"" . . . the wages of sin is
death." (Ephesians 2:1) As a result of man's sin, there are three
deaths. Keep in mind that death does not annihilate; it only separates. In the
Garden of Eden, it separated man from God spiritually; this is spiritual death.
In natural death, it separates the spirit and the soul from the body; this is
physical death. In final death, it separates man from the mercy of God forever;
this is eternal death.
1) The wages of sin is spiritual death. Just as sin separated man from God spiritually and drove him from the presence of God out of the Garden, so sin will separate you from God (Isaiah 59:1,2). The only way back to God is to confess your sins to Him (1 John 1:9) and forsake your sins (Isaiah 55:7), that you may be restored to fellowship with God.
2) The wages of sin is physical death. Physical death is the result of sin. Death had no claim on man until man sinned. Now all die, because all are in sin. Death is universal, and since we have a universal effect, we must have a universal cause, and that cause is universal sin. All men die - the good and the bad - the young and the old - and man will continue to die until death is destroyed by the Lord Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 15:26) and is swallowed up in victory (1 Corinthians 15:54-57).
3) The wages of sin is eternal death. "The person who sins will die" (Ezekiel 18:20). This is eternal separation from the love of God (Revelation 20:14). Once the soul passes beyond the portals of Hades he is lost and lost forever. He will continue to exist, but without hope. He is damned and damned to all eternity. Eternal death is eternal separation from God (Luke 16:19-31)."
Let us examine ourselves daily, confess our sins promptly to Jesus, and stay in God's good graces that we will be saved and saved to all eternity, to be with God forever and ever, never to be separated again.
(This is From : Bible Foundation Course Lesson 05- 05)
1) The wages of sin is spiritual death. Just as sin separated man from God spiritually and drove him from the presence of God out of the Garden, so sin will separate you from God (Isaiah 59:1,2). The only way back to God is to confess your sins to Him (1 John 1:9) and forsake your sins (Isaiah 55:7), that you may be restored to fellowship with God.
2) The wages of sin is physical death. Physical death is the result of sin. Death had no claim on man until man sinned. Now all die, because all are in sin. Death is universal, and since we have a universal effect, we must have a universal cause, and that cause is universal sin. All men die - the good and the bad - the young and the old - and man will continue to die until death is destroyed by the Lord Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 15:26) and is swallowed up in victory (1 Corinthians 15:54-57).
3) The wages of sin is eternal death. "The person who sins will die" (Ezekiel 18:20). This is eternal separation from the love of God (Revelation 20:14). Once the soul passes beyond the portals of Hades he is lost and lost forever. He will continue to exist, but without hope. He is damned and damned to all eternity. Eternal death is eternal separation from God (Luke 16:19-31)."
Let us examine ourselves daily, confess our sins promptly to Jesus, and stay in God's good graces that we will be saved and saved to all eternity, to be with God forever and ever, never to be separated again.
(This is From : Bible Foundation Course Lesson 05- 05)
