Crunch

"Sin entered the world through one man [Adam], and death through sin,
and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned." (Romans 5:12)


(1) Broken relationship with God "Have you eaten from the tree which I commended you not to eat?"
- God to Adam (Genesis 3:11)
(2) Broken relationships with others "The woman you put here with me - she gave me some fruit of the tree, and I ate it."
- Adam (Genesis 3:12)
(3) Broken relationships with creatures
and the rest of creation
"Cursed is the ground because of you"
- God's punishment (Genesis 1:17)
(4) Futility of thinking "For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him,
but their thinking became futile and their hearts were darkened." (Romans 1:21)
(5) Fear of dangers "I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid."
- Adam (Genesis 3:10)
(6) Frustration of creation "For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice,
but by the will of the one who subjected it in hope that the creation itself
would be liberated from its bondage to decay" (Romans 8:20)
(7) Hope in God's grace One offspring of Eve "will crush the head" of the serpent (Genesis 3:15)
God's kingdom "will crush all [other] kingdoms and bring them to an end,
but it will itself endure for ever." (Daniel 2:44)
"Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed." (1 Peter 1:13)

"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23)

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