Ultimate Inspiration-God's Plan of Love

Yet, Adam had never known what it was to be without God’s presence. Did he understand the value of God’s presence in his life? Did he appreciate the Glory of God? Did he really love God, his creator or did he just receive the blessings of God much like we without ever realizing the magnitude of God’s all-compelling love for us? I dare to say that if he truly understood the value of what he possessed in God, Adam could never have taken that bite from the fruit of that tree. Instead, he did not value His relationship with God and much like us; he chose to love the creation more than the creator. He threw away true joy (the Glory, Beauty, and Presence of God) and chose counterfeit joy instead. At that moment, they knew the difference between good and evil. Before that there was no comparison as all they had ever seen was God’s Goodness, Righteousness, and Glory. You cannot know evil unless you see the evidence that evil exists. Although evil had existed, the protective hand of God shielded them from any presence of evil; because they were alive spiritually until their sin separated their spirit from God’s presence. The tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil indeed did allow them to see more fully the righteousness of God; but also to suddenly see the evil which now filled their hearts and soul. Their partaking of eating the fruit had suddenly said they did not trust God to provide them with all that was good, and right, and beneficial to their life. They had doubted the sincerity of His Plan for their life. At the point of Adam’s sin, mankind’s spirit became dead to God’s spirit and man’s soul was plunged into an eternal state of dying due to that separation. The evil that had existed came into their knowledge and now had become a part of their being. They were now separated from their only source of protection from evil’s effects—God’s spirit and communion with them. They did not immediately die physically, but their spirit was immediately severed from their life giving source which was God’s Spirit. Before they chose to sin, their spirit had been in communion with God, had known God and had been ever in His presence. Now suddenly, instead of feeling His love; they felt fear at His presence. They no longer were able to feel His spirit of love toward them, His protection, His guiding hand, nor His giving nature. They were separated from Him and now needed a way back into fellowship with Him. Their peace died, their joy died, their sense of hope died and they now were able to see and feel the evidence of evil surrounding them and within their own hearts. The life essence that had been a part of them was now dead. Their soul was filled with evil and plunged into an eternal death of darkness; because their unrighteousness prevented their being able to see the Glory of God. They began to lie and blame others, even God for their failure. From that day forward, mankind was born with a soul dead to righteousness and goodness with a spirit that vainly is in search of some means to rise to become a being that is greater than all this nothingness. That never-ending search for something greater that brings us back to a life of hope, love, joy, and peace can only be found when the spirit is once more joined to that of its Creator. Whatever vain actions we might have toward attempting to fill that void with counterfeit spiritual highs; we can never reach that full place of contentment without being filled with the Spirit of God-His love, His righteousness, His joy, and His Peace. Let’s go back to the illustration of the lamp which has no electricity because a transformer broke. Generator’s may be hooked up to the lamp and can provide a semblance of glow; but it is never as steady as that provided by the power company once the transformer is repaired. Man’s spirit can be connected to various generators that may give a semblance of joy at times; but it is not to compare with that found when joined to the true source—God. God’s plan was not to with one sweeping hand destroy what He had so lovingly made. Instead, God the Son (his flesh) would have to leave all the comforts, all the glory surrounding His throne to come to earth as a man. He would have to be separated from His eternally present Father (the soul of the Trinity and the Holy Spirit). This would be a tremendous sacrifice. He would do this willingly at such tremendous cost so as to provide a way to restore the communion with mankind. God could not change the nature of who He is. He is perfect righteousness. There is no evil within Him. Man now had good and evil. Nothing could provide a way back, unless perfect righteousness was willing to give everything to provide the payment for the sin. Justice required a payment and God is also perfect justice. The transformer that allowed God’s Spirit to commune with our spirit was broken. Instead our spirit is being run by a faulty generator with barely flickering lights awaiting a connection to our only true power source. Our soul was separated from God’s thoughts and therefore was plunged into a state of eternal dying because life of the soul existed only by God’s breathing into man the breath of life. There was no means to restore life to that soul so that it could commune with God unless the transformer was restored and the Spirit of God could reach the spirit of man and give it light to bring the soul to life. Again a very limited illustration, but may help you. Frankenstein the monster was a creation of Dr. Frankenstein who had pieced together all the human parts but it lay dead and lifeless until the electricity shot through its body and brought it to life. We are born with a soul that is dead to God and a spirit that must become connected to its life source (God) that it might become eternally alive.