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Ephesians 2:1-3 How did this come about?
When would you know it all with your human mind alone?
There is only one true and correct answer - To know by yourself is folly and fetal! ** From: The Berean berean@cgg.org
Date: 8/9/2021 1:13:32 AM ( 3 y ) ... viewed 818 times Ephesians 2:1-3
(1) And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, (2) in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, (3) among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
New King James Version
How did this come about?
Satan subtly persuaded Adam and Eve that by taking the knowledge of good and evil, they would be like gods, and by this he inserted himself as a rival to God for man's loyalty.
(i.e. elevated himself as equal to God!"
He implied that they could institute their own ways and standards. However, he concealed from them that he would influence mankind in establishing those ways and standards so that he, as the god of this world, would be sovereign and obeyed. The result of this is that those who submit to him are made in the Devil's image, rather than God's.
Satan, eminently successful in his ruse, has been imitated by all mankind. By the time God calls us, we are thoroughly in his image. We are so indoctrinated into his way of life that even by nature we are children of wrath!
(Eternally Lost)
Satan cunningly hides something else from Adam and Eve: His brand of freedom to establish standards and to choose creates tremendous diversity and thus a constant and wearying confusion. When vanity enters this mix, the result is divorce in the family, social problems in the community, and on a larger scale, bloody warfare. Mankind has paid a horrible price for wrongly choosing Satan as sovereign.
(This has worked so well most people never believe otherwise in their earthly life!)
But From His nature of love and wisdom, God per-determined what is right and beautiful, and He taught Adam and Eve His way of life, instruction now included in His Word.
If we want to achieve His purpose and be in His image, unlike our first parents, we must limit our free moral agency to choosing whether to submit to the universal, life-encompassing standards He has already determined.
— John W. Ritenbaugh
** Now that you know you have no real valid course except to accept and believe God's plan!
Other wise you fall under Satan's power and control! Which is a constructive dilemma or a fools folly! Don't go there!
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