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right in. I mean the rules of Capernaum School.
They said, your Bible, your book, and your pen.
So, can everybody raise up their Bibles? Everybody
with your Bible. Okay. Your Bible. All right.
Let me get you one. You can give me one. Please
let me give this one. Do you have a Bible? Okay.
I want everybody to use a physical Bible. Take
this Bible. So, your notes. Can you raise up
your notes? Your notes. Okay. Your notes. Your
notes. Everybody, answer your notes. Thank you
very much. Yeah. So, and your pen. Yeah. That's
good. So, welcome to... Yes, Christian Fellowship
Foundation School. It is expedient of every member,
I mean every worker in the church to have attended
this class because it's a class whereby you are
briefed about the doctrine, the foundation of
the church, what the church is built on. So welcome
to the first class. I don't have a title for
this teaching, but I believe by the end of the
teaching, you will be rewarded. you will give
it a title you know there is this course we used
to do ah welcome welcome so like i'm saying as
i was saying earlier so there's this in english
there's something they call topic sentence they
will give us two three lines and they will ask
us can you give what's the topic sentence of
these uh lines can you give it a distance so
by the end of this teaching i believe i basically
each and every one of us should be able to give
this teaching a topic so yes welcome once again
ah so we're going to start and we're looking
at bibles to second timothy 3 verse 16 second
timothy 3 16. it says our scripture is given
by the inspiration of God and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction
in righteousness. 2 Timothy 3, verse 10. So,
our understanding, I want everybody to write
this down. Our understanding of the scripture,
our understanding of the scripture, I want everybody
to write this down. Our understanding of the
scriptures, is very vital. Our understanding
of the scripture is very vital to our worship
of God. Our understanding of the scripture is
very vital to our worship of God. And the reason
is that when a scripture, or let me say the text
of the scripture, whenever it is misinterpreted,
whenever a text of the scripture is misinterpreted,
a major truth is lost. I will take it again.
Our understanding of scripture is very vital
to our worship of God. Whenever a scripture or
a text of a scripture is misinterpreted, a major
truth is lost. Are you writing it? A major truth
is lost and that affects our worship of God.
So on this basis, We are saddled with the responsibility
of what? Of getting our understanding or the
interpretation of scriptures right. Never get
that. I'm going to take it again. Our understanding
of scriptures is very vital to our worship of
God. And why is it like that? Because when you
misinterpret a text of the scriptures, right,
a major truth is lost. And when the major truth
is lost, your worship of God cannot be right
because the truth of his word has been lost,
right? So I now said on that basis, we are started
with the responsibility of getting our interpretation
of what the scriptures write. So today we are
going to be looking at something very, very fundamental
to Christianity or let me say to the word itself.
You know, there is this, preconceived notion
that we all have about why did Jesus come, right?
Why you have heard the word salvation, salvation,
why did Jesus come? Why am I here on earth? And
the center point of all of this at most times
is the word sin, right? You get that sin. When
they ask you, are you saved? You say yes. And
when they ask you, how do you know you are saved?
You say, Jesus Christ died for my sins, right?
He was buried and resurrected again the third
day, right? Am I right? So now, but then, when
they ask you, when they ask, so there's this
notion that we have or this understanding that
circulate around about sin and that may, and
it is the understanding of what we inherited
Adam's sin. That is what Christ came to die for.
It's the sin of Adam that has been transferred
to every one of us. Who has that? You believe
that, right? Who else believes that? That you
inherited Adam's sin? What's your name, brother?
Eric. Eric. So what do you believe about that?
About saying, you know, Adam's sin, salvation,
and all of that? Like, I mean, can you tell me
about the... We are also... You suffer for the
sin of Adam, right? Okay. So, yeah. So, I will
move on. So that is what most of us know, right?
Like you said, they believe it's right. So, okay.
So, now, let us look at the Bible. Let us ask
a question. Let us ask a basic question. First
of all, what is sin? Write that question down.
