By Bob Barney
Someone once asked me, "Bob how can you say in one breath that God has little to do with this world, yet then say that the USA is one of the lost nations of Israel? In addition, that if we do not obey God, our nation will be destroyed by him? Which scenario is it: Is God involved or is this Satan’s world?"
I am quite sure that many have asked themselves the same question and let me assure you that there is an easy answer! God was totally involved in our world in the days of Adam and Eve. He (The God of Adam was the member of the Godhead who became Jesus Christ. The term LORD in the Old Testament almost always refers to Jesus' title before he became a man. Just read the first Chapter of the Gospel of John for proof) personally walked with Adam and Eve, talked with them and instructed them how to live in a godly manner, which if they had listened, they would and have lived forever. Jesus had every intention to be involved in our lives from the start, just as any human parent would want to do with their children.
Then, according to scripture, sin entered the world through Adam and Eve’s disobedience to God. There is only one biblical definition of sin. It simply is: "Sin is the transgression of the Law." (1 John 3:4) Without the Law, sin isn't possible! (Romans 3:20 and Romans 7:7). Paul says, “What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.” When Adam and Eve broke God’s Laws, they sinned. The Bible also gives us another term: "The wages (or penalty) of sin is death." ( Rom 6:23) Wages are what we earn for our hard work. In this case, our hard work of sinning earns us the sum equaling DEATH! That's the minimum wage I want to stay far away from! Breaking the laws of God, brings death! Therefore, Adam’s sin brought death to not only himself, but to all born from his seed.