Man Before the Fall
Before we can fully grasp the magnificence of salvation, before we can truly appreciate what it means to be born again, we must first understand what was lost.
And to understand what was lost, we must go back to the beginning. Not to the middle of the story, not to the fallen condition into which every human being is now born, but to the original, the pure, the untainted condition of man as he came from the hand of his Creator.
I have discovered over years of pastoral ministry that many believers have never been taught what man was like before sin entered the world. They know they are sinners in need of a Savior. They know that something went wrong. But they do not fully understand the height from which man fell, the glory that was originally invested in him, or the complete restoration that God has accomplished in Christ.
This lack of understanding diminishes their appreciation of salvation.
When you do not know what was lost, you cannot fully celebrate what has been regained.
So let us go back. Let us turn the pages of Scripture to the opening chapters of Genesis, and let us behold the original man as God intended him to be.
An excerpt from 'Concerning Salvation In Christ' by John Onyekachi
Before we can fully grasp the magnificence of salvation, before we can truly appreciate what it means to be born again, we must first understand what was lost.
And to understand what was lost, we must go back to the beginning. Not to the middle of the story, not to the fallen condition into which every human being is now born, but to the original, the pure, the untainted condition of man as he came from the hand of his Creator.
I have discovered over years of pastoral ministry that many believers have never been taught what man was like before sin entered the world. They know they are sinners in need of a Savior. They know that something went wrong. But they do not fully understand the height from which man fell, the glory that was originally invested in him, or the complete restoration that God has accomplished in Christ.
This lack of understanding diminishes their appreciation of salvation.
When you do not know what was lost, you cannot fully celebrate what has been regained.
So let us go back. Let us turn the pages of Scripture to the opening chapters of Genesis, and let us behold the original man as God intended him to be.
An excerpt from 'Concerning Salvation In Christ' by John Onyekachi
Man Before the Fall
Before we can fully grasp the magnificence of salvation, before we can truly appreciate what it means to be born again, we must first understand what was lost.
And to understand what was lost, we must go back to the beginning. Not to the middle of the story, not to the fallen condition into which every human being is now born, but to the original, the pure, the untainted condition of man as he came from the hand of his Creator.
I have discovered over years of pastoral ministry that many believers have never been taught what man was like before sin entered the world. They know they are sinners in need of a Savior. They know that something went wrong. But they do not fully understand the height from which man fell, the glory that was originally invested in him, or the complete restoration that God has accomplished in Christ.
This lack of understanding diminishes their appreciation of salvation.
When you do not know what was lost, you cannot fully celebrate what has been regained.
So let us go back. Let us turn the pages of Scripture to the opening chapters of Genesis, and let us behold the original man as God intended him to be.
An excerpt from 'Concerning Salvation In Christ' by John Onyekachi
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