When the woman [Eve] saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.<\/p>\n
The Bible, Genesis 3:6<\/i><\/p>\n
\u2026 in Adam all die \u2026<\/p>\n
The Bible, 1 Corinthians 15:22<\/i><\/p>\n
\u2026 Eve was deceived by the serpent\u2019s cunning \u2026<\/p>\n
The Bible, 2 Corinthians 11:3<\/i><\/p>\n
God originally created man in His own image, and free from sin; but, through the temptation of Satan, he transgressed the command of God, and fell from his original holiness and righteousness; whereby his posterity inherit a nature corrupt and wholly opposed to God and His Law, are under condemnation, and as soon as they are capable of moral action, become actual transgressors.<\/p>\n
James Boyce, 1858<\/i><\/p>\n
To the question, \u201cWhat is meant by the fall?\u201d I could answer with complete sincerity, \u201cThat whatever I am, I am not myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
G.K. Chesterton<\/i><\/p>\n
What died in Adam and Eve when they ate the apple was that intimate, unspoiled relationship they\u2019d had with God.<\/p>\n
Michael Green<\/i><\/p>\n
Satan lied;<\/p>\n
Adam and Eve complied;<\/p>\n
and we all died.<\/p>\n
Douglas Groothuis<\/i><\/p>\n
The first chapters of the Bible tell us of the sin of man. The guilt of that sin had rested upon every single one of us, its guilt and its terrible results, but, it also tells us of something greater still; it tells us of the grace of the offended God.<\/p>\n
J. Gresham Machen<\/i><\/p>\n
[Adam wanted to] be like God [but] without God, before God, and not in accordance with God.<\/p>\n
Maximus the Confessor<\/i><\/p>\n
In Adam\u2019s fall<\/p>\n
We sinned all.<\/p>\n
New England Primer<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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