What is sin? What is sin? If I put that slide
up, what is sin? Yes. So, I wrote here, I said,
sin is not eating God. that is yielding to God,
or it's rebellion against God's word. And what
do I mean by God's word? His law, his commandments,
his promise. And I further it by saying God's
law is God's commandments, right? It is God's
charge. It is God's voice. It is his doctrine
and principle. And we will open our Bibles to
Genesis 26, verse 5. Let's see something there.
Genesis 26, verse 5. So, I will read. It says,
because that Abraham obeyed my voice and kept
my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and
my law. So, look at Genesis 26, verse 5. I want
all of us to pay attention. Look at your Bible.
Genesis 26, verse 5. Look at your Bible. So,
it says, because that Abraham obeyed my voice
and kept my charge. my commandment, my statutes,
and my law. So now I want to look at something
there. So he said my voice, number one, my charge,
my commandment, my statutes, and my laws. So
these five things are not five things. They are
one thing that explains each other. The charge
is the same as the law, the same as my commandment,
the same as my voice. the same as my statues,
right? Then it says something like, Abraham obeyed
my voice, right? Obeyed, to obey means to yield,
which is what, that word, heeding. H -E -E -D.
Heeding means to obey. So Abraham obeyed what?
His voice, his commandment, his law. So now what
do we call sin? We said, sin is not heeding God
or it's rebellion against what God's word, right?
So now, I said, Though God gave man what is called
free will, it is not to be exercised outside
God. And we see that in Genesis 2, 16 to 17.
Genesis 2, Genesis chapter 2, verse 16 to 17.
That says, and the Lord God commanded, we have
seen that word commandment again, right? This
word, commandment, right? So let's look at our
Bible, please. Genesis 2, verse 16. Let's look
at our Bible. Genesis 2, verse 16 says, And the
Lord God commanded the man. Commanded the man.
He gave man a commandment, right? Don't forget,
the word voice, charge, commandment, law, statutes
are the same thing, right? So now we are reading
in Genesis 2, verse 16, it says, And the Lord
God commanded. That is, he gave man his law.
He gave man his commandment. And what is that
commandment in verse 16? Of every tree of the
garden, thou mayest freely eat. Now verse 17
says, but of the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil, thou shalt not eat of it. For in the
day that thou eat thereof, thou shalt surely
die. So now what do we see here? We see God giving
a commandment. So by giving man a commandment,
it implies that man is capable of what? Of yielding
to the commandment or not yielding. Right? Because
when you look at verse 17, verse 17 says, but
of the tree of good and evil, thou shalt not
eat of it. For in the day that thou eatest thereof,
thou shalt surely die. That is, I want you to
what? I've created you in your makeup. I give
you what? The ability to decide what you want
to do. Right? But see, in as much as I have given
you the ability to choose, now, this is what
I want you to choose. But if you should do contrary
to this, this is the consequence. Are you getting
me? Are you getting me? So God said to man, he
said, Verse 16 again. Let's read this again.
Let's look at our Bible. I want us to look at
our Bible. Can we all echo it? Verse 16 to 17.
One, two, go. Please. Can we all echo it? Verse
17. So do we all see the fact that man has the
ability to choose? Right? And we also see that
there is consequence for whatever the action
of man is. Right? Right? Verse 16 says, Verse
16 says, Do not God command man, saying, Of every
tree of garden thou mayest freely eat, but of
the tree of good and evil thou shalt not eat
thereof. For in the day that thou eat thereof
thou shalt surely die. But if you eat of the
tree of life, you will watch, you will live.
That's the consequence of what? Heeding to God's
instruction. Right? But the consequence of going
out of it is what? You shall surely what? Die.
Right? So that what now alludes to our divination
of sin. And what's our divination of sin? Are
we all on the same page? Do you agree with that?
You don't? You don't understand? So this is what
I'm saying. Okay? So, We define sin as what's
not yielding, yielding God, or let me say obeying.
Obeying. The word sin is the word chata, which
means to miss a mark. It is derived from the
concept of an archer. When an archer wants to
shoot an arrow, the archer is a target. So when
he shoots, if he did not hit the target, he missed
that mark. He missed the target. That is sin.
