Our Sin And Fall
In Our Father Adam
Romans 5:12
All who read the Bible
are confronted with the fact that all human beings, by the sin and fall of
Adam, are born with thoroughly depraved hearts, under the curse of the law,
dead in trespasses and in sins. God created Adam in innocence and made him the
federal head, representative, and father of the entire human race, so that
whatever Adam did, he did as our representative. When he sinned, God charged
his sin to us. We were made sinners by imputation. When he fell, we fell. When
he died, we died. The question naturally arises - Why? Why did Adam fall? Was
God's creation out of his control? Did something happen that God had not
planned? Certainly not! Finite creatures cannot fathom the purposes and works
of the Almighty. But some things are plainly revealed.
1. GOD DID NOT CAUSE ADAM TO FALL (James
2. GOD COULD HAVE PREVENTED THE FALL IF IT HAD BEEN HIS WILL. If
God prevented Abimelech from sin (Gen. 20:6), he could have prevented it in
Adam. It is foolish to argue that God would not interfere with Adam's
free-will. He certainly interferred with Abimelech's!
3. GOD MOST CERTAINLY DID ORDAIN THE FALL (Rom.
4. GOD ORDAINED THE FALL FOR THE GOOD OF HIS ELECT AND THE GLORY
OF HIS SON, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST (Rom.
Don Fortner