:17

As men and women we make our own messes. That tends to be our nature. We will be responsible to clean up our own messes. We will be held accountable for that which we do wrong. It is not easy but it is possible to do. Adam knew the consequences of his action. The Lord told him that he would die if he partook of the forbidden fruit. That is what happened. Mortality became part of man because of Adam's transgression. Adam was banished from the Garden of Eden for his transgression. We will have to answer for to the Lord for our own shortcomings and ours alone....

Next- Article 3...

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