That is sin. So now, bringing that, bringing
that input into what relationship between God
and man now. So God gave man a commandment, which
is also what carry out. Now, when man goes out
of that commandment, he missed the target, which
is the commandment, right? So when he goes out
of the commandment, what is that called? Sin.
Chata. right? Missing the mark. But when he stick
to the commandment, he did not sin, right? So
that explains the concept of sin as what? When
you miss a mark, right? And what is the mark
here? God's commandment, right? So we now use,
we're now citing an example of Adam. So God gave
him an instruction, a law, a commandment. And
the law here is what? We see an instruction.
We see the consequence of what each action. There
are two actions you can take. It's either you
obey or you do not obey. When you obey, you have
what? The consequence. When you disobey, there's
also what? A consequence. Are we on the same
page? So now, and how is man able to obey or
disobey? Because man has what we call what? Free
will. Are we getting it? That explains what I
said, yeah. So God doesn't force his choice on
man, but it is expected of man by God, from God,
to act in accordance to his will. Do we get that?
So what is sin? All right. So not yielding to
God's word, is it an automatic thing or a choice
that you decide what to carry out. Exactly. So
that makes sin words a choice, an action, right?
So do this, then I will react to what you said
to me by taking an action, either doing it or
not doing it, right? So that is what is called
sin. So let's go further. Next one, yeah. So
I said the word sin was first applied to describe
an action of man. In Genesis 4. What I meant
here is that what the first place you're going
to see in the Bible, you see the word sin. It's
in what? It's in Genesis 4, verse 7. Let's go
there. Genesis 4, 7. That's the first place you're
going to see the word sin. Actually, I put it
here. So it said, if thou doest well, this is
KJV. If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted.
And if thou doest not well, sin lies at the door.
And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt
rule the vine. So what do we see here? Like I
said, the word sin, the word was chata, right?
The word chata, which implies to miss, to forfeit,
to lack, or an absence of something. So now,
let's examine this Genesis 4, 7. It says, If
thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted.
And if thou doest not well, seen light at the
door. So this is God speaking to Cain, right?
So Cain and Abel offered a sacrifice already
to God, but then Cain was rejected, but Abel
was accepted. Why was Abel accepted? Why was
Cain rejected? The later writers, for example,
Hebrews 11, verse 6. Let's go there. Hebrews
11, verse 6. Hebrews 11, verse 8. It says, if
you are there, please type or read. Hebrews 11,
verse 4, sorry. Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. So, we
see that Abel offered what? By faith. And which
is the contrary of what Cain did, right? So,
and you will now see, God is telling us, if thou
doest well, it's an action. An action of Cain,
right? If thou acted well, and what is that action?
By faith. So, Cain didn't offer by faith, but
we see Obed who did, right? And Abel was accepted,
Cain was rejected. And what causes their rejection?
what they did. Right? What they did. Abel offered
by faith. Cain offered not by faith. Right? And
which causes was Abel accepted and Cain rejected.
So you will see, God places the responsibility
on Cain. He said, if thou doest well, shalt thou
not be accepted? So we see that sin is not When
it comes to individuals, I mean about you, sin
is your responsibility. What you do. What I do.
Right? Do I do it right? If I do it right, I
do not sin. If I do not do it right, that is
sin. I missed the mark. Are you getting it? Are
you understanding what sin is? So, I said, Genesis
4, 7 shows that Cain did not heed God's instruction
and was described in his action. which is the
demonstration of his choice. The writer of Hebrews
made us understand that the offering of Abel
was by faith, which is a contrast to Cain. That
is, Cain did otherwise. So faith is his substance
here, leading to God's word. Why Cain did not?
We describe God's sin. Go to the next slide,
please. So, where I asked the question also,
I said, how is sin describing these scriptures?
So we can write this sin is described as iniquity,
as trespass, disobedience. So we can write this
and the verses, please. Let's put those down
and the verses. So we see in Genesis 15, 6, it
was described as iniquity. These are just additional
information. to make us understand what sin is.
So right, iniquity, the trespass, disobedience,
let's put that down. Let's put that down. Right.
Iniquity, put the Bible verse there. Trespass,
the Bible verse. Disobedient, and the Bible verse.
