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Was it
God's will for Adam and Eve to sin, so we would have the opportunity to know the Savior?
Hello there. I have
recently become a Christian and have many questions regarding our Faith. Any help or
insight would certainly be appreciated. Thank you and Lord Bless You. Was it the
will of our Lord for Adam and Eve to sin? Was it God's plan for sin to enter the world?
Sometimes I think it was, because if they hadn't, none of us would even have the
opportunity to know our Savior.
Genesis 2:15-17 says, "And the LORD God took
the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the LORD God
commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: BUT OF THE
TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL, THOU SHALT NOT EAT OF IT: for in the day that thou
eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."
It was NOT
God’s will for man to eat of that tree. God is holy and without sin. Leviticus 20:7,8
says, "Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your
God. And ye shall KEEP MY STATUTES, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify
you." I Peter 1:15,16 says, "But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye
holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, BE YE HOLY; FOR I AM
HOLY." I John 2:1 says, "My little children, these things write I unto you, that
ye SIN NOT."
You
mentioned, "if they hadn't (sinned), none of us would even have the opportunity to
know our Savior."
Actually,
it was their sin that SEPARATED them from having fellowship with God. Genesis 3:6-10 says,
"And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant
to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit
thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the
eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed
fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. And they heard the voice of the LORD God
walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and ADAM AND HIS WIFE HID THEMSELVES from
the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. And the LORD God called unto
Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I HEARD THY VOICE in the
garden, AND I WAS AFRAID, because I was naked; and I hid myself."
After Adam
and Eve sinned, they were separated from God, and they were afraid to go out to meet Him.
It is sin that has separated us from God. Isaiah 59:2 says, "But YOUR INIQUITIES HAVE
SEPARATED BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR GOD, and your sins have hid his face from you, that
he will not hear."
Because of
sin, none of us have ever seen the Lord, and we will not be able to until He returns for
us again. I Peter 1:8 says, "Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye
see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of
glory." I John 3:2 says, "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not
yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him;
for we shall see him as he is." If sin had not entered into the world, then we would
not have had to wait for many years to see our Savior, but would have walked and talked
with Him all the while we were upon earth, too.
Sin has
left mankind alone, lost, and headed for hell. Praise God for His great love, despite our
sin. Romans 5:6-9 says, "For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ
died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for
a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that,
while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his
blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him."
Never get
the idea that sin is worth committing. Sin is the worse thing that has happened to this
world and to mankind. Romans 8:22,23 says, "For we know that the whole creation
groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but
ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within
ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body."
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