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1. What is the reason why men who are inclined to repel evil and pursue goodness, find themselves performing evil acts which they do not want to do? Men have no choice but to perform evil acts Family & societal influence Satan, the master of all evil forces, influences us by working through our evil mind It is a natural phenomenon
2. What do you think is the best way to deal with our evil tendencies? Change the family and our society at large Understand who and what Satan is and then begin to understand the origin and workings of our evil mind Believe in our goodness There is no such thing as evil. It is all in the mind.
3. The Bible explain that the root of sin is the first ancestors eating of the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil unknown simply disobedience not important
4. Divine Principle explain that the fruit is symbolic because God is a God of love "Not what goes in the mouth defiles a man but what comes out of it" God would never have such a merciless test desire for life is great than desire for literal fruit all the above
5. Man's desire for the Tree of life at the time of Adam, Old Testament and even Christians of the New Testament era symbolises he is fallen his desire to accomplish God's original purpose of Creation- perfected Adam that he should be upright in his character that he should strive to live a long life
6. What must Adam have hoped while he was in the Garden of Eden? material possessions knowledge power like God, perfected in love and truth
7. The Tree of Life symbolises a literal tree in the Garden of Eden man fulfilling the purpose of creation: Perfected Adam eternal physical life masculinity
8. Adam was deprived of the right to the Tree of life because(God place the cherubim and the flaming sword to block the way to the Tree of Life) he and his descendants have become false Trees of Life after the Fall God predestined Adam not to be perfected God would send Jesus later as the perfected Adam God is almighty
9. What is God's hope for fallen men after the Fall live a righteous life live a conscientious life that mankind be grafted to a True Tree of Life (Messiah) to become True Trees of Life strive for success in this world
10. The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil symbolises wisdom Eve before the Fall who could choose the path of goodness by obeying God or the path of Lucifer which is evil. Satan's tree that God wanted mankind to have both good and evil
11. The serpent that deceived Eve symbolises a spiritual being who could twist the words of God and deceive His children, Adam and Eve. God's evil power the evil tendencies in man the Evil Being that pre-existed with God
12. Who is the Ancient Serpent today called Satan? pre-existed with God except with a contrary purpose evil forces that exist in this world Lucifer, an Archangel, who was originally created good but fell like Adam & Eve and today is able to dominate man's mind and spirit making man lead an evil life imaginary being
13. Is it possible that there are good & evil angels? Yes. In II Peter 2:4 God said that He did not spare the angels that sinned but casted them into hell. No. God created only good angels
14. How did Lucifer and his angels sinned against God? disobedience like Adam & Eve God predestined them to be evil sinned like the people of Sodom & Gomorrah: illicit love relationships or sexual sin Lucifer was arrogant and he fought with other angels
15. Why do you think Adam and Eve were ashamed of their nakedness after eating of the fruit? their eyes were opened God wanted them to wear clothes anyway ashamed of their disobedience committed sin with their sexual organs-sexual sin
16. What desire of Adam & Eve is greater than the desire for life("day you eat of it you shall die")? delicious fruit to be like God love of husband and wife: sexual love money
17. Why did God forbid Adam and Eve to have love relationships(not to eat)? Adam & Eve were the first brother and sister and God wanted them to be matured before blessing them as the first husband and wife. God was testing them Adam and Eve were never intended to be married Sexual love was a temptation they have to overcome
18. After the Fall, fallen mankind has a blood relationship with Satan, why? Satan put his blood into the fruit Love relationship between Adam and Eve was blessed by the false father, Satan. We are the sons & daughters of Satan("brood of viper") Satan loves us Adam and Eve love Satan
19. With this important understanding of the root cause of sin, what is God's plan of salvation? God, Himself, has to come as a man and be triumphant with the temptations of life. God's salvation is not of this world Change the blood lineage of fallen man through the Messiah so that mankind can become the sons and daughters of God( "...groan inwardly as we wait for adoption as sons ") Save those who are obedient to the Messiah and give them eternal life and condemn the rest for eternity.
20. What conclusions can we make?
1. Fruit means literal fruit Eve's love not important 2. Satan gave the fruit to Eve means Satan like Eve alot Satan knew that Eve was thirsty and hungry Eve had a illicit love relationship with Satan 3. Eve then gave the fruit to Adam means Eve seduced Adam and had a illicit love relationship with Adam shared her food with Adam Eve was kind and considerate of Adam 4. Adam & Eve established a fallen blood lineage with Satan means this original sin they have committed is passed down from generation to generation Adam and Eve believe in Satan more than God God cannot love mankind anymore
21. What evidences can we show that the sin is sexual? (check if it is true) all major religions regard adultery as one of the greatest sins the Israelites had to be circumcised as a condition to become God's elect.(they committed sin with their sexual organ) historically, great civilisations have collapsed even though man has made great advances in all major fields due to man's inclination toward immorality and degradation celibacy was a necessary condition for religious leaders to make
22. Many people believe that we are living in the Last Days. What is Satan's most lethal weapon against mankind? violence greed religious and racial resentment and hatred Satan control mankind by invading his emotion and love of man because Adam and Even entered into marriage without the blessing and permission of God.