All of this, all these ones here, you can get
it on your concordance. We're going to talk about
the concordance at the end of the teaching. So,
we'll be doing things like this a lot in this
particular teaching because the Bible that we
have, are we listening? The Bible that we have
was not written in English. It was written in
Hebrew and Greek. So we have, of course, to always
refer back to the original language in which
they are written in so that we can understand
what the writer is intending or what the writer
is saying. So that's why you will see, like I
wrote here, I said the word iniquity is from
the word avon. It implies an action done towards
another and towards God's promise of life. This
is to understand better what the word is communicating
because the Bible is not a... English as it looks,
right? So that's one of the rules of Bible interpretation
of arriving at the right interpretation of the
scriptures. That is, we go to the original language
to get the meaning of whatever is going on there.
So sin is described as iniquities in the scriptures.
It's described as trespass. It's described as
disobedience. Let's also put this in mind because
it will come in handy as we go. So, Let's ask
another question. So we have answered the question
of what is sin. Do we understand what sin is
now? What does sin mean? Not hidden to God's
word, to miss the mark, right? Okay. So, and
we have seen how sin is described also in scriptures.
It's described as trespass, iniquity. You write
it down. Iniquity, trespass, disobedience, right?
Are we together? Are we together? Okay. I might
call someone to just do a teach -back. So, please,
let's pay attention, okay? I might call my brother
there that is smiling. Do a teach -back to us
what you have learned since. You understand what
I'm saying? So, let us pay attention as we go,
okay? Because the goal of this teaching is to
make us understand sin. So we don't just want
to come and just go and attend five -year -old
school and just start this thing. So we want
to understand what we are doing here. So let's
ask another question. And the question is, is
sin natural or supernatural? Is sin natural or
supernatural? Is sin natural or supernatural?
And we will be examining two examples. Two examples
from the scriptures. which is Genesis 3, Genesis
4. Genesis 3, Genesis 4. Write is sin natural
or supernatural and write the scriptures. Genesis
3, Genesis 4. Now write Genesis 6 and Genesis
11. That will be our assignments. Write Genesis
6 and Genesis 11. Put assignments in front of
it. We will go and study those two chapters,
Genesis 6 and 11 and see is sin supernatural
or natural there. Genesis 3, Genesis 4, we explain
it here. But Genesis 6 and Genesis 11, we are
all going to go and go and do the assignment
and understand is sin natural or supernatural
there. So, you know, like I'm giving us an example
here. So, go and study Genesis 6 and Genesis
11 and see is sin natural or supernatural. And
every one of us are going to be submitting the
assignment. I want it done in the A4 sheets,
not inside your book. Right now, you are going
to submit it. Yes, you are laughing. Okay. So,
you will go home and examine Genesis 6, Genesis
11. And you know, I don't want you to say it
is supernatural or it is natural. I want you
to explain how it is natural or how it is supernatural.
Okay? So, let's go. Genesis 3. So, let's go to
our Bibles. Genesis 3, we are going to be reading
from verse, let's start from verse 1. Is sin
natural or supernatural? That's our question.
So Genesis 3 from verse 1. It says, Now the serpent
was more cunning than any beast of the field
which the Lord God had made. Verse 1. Genesis
3 verse 1. Now the serpent was more cunning than
any beast of the field which the Lord God had
made. And he said to the woman, As God indeed
said, You shall not... eat of every tree of the
garden. And the woman said to the serpent, We
may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,
but of the fruit of the tree which is in the
midst of the garden, God has said, You shall
not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you
die. Then the serpent said to the woman, You
will not surely die. So first of all, let's pay
attention to that what happened. That what happened
was also used in Genesis 4 verse 5. Let's go
there. Genesis 44, verse 5. The word serpent
was used. Genesis 44, verse 5. Genesis 44, verse
5. The word serpent was used. Can someone read
it for me, please? Read verse 5 and 15. Genesis
4, 5 and 15. Can someone read it? 44 verse 5.
