Month: June 2020

Message 5: The Fall of Man and Man’s Need of Salvation

II. Man’s need of salvation

A. The objective problem before God

5. In Adam we are:
a. Under God’s condemnation—Rom. 5:18; John 3:18
b. Under the wrath of God—John 3:36
c. Awaiting God’s judgment—Heb. 9:27

Romans 5:18 So then as it was through one offense unto condemnation to all men, so also it was through one righteous act unto justification of life to all men.

John 3:18 He who believes into Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed into the name of the only begotten Son of God.

John 3:36 He who believes into the Son has eternal life; but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him.

Hebrews 9:27 And inasmuch as it is reserved for men to die once, and after this comes judgment.

Read over the outline points and verses above and use these for your prayer to spend time with the Lord in the Word in the morning. After your prayer time, jot down in your notebook one or two things that the Lord touched you with.

Later, watch the following short video podcast sometime during the day.

Message 5: The Fall of Man and Man’s Need of Salvation

II. Man’s need of salvation
A. The objective problem before God:
1. The word “objective” means something having to do with us but outside of us.
2. When man sinned against God he began to have a sinful case before God.
3. In the eyes of God, there are only two men in the universe––Adam and Christ—
1 Cor. 15:22, 45
4. Our objective problem before God is not a matter of what we have done, but rather a matter of whether we are in Adam or in Christ—1 Cor. 15:22

1 Corinthians 15:22 For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

1 Corinthians 15:45 So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul”; the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit.

Read over the outline points and verses above and use these for your prayer to spend time with the Lord in the Word in the morning. After your prayer time, jot down in your notebook one or two things that the Lord touched you with.

Later, watch the following short video podcast sometime during the day.

Message 5: The Fall of Man and Man’s Need of Salvation

C. The fall of man:

1. Satan deceived man, causing him not to depend upon God, but rather to depend upon something other than God—Gen. 3:5.
2. Satan’s way of deceiving man was by causing man to question God, His word, His heart and His intention—Gen. 3:3–6.

Genesis 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, of it you shall not eat; for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.

Genesis 3:3-6 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat of it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die. 4 And the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die! 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will become like God, knowing good and evil. 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes and that the tree was to be desired to make oneself wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.

Read over the outline points and verses above and use these for your prayer to spend time with the Lord in the Word in the morning. After your prayer time, jot down in your notebook one or two things that the Lord touched you with.

Later, watch the following short video podcast sometime during the day.

Message 5: The Fall of Man and Man’s Need of Salvation

I. The fall of man:
A. God’s eternal purpose can be accomplished only by man receiving God as life.
B. The two trees:
2. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil—Gen. 2:9, 17:
a. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil signifies Satan and everything apart from God.
b. The principle of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is independence from God.
c. The result of independence from God is death.

Genesis 2:9 And out of the ground Jehovah God caused to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, as well as the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, of it you shall not eat; for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.

John 6:57 As the living Father has sent Me and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me.

Read over the outline points and verses above and use these for your prayer to spend time with the Lord in the Word in the morning. After your prayer time, jot down in your notebook one or two things that the Lord touched you with.

Later, watch the following short video podcast sometime during the day.

Here is this week’s outline & verses in a downloadable PDF format.

2020 Summer Truth Pursuit Week 5

Message 5: The Fall of Man and Man’s Need of Salvation

I. The fall of man:
A. God’s eternal purpose can be accomplished only by man receiving God as life.
B. The two trees:
1. The tree of life—Gen. 2:9:
a. The tree of life signifies God in Christ as the source of life—Psa. 36:9; John 1:4; 14:6; 15:5; 6:57.
b. The principle of the tree of life is dependence upon God.
c. The result of dependence upon God is life.

Genesis 2:9 And out of the ground Jehovah God caused to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, as well as the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Psalm 36:9  For with You is the fountain of life; / In Your light we see light.

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, I am the way and the reality and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.

Read over the outline points and verses above and use these for your prayer to spend time with the Lord in the Word in the morning. After your prayer time, jot down in your notebook one or two things that the Lord touched you with.

Later, watch the following short video podcasts sometime during the day.