Why We Grow Old and Die - PERFECTION IS NOT OURS

Because of their deliberate disobedience, Adam and Eve lost their perfection and the prospect of living forever.  They underwent a physical change; they became imperfect and sinful.  But their sin of disobedience did not affect them alone.  They passed on their sinful condition to their offspring.  Romans 5:12 says: "Through one man [Adam] sin entered into the world and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because they had sinned." 

The Bible describes sin and death as "the shroud that is enveloping all the peoples and the covering that is woven over all the nations." (Isaiah 25:7) This shroud envelops humankind like a poisonous mist from which there is no escape. Truly, "in Adam all are dying." (Corinthians 15:22) The question that arises, as posed by the apostle Paul, is: "Who will rescue me from the body undergoing this death?" Could anyone? - ROMANS 7:24.

Next time: Conquering the Enemy Death -How?

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