44 verse 5. Genesis 44 verse 5. Genesis 44 verse
5. Genesis 44. Yes. That word divination there
is the word serpent. Now go to verse 15 of that
same chapter. Verse 15. Now divination is the
word serpent. Let's go to Leviticus 19 .26. Leviticus
19 .26. If you are there, you can read. If you
are there, you can read. You can read if you
are there. Leviticus 19 .26 Leviticus 19 .26
The same word divination. So this word sapientie
is the word nakash in Hebrew and it implies divination,
a diviner. And it also implies one who opposes
an opposition, right? Let's say, are you listening
to me? Let's say you want to buy a car, right?
You have your money on your hand and you went
to the garage and I came and I said, no, you're
not buying this car. At that point, what I'm
doing is what? I am being a serpent. To you.
Because I am opposing. What you want to do. That
is the meaning of the word serpent. And that
is why. In Matthew 16. Jesus called Peter. That
same word. He said get behind me Satan. That
is the same word. In the Greek. That is the word
an opposer. He called Peter Satan. He said get
behind me Satan. Why? Because he is opposing.
is caused. So, anoposa is what? A serpent, a
diviner. And this word, serpent here, without
no much exegesis, you could see for yourself
that it's not a literal serpent, right? Because
serpents don't talk. Do snakes talk? They don't
talk. So, you could see that it's not what? A
literal serpent. It's conversing. So, this is
what Moses will implore to communicate. Someone,
a being that opposes God's plan. Because look
at what he said in verse 4. Remember, God said
to Adam, he said, the day you eat of it, you
shall die. In Genesis 2 .17. Do you remember?
So now in Genesis 3 now, verse 4. Then the serpent
said to the woman, you will not surely die. So
what was God's command? You will what? You will
die. If you eat of it. But look at what the serpent
said. You will not surely die. That opposes God's
command. Right? So you could see it when you
read the narrative. You could see the meaning
of that word serpent there. That is someone that
opposes God. Not necessarily God, but anybody
that opposes your action. You might be the bad
person, but if a good cause is opposing your
bad cause, that good cause is a serpent unto
you, while you also are a serpent unto the good
cause also. So it's an opposer. So the serpent
here, this being here is a supernatural being.
And we see when you read the conversation, so
when this being speaks to Eve, Eve having known
what God said, because he said it, he said, He
said it was more cunning than the beast of the
field. We did not go that way. And said to the
woman, as God in this said, you shall not eat
of the tree of the garden, right? And the woman
said to the serpent, we may eat of the fruit
of the trees of the garden, but of the fruit
of the tree, which is in the midst of the garden,
verse 2, chapter 3, God said you shall not eat.
So which means that what Eve knows God's commandment,
right? Are you with me? So Eve knows what God
said they should not do. But then this happened.
This supernatural being came to Eve and said
to Eve, you will not surely die. So when this
supernatural being spoke to Eve, that influences
Eve's action towards God's word. So what did
Eve do? Let's read verse 5. For God knows that
in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened
and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.
Genesis 3 verse 5. Let's read our Bible. I want
us to look at our Bible. Please. Everybody, I
want you to look at your Bible. Genesis 3 verse
5. Let's have a verse 5. Can we read together?
Alright. One, two, let's go. So when the woman
saw that the tree was good for food, that it
was pleasant to these eyes, a tree desirable
to make one wise. She took of its fruit and ate.
She also gave to her husband with her, and he
ate. Then the eyes of both of them were opened,
and they knew they were naked, and they sewed
fig leaves together and made themselves covenants.
So, question. What influenced their action? The
serpent. Is the serpent a natural being or a
supernatural being? Okay. So sin has an influence,
right? That is going against God's word has an
influence. And the influence of that is what
a supernatural being, there's always a supernatural
being influencing whatever goes against God's
word. And it's an opposition to God's word. A
supernatural being is always what's involved.
Do we get that? So we're seeing that the sin
of Adam and Eve as was the activity of a supernatural
being that Moses described as what happened,
right? So, having seen that, let's go to chapter
4. Chapter 4. Genesis chapter 4. Let's see the
Abel and Abel chapter 4. Yes. So, let's read
from verse 1. Chapter 4, verse 1. So, I will
read. Now Adam knew Eve, his wife, and she conceived
and bore Cain and said, I have acquired a man
from the Lord. Then she bore again, this time
his brother, Abel. Now Abel was the keeper of
the sheep, but Cain was the tiller of the ground.
