Personal Narrative: Christ Vs. The Holy Spirit

Salvation describes the deliverance by God for those who believe in him. It is the saving of the soul from sin (and its consequences) through Gods will and grace. Though it takes different forms in every religion, the principle is still the same, often emphasising the necessity of both good works, repentance, and asceticism, as well as divine intervention (in this case the action being the grace of God). If assuming that Christ is the full truth, then the only way to gain access to God after death is through the salvation given by the Christian God. Jesus himself has indicated that a person must hear the word, believe it, repent of past sins, and be willing to confess faith before others, be baptized into Christ for the remission of sins, and then continue to live a faithful life throughout this physical life if we are to go to heaven.

In Genesis one and 2, it provides a full understanding of God’s creations and wisdom of human nature because it is free from evil. God created everything from nothing; to be perfect from his perspective. Human nature is revealed from Genesis one with God creating the Earth and the Heavens and creating the man of his likeness. The Bible explains how God created the man named Adam from the dust and was placed in the Eden’s Garden (Genesis 2:7). Adam helped God to take care of the land and all his creation. The Bible explains, Humanity was created to work and serve, keep the garden (Genesis 2:15). Subsequently, Eve was created; “God had created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him: male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27). Adam and Eve would help God because He wanted them to multiply the Earth by taking care of his creations (Hiles & Smith, 2014). God is the sovereign ruler which he created humanity as how he should have wanted. The Bible explains about human nature that God created everything to be distinct from animals and all His creation. Humankind is able to show on our nature because we are capable of reasoning. God created all differently and we were all born naked and pure as Adam and Eve were. God created in his own image that why we all look different; we are unique in His eyes. Also, God created us to be good because we are born innocent of all evil and loving God.

Within the Jewish Study Bible, the following is stated that gives readers a better understanding of how the Garden of Eden began. “The Lord G-D formed man from the dust of the earth. He blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being, The Lord G-D planted a garden in Eden in the east, and placed there the man whom He had formed. And from the ground the Lord G-D caused to grow every tree that was pleasing to the sight and good for food, with the tree of life in the middle of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and bad” (Brettler, 2014). The story doesn’t stop there, as one of the most significant and interesting factors has yet to be examined.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth. After having created everything on Earth, He made man. “The Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.’”(NIV Genesis 2:15). Thus, He made Eve from the rib of Adam. God told Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of knowledge but the evil serpent, who was craftier than them, tricked Eve into eating the fruit. Eve later convinced Adam after having argued with him and he gave in. Both were punished by God for having gone against His word and would suffer the consequences of it. “So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. After He drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden a cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life” (Genesis 3:23-24).

The answer of Jesus brought about hope not only for that man, but also for all generation to come. At the moment that man confessed his sins, saying, “we are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve”, and recognized Jesus as the lamb of God without sin, saying, “but this man has done nothing wrong”, followed by the recognition of his everlasting reign, when he said “when you come

When reading Genesis, it becomes clear to the reader that the existence of evil isn’t ignored. The origin of evil has a major connection with the original sin that Adam and Eve committed when they had eaten from the tree of knowledge. Sin was very personal to Adam and Eve, but also it was transmitted to their descendants. The serpent seems to be the agent in temptation and he was able to trick Eve into not only eating the apple, but also sharing it with Adam. The serpent is the mythical figure that which is recognized as Satan according to the biblical traditions.1 “Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the Lord God hade made” (Gen 3:1) The devil seems to be a master of cunning and first addresses himself to Eve. The

God created a world free of sin and where we could co-exist with wild animals, the lion with the sheep eating side by side and with us, without fear. I want to start form the beginning so we can understand how and when sin and evil entered the world. This happened when man (Adam) sinned against God; Adam disobeyed God by eating the fruit that God had said not to eat. There is way’s to see this problem of what we call evil, not sin since sin is against God. We can see in Job all the evil that came to him (it wasn’t from God but God let it happened) it was from Satan. Satan went in God’s presence and God told him about how Job’s faithfulness towards Him, and Satan replied because you have blessed him stretch

Evil has not only been seen on the good people. When it rains, the rain does not fall on people differently. It rains on good and evil alike. Similarly evil falls on the good and bad alike because we all live together in an imperfect world. We all are the descendants of the first parents who disobeyed God. Augustine claims that sin entered the world through pride. The pride that the devil had when he refused to bow before Adam and the prideful fascination about God that pushed Adam and Eve to succumb to the

Many Christians seem to forget that Adam and Eve were not the first creatures to sin. According to Scripture, Satan committed the first sin. When Satan sinned, he brought about his own spiritual death and the spiritual death of all the angels who joined him in his rebellion against God. Through Adam and Eve, Satan infected the human race with sin, but even that seeming disaster fits into God’s plan for conquering evil and revealing His grace and

The Scriptures tell us that salvation is by grace, through faith. John 3:16 tells us if we believe we will not perish. The word “believe” here is faith. Faith is not just a mere acceptance of fact or a simple belief that God exist or even that Jesus sis the Son of God. It is a complete trust in God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth ex nihilo (out of nothing). After God created the earth he made “the adam” out of the dust of the earth and by breathing into his nostrils made the man living. Everything God created was Good, the man was also good but only with woman was man complete. God created woman from the rib of Adam. Both Adam and his partner Eve were both placed in the Garden of Eden where they were to live and eat from, everything in the Garden except from the Tree of Knowledge, Good, and Evil. However one day a serpent came to Eve and asked made her question the command of not eating from the tree. The serpent told her that she could have knowledge and become like God if she ate from the tree. Both Adam and Eve ate from the tree and disobeyed God’s divine command. God in turn cursed the serpent as well as Adam and Eve. He told Adam that he would struggle and toil with the land and also that he will return to the dust just as he was created from it. God had to punish Adam and Eve for the disobedient act from where human corruption became apparent.

of God” (1 Jn. 3:9). John also said, “And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins;

Salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. The Scriptures are clear that there is no other name by which man can be saved but by Christ alone (Acts 4:12). One can only be delivered by the power of sin through the Lord Jesus Christ. In John 14:6 Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me.” The same exclusive statement is made in John 10:7-8 when Jesus said, “Truly, Truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers.”

And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth

Sin is a prominent theme throughout Genesis 1-16 and a very important one. The origin of sin in the world that God created and was said to "be good" is a definite mystery that won’t be dealt with here. What is known from Genesis is that rebellion against the will of God had existed prior to the Garden. The Serpent. It is understood that the serpent is a created being, but we are not told where he actually came from. Though the text does not explicitly refer to the serpent as Satan, it is inferred by biblical authors. The very first words he spoke were “Did God actually say…”. As much as sin is disobeying God’s will, it is also challenging God’s very own character. This is at the heart of the issue. The serpent began by planting doubts about