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Show ; In 'the beginning God erected mall upright and perfect. Ecc. 7:29. He pkrc ed Adam and his helpmate in the gar den of Eden. There was' only one re : striction that God placed upon them, .fI:ley w,ere not to portcke of the tree of 'Q()9d and' evil. All else w'as theirs to enjoy. The penalty they were told would be, liThe day thou eatest thou shalt .dte," Gen. 2:17. They did not g{v. heed and respect to God; s WorcL but .instead they listened and obeyed the .il one, who told them this ould not be so, thus they disobeyed God, set aside His commandment and chose to believe the words of enother master. Because of this disobedience they be came fallen and the subiects of SatCin . . . By fallen, God' s Word scys, not only did"Adam and Eve .become evil, but their descendants, all of them' became evil continually. Gen. 6:5; 2nd Oar. :14; ,Rom .. 3:23. As they .set aside GOd's Word to listen to another, so we toddy .set it, aside to listen to many -teqchigs of men that are contrary to the' Word of God, concerning our evil _.and fallen nature to accept men's way .of sclvotion, thus making of none ef fed. the Word tof God and His tnvitc!. . - .': . :: .. , " ' .. .... " .' 3 |
