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7 C's of history - Answers in Genesis

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To imperfection ...Adam and Eve both knew they could eat from anytree <strong>in</strong> the Garden <strong>of</strong> Eden except the one knownas the ‘Tree <strong>of</strong> the Knowledge <strong>of</strong> Good and Evil.’God had forbidden them to eat <strong>of</strong> it, tell<strong>in</strong>g themthat if they ate <strong>of</strong> it, on that day, ‘dy<strong>in</strong>g, you shalldie’ (the literal Hebrew used).The devil, a real be<strong>in</strong>g, had taken the form <strong>of</strong> aserpent. He knew what God had said, but hecaused Eve to question God’s words by ask<strong>in</strong>g,‘Did God say you weren’t to eat <strong>of</strong> any tree <strong>of</strong> thegarden?’ and then ly<strong>in</strong>g, ‘You won’t really die.’ Evebelieved the serpent, rather than God, and ate theforbidden fruit.Then she gave some to Adam, who hadn’t beendeceived by the serpent but ate it will<strong>in</strong>gly(1 Timothy 2:14). This caused them both toimmediately die spiritually (be separated fromGod) and to beg<strong>in</strong> to die physically, on that veryday.Because <strong>of</strong> his disobedience (s<strong>in</strong>), all <strong>of</strong> hisdescendants (you and I) are born with s<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong> ournature. Because <strong>of</strong> Adam’s s<strong>in</strong>, our bodies will die.Because <strong>of</strong> Adam’s s<strong>in</strong>, God cursed His precious8

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