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was not there anymore. They
went from being God-centered
to being self-centered, because
of their rebellion. God was not in
them anymore, and the history
of man has been tragic from that
day until now.
This change is illustrated in
Figure 1, which depicts a body,
a soul, and a spirit cut off from
God. I know this is a bit theological,
but we need to look at God’s
plan for man so we can see what
God’s plan is for our children.
Adam was a beautiful
God-centered,
God-controlled being.
shall not eat, for in the day that
you eat of it you shall surely die”
(Genesis 2:17). We know Adam
and Eve did not drop dead when
they took their first bite of that
fruit. Their bodies were still
there. Their minds were still
thinking. They still had a will by
which they could choose.
But something was drastically
different about Adam and Eve. In
the center of their being, in their
spirits, they died. Their ability to
fellowship with God died. The
place where God’s Spirit had
lived had died. The Spirit of God
A God-Centered Man
From the time of man’s fall,
God set His plan of salvation
in motion to bring us back to a
state where God would again live
in the center of our being. This
is the purpose of redemption.
Regeneration, which means “regenesis,”
happens in our spirit.
This is where we are born again
by the Spirit of God. We receive a
new heart, a new spirit, and God
puts His Spirit in us and dwells
in us again. This is illustrated
in Figure 2, which depicts a
body yielded to God, a soul also
yielded to God, and a spirit made
alive to God again and filled with
His presence. This is salvation,
and it is glorious. Now we can
have fellowship with God again
through the blood He shed on
Calvary.
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