23. What are the results of this original sin of our first father and mother of mankind?(check if it is true) Satan became the "God" of this world Satan dominates man effortlessly because he is the master of this fallen world Satan is the ruler of this world because he rules the lives of fallen mankind
24. What motivated the Archangel Lucifer to have a illicit love relationship with Eve? Lucifer was bored fun and he was a rebel in heart he wanted to supplement his feeling of lack of love due to the fact that God loved Adam and Eve more than him lust
25. What is the reason why God love Adam and Eve more than Lucifer? God decision is unquestionable God wanted Lucifer to be jealous so that he can tempt Adam and Eve Lucifer is in the position of servant. Adam and Eve are God's children and with this position comes responsibilities which God expected of His children. That is also why the commandments were given to Adam and Eve. Adam & Eve are the last of God's creation.
26. This illicit love relationship between Lucifer and Eve is the physical fall spiritual fall physical and spiritual fall
27. Why is it difficult for us to accept the possibility of a sexual relationship between a spiritual being like Lucifer and Eve? due to the fall we lost our spiritual senses- we doubt the reality of the substantial spiritual world and our spirit self. it is simply not possible God, Almighty, would never have allowed such an act to take place Archangels were created good. Not possible for them to seduce Eve
28. The illicit love relationship between Adam and Eve is the spiritual fall physical fall
29. Explain the circumstances that led to the illicit love relationship between Adam & Eve. Enter the number sequence to the events. she wanted to return to Adam(pure and innocent) to correct her wrongdoing and rid herself of fear she seduced and tempted Adam and entered into an illicit sexual relationship with Adam her uneasy conscience and realisation that her intended spouse was Adam, caused her to have fear
30. Explain how the blood lineage of sin and fallen nature is transmitted to the descendants of Adam and Eve(all mankind)? we cannot inherit the sin of our ancestors Sin and fallen nature that result from the fall of Eve and Lucifer is passed down to the descendants of Adam & Eve in the same manner she inherited it from Satan. God cursed the descendants of Adam and Eve because of their disobedience with the plan of sending the Messiah for salvation later. Satan planted sin and fallen nature on the descendants of Adam & Eve
31. Explain what would have happened if Adam and Eve had obeyed God instead of succumbing to Lucifer's temptation. God would have tested them in other ways They would have perfected themselves as sons and daughters of God and God would have blessed them as husband and wife centering on God's love and multiplied children of goodness. Lucifer would have other ways to make them fall We cannot know for sure because God has not revealed this in the Bible
32. If Eve obeyed God Eve would be the Tree of Knowledge of Goodness and the fruit she eat(love) would be good Eve would not be married to Adam she would not die and she would have eternal physical life God would have created mankind modelled after people like Adam and Eve
33. Since Eve disobeyed God Eve became the Tree of Knowledge of Goodness Eve became the Tree of Knowledge of Evil and giving the evil fruit(love) to Adam have resulted in children of sin God would destroy all fallen mankind except those that believe in Christ. God cannot keep His original purpose of creation and since then has changed His plan altogether
34. Eve is likened as a Tree of Knowledge of Good & Evil because her love(fruit) can either be good or evil depending whether she is centred on God or Satan Eve has both good and evil nature Eve should be wise and knowledgeable God wants her to be a person of great knowledge.
35. How has Satan been so effective in accussing and demoralising mankind? man's false love of sexual promiscuity and infidelity and through this Satan has condemned the human family to destruction man's advocate in Christ has not returned man has lost his spirituality man is inherently materialistic
36. What are the consequences of the Fall of Man? (check if true) Unprincipled or false love was multiplied horizontally giving birth to children of sin Satan uses evil men on earth and evil spirits in the spirit world to manifest his powers. Evil spirits controlled fallen man by exploiting man's sinful and fallen nature Love is good or evil depending on the motivation, direction and purpose of the love action. Adam and Eve's love centering on Satan's love resulted in sinful and evil children. Love centering on God would give opposite results: children of goodness Good and evil is not determined by the action or the person.
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