ORIGINAL SIN 1: SIN OF ALL
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Original Sin
a) What is original sin? Did it start with Adam and Eve? What does the Bible say is the origin of sin? What does this mean to us today?
2. Sin of All
a) Before the foundation of the earth, angels existed and there was no sin in the entire universe, including heaven. The angels were created in perfection but one angel wanted more.
b) The first sin in the entire universe was pride and it came from Satan, who may have been named Lucifer and he committed cosmic treason. Isaiah 14:12 says of him “How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low!” This phrase sounds very similar to Jesus when He said, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven” (Luke 10:18).
c) Remember that before Jesus came to earth as a babe, in His humanity, He was first in heaven and with the Father (John 1) so Jesus was surely an eye witness to when the Devil tried to overtake the very throne of God.
d) This may be what is written in Isaiah 14:13-14, when the prophet wrote, “You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’” He not only wanted to be “like the Most High” but he wanted to be the Most High. He wanted to sit on the throne of God in place of God.
e) We can not say with certainty but it appears that the Devil wanted to take over the throne of God and he seemed to have taken 1/3 of the angels with him after his fall.
f) Revelation 12:3-4 speaks of a great red dragon, none other than Satan himself, writing that “a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth.”
g) Then there “arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him” (Revelation 12:7-9). It seems clear that the first sin in all of God’s creation was that of Satan and pride was the root of it, but this was not what is meant by original sin. For that, we must go to the Garden.
The End ...
1. Original Sina) What is original sin? Did it start with Adam and Eve? What does the Bible say is the origin of sin? What does this mean to us today?
2. Sin of All
a) Before the foundation of the earth, angels existed and there was no sin in the entire universe, including heaven. The angels were created in perfection but one angel wanted more.
b) The first sin in the entire universe was pride and it came from Satan, who may have been named Lucifer and he committed cosmic treason. Isaiah 14:12 says of him “How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low!” This phrase sounds very similar to Jesus when He said, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven” (Luke 10:18).
c) Remember that before Jesus came to earth as a babe, in His humanity, He was first in heaven and with the Father (John 1) so Jesus was surely an eye witness to when the Devil tried to overtake the very throne of God.
d) This may be what is written in Isaiah 14:13-14, when the prophet wrote, “You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’” He not only wanted to be “like the Most High” but he wanted to be the Most High. He wanted to sit on the throne of God in place of God.
e) We can not say with certainty but it appears that the Devil wanted to take over the throne of God and he seemed to have taken 1/3 of the angels with him after his fall.
f) Revelation 12:3-4 speaks of a great red dragon, none other than Satan himself, writing that “a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems. His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth.”
g) Then there “arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him” (Revelation 12:7-9). It seems clear that the first sin in all of God’s creation was that of Satan and pride was the root of it, but this was not what is meant by original sin. For that, we must go to the Garden.
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