We are spiritually dead, powerless to approach God on our own. An impassable and insurmountable barrier confines us. From the fall of Adam until the end of time no human being can escape the barrier. Because of Adam's decision to sin, the justice of God erected the barrier--only God can eliminate it. No human effort can release us from our prison. We are alienated from God. Apart from divine intervention, we all face condemnation and eternal seperation from God. The fact that this barrier exists is bad news. By one act of disobedience, man was trapped and became enslaved to a nature of sin. But through the saving work of Jesus Christ on the cross, God opened the barrier to provide freedom from the slave market of sin-- very good news!
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2006-07-10
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