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The Lineage of Sin and Death

By: Michael R. Buser Jr

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Michael R Buser Jr

Old Testament Historical Perspectives

Professor: Irvin, Richard

March 13, 2011

The Lineage of Sin and Death

This week was very insightful and educational I must say I find it amazing how God gave Adam and

eve so many fruit bearing trees to eat from and only two that they were not allowed to and yet they still

gave in and ate from the tree that was forbidden. This is truly an example of everyday life as a human

being and Christian. Every day we all faced with decisions that could lead to negative or positive

reactions and as Christian it’s our responsibility to choose the right one. I know it is not always easy but

the rewards are amazing and we must keep our eye on our goal of meeting up with Christ in heaven. In

the next few paragraphs I am going to be discussing the creation of sin and how it can affect your death

and or after life with Christ.

The readings in Genesis 1-11 are very clear in that the fall of man was started in Genesis was because

God created man and called him Adam and a woman and called her Eve and told them what not to do

but man was tempted by evil and disobeyed Gods request. Eve decided to eat from a tree forbidden by

God that a serpent tempted Eve with and she in return tempted Adam who gave in and this is how sin

was started in mankind. This is supported in our everyday life we are faced by evil and the devil to do

things that we may know are wrong but we attempt to rationalize why we made the wrong choices.

From the day of Adam and Eve’s disobedience Mankind would be born into sin and the only exemptions

would be children.
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Christianity in today’s world use’s this as a positive and spiritual backbone for why we need to have a

purpose driven life and live our day to day life as a Christian and walk along side God. In Genesis we also

read about how Cain killed his brother Abel out of anger. In these readings we learn about

consequences and taking accountability for our actions. Cain was sent to live his life as a wanderer and

that the ground would never produce vegetation for him again. This is a huge consequence and Cain

realizes what he did was so wrong but has no way to take back his brothers murder. His act of anger

was unjust and ungodly for as followers of Christ we must humble ourselves.

The accounts of the fall of man have been used correctly and foremost positively to influence

hundreds of generations and make better Christians out of mankind. Sin is nothing to take lightly and

we have proof of the consequences since the day of man. Adam and Eve were banned from the Garden

of Eden and Cain was sent to live life as a wanderer. This is pure evidence of how consequences play a

huge role in our life and evidence to reality if Christians do not stay on the road with God. The accounts

also prove God as higher authority and show us that discipline is needed in our daily lives. Everything we

do or for that matter everything we don’t do we will be held accountable on our day of judgment. As

human beings we are reminded daily of death and see many people who pass away without having God

in their hearts. This is sad and also good at the same times because if we realize that someone else

doesn’t have God In their hearts it may help us to connect with God on higher level and seek to know

our father better before we to die and it is too late to be saved.

As I attended church today and listened to the pastor give his sermon I had to laugh as the topic we

are covering in church is a walk with God and Creation which is our topics hear in class. I was listening

and something told me I should use this in my paper and so I am. My pastor said bless those who do not

seek refuge in our father. I have been thinking about this all morning and I must say I completely

understand that statement and it bothers me to know that people will die and they never truly knew our
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father. I believe it’s our jobs as Christians to ensure this happens to less and less people and should start

a religious campaign to organize more groups and get the word out. As a young aspiring minister I will

be researching and working hard on developing a way to get the word out to more people with a cost

effective route weather its email, text or any other means necessary. This course is truly an eye opener

and I hope that everyone hear is experiencing what I am.

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References:

NIV Study Bible: Genesis Chapter 1-11

Personal References:

Zion’s Evangelical Reformed, Oley, Pa