The Creation and Fall of Man

Slide prepared by Abdurahmonova Sohibaxon, student of Fergana State University correspondence department, 2nd year primary education group 21.42

THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH

The Creation of the Earth

• Scripture does not define this clearly
• Gen 1:1-3 contains the record
• We know that God was the creator
• We know that Man is the focus of His creation
• Several views of the creation event

Views of Creation

• Historic Creation – God created world, then waited, then continued.
• Young-Earth Creation – 6 24-hour days
• Gap Theory – Created, destroyed, then rebuilt later.
• Day-Age Theory – Days represent ages
• Theistic Evolution – God started the process, then allowed natural process

Views of Creation

• Problem for most is to account for scientific findings
• Safest to stick with the natural reading of the text – Young Earth Creation
• Recognize that we do not know all that we want, only what God wants us to know.

The Creation of Man

• How was man created?
• By the immediate, special, creative and formative act of God. Gen 1:26-27, Gen 2:7, 21-22
• Not Evolution

Why was Man Created?

• To Glorify God
• Isaiah 43:7
• Ephesians 1:11-12
• To Enjoy Fellowship with God
• Exodus 29:46
• 1 Corinthians 1:9
• 1 John 1:3

God Glorifying Fellowship

• God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him' - John Piper
• Throughout the Psalms we see the expressions of a God glorifying Fellowship
• In John 17 Jesus’ prayer describes his God glorifying Fellowship

Imago Dei: Image of God

• Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” Genesis 1:26 (Genesis 9:6)
• Can be understood: “Let us make man to be like us and to represent us.”
• Not physical appearance: God is Spirit
• Like God in Capacities and Characteristics (intellectual, moral, etc).
• Reinforces the idea that our created purpose is to bring glory to God.

Adam before the Fall

• Created in the image of God (Gen 1:26-27)
• Abundant Life (Gen 1:7-9)
• Sinless (Gen 1:28-31)
• Glorified God and Enjoyed Fellowship with Him (Genesis 2:15)
• Freedom of choice (Gen 2:16-17)

The Fall of Man

• Genesis 2:16-17

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, "You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die."

• Genesis 3 tells the story of Adam’s Sin
• Romans 5:12-21 explains the implications of Adam’s Sin for all mankind!

Sin and its Consequences

• Passed on from Adam to all his descendents
• Adamic nature, inborn sin, original sin, old man
• Genesis 4:6-7

The LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it."

Total Depravity

• Total: it affects EVERY human being
• it affects every part of our nature
• Depravity: without merit in the site of God
• guilty and corrupt/polluted
• Does not mean: People are unable to do things that are morally right or good sometimes

Total Depravity

• “In our nature, we totally lack Spiritual good before God. In our Actions, we are totally unable to do Spiritual good before God” Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology
• 1 Kings 8:46 – for there is no one who does not sin
• Romans 3:9 – What Then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin.
• 1 John 1:8 – If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

Still not Convinced?

• Do you believe now?

The Deaths of Adam

Spiritual Death and Physical Death