Creation

God created the world, and everything in it was perfect. God created man and woman, Adam and Eve, in His own image to live in relationship with Him, to love Him and enjoy the world that He created.

All the horrible things that are part of today’s world? War, death, heartache, and the rest? God didn’t intend those for us. He made us for something so much greater, and we chose to walk away…

the fall into sin

The Consequences of Sin 

The Good News about Jesus

Our Sinfulness Today

What it means to Me

God had given a command to the first man and women, to not eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, but they did not obey. Their choice to eat from that tree was their first act of disobedience to God, their first sin.

Sin has terrible consequences. The effect of Adam and Eve’s decision to sin was immediate - their first experiences with guilt, shame, blame-shifting, and betrayal are recorded in Genesis 3. Sin broke their perfect relationship with God.

Unfortunately, sin’s consequences did not stop there. The Bible says that “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23a), and that the sinner’s future is hell, “which is the second death” (Revelation 21:8). Adam and Eve left their garden paradise with no hope other than an act of God’s mercy and grace…

That act of mercy and grace came two thousand years ago. God sent His Son Jesus to die on the cross for our sins, paying the penalty of sin, and then He raised Jesus from the dead, proving His victory over sin and death on our behalf. Sinners still deserve hell for sin before a holy God, but Jesus paid the penalty.  Now He offers forgiveness of sins and new life: essentially, hope.

Today, our condition is no different from that of Adam and Eve.  We all struggle with sin and have a broken relationship with God.  We are sinners by birth and sinners by action, and our sin separates us from God.  Like Adam and Eve, we are hopeless to change ourselves. Like Adam and Eve, we need someone to save us from our sin.

Because of Jesus’ death and resurrection, we can have that salvation! We receive God's free gift of forgiveness and life when we repent of our sin and turn to Jesus Christ in faith.  Repentance means that we admit we are wrong and desire to change our ways.  Faith means that we trust in the work of Jesus Christ, who died on the cross for our sins and in our place, and that He rose again three days later.  Immediately our sins are forgiven, and we go from experiencing a hopeless end to an endless hope!