And in the process of time, it came to pass that
Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the
ground to the Lord. Let us look at our Bible.
This is our Bible. Genesis chapter 4. Now we
are in verse 5 now. Let's read verse 5. Let's
read chapter 4, verse 5. But he did not respect
Cain and his offering, and Cain was very angry,
and his countenance fell. Right? So the Lord
said to Cain, Why are you angry, and why has
your countenance fallen? If you do well, will
you not be accepted? And if you do not do well,
sin lies at the door, and its desire is for you,
but you should rule over it. Now Cain talked
with Abel his brother, and it came to pass, when
they were in defeat, that Cain rose up against
Abel his brother and killed him. Then the Lord
said to Cain, Where is your brother? He said,
I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper? And
he said, what have you done? The voice of your
brothers cries out to me from the ground, right?
Now, our emphasis is on verse 7. So, it says,
if you do well, will you not be accepted? And
if you do not do well, sin lies at the door.
Now, that word lied, like I said, like I wrote
here, is the Hebrew word rabat, which implies
to crouch. You know the way... A lion walks,
right? The way a lion crouch, yeah. So this word,
this word light implies that there is a being
there, right? There is a being. A being. The
word light is the word rabat, which implies to
crouch, right? It says, seen crouch at thy door.
Are you getting it? Seen what? Crouch at thy
door. To lie down, to, you know, crouch at thy
door. And this refers to a supernatural being,
right? So now, after God said to Cain that sin
lies at your door, that is, in verse 5, what
do we see? Not verse 5, verse 8, what do we see?
Now Cain talked with his brother Abel, right?
And it came to pass when they were in defeat
that Cain rose up against Abel, his brother.
What did he do? He killed him, right? So we see...
The supernatural being having the influence again
on who? On Cain. And what did Cain do? Cain killed
Deborah. You know, the fun, interestingly, about
Cain, God told Cain that C, C, light at the door.
Right? He warned him so that he can retrace and
not do whatever he wants to do. But what did
Cain do? He went ahead. Because of what? It's
an influence. When sin, whenever you see sin
in the world, you see, it is not natural, right,
for God to tell you something and you will not
yield to what God said to you. It is not natural.
And in every instance, even in Genesis chapter
6, Genesis chapter 11, we will see what? An influence
of a supernatural being. If you go for evangelism
today, and you go and evangelize, you might come
to a point with this fact, that what everybody,
that when you preach the gospel too, and they
reject, it is annoying, it is not annoying by
once, you should know, the Bible doesn't understand
that what, there is an involvement of supernatural
being here. You know, he said, if our gospel
be heed, it is heed to those who are what? The
God of this world has what? Blinded. So there's
always an involvement of what? Supernatural being
in sin. So I want you to go to Genesis 6 and
Genesis 11. I want to see your explanation of
how what? The supernatural being is involved
in what? In the sin that was committed there.
So let's move on. Let's move on. So is sin? Natural
or supernatural? What's your question? My question
is God's plan in the beginning was for us and
why is it that the serpent said that for God
knows that when you eat for me the eye will be
opened and you will not be like God. Why did
God Very good question. So I get your question.
So now God spoke, serpent spoke. Now when you
go to chapter three, what was the description
of the serpent? Now the serpent was more cunning.
What does cunning mean? Crafty, a master of deception,
right? Crafty than any beast of defeat. who the
Lord God had made, right? So this description
of a sapient is what's called crafty, corny,
deception, right? So whatever thing that is coming
from the mouth of a sapient, what do you expect
it to be? And for a fact, what you mentioned
in verse five, when it says, for God knows that
in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened
and you'll be like God, knowing good and evil.
That word God there in verse 5 is the same word
used for Almighty God, Elohim, right? But then
when you go, it's a word that's a reference to
what supernatural beings also. That is, a man,
man would be like what supernatural beings also.
And it is the same word that the psalmist used
when he said, who is man? He was talking to God.
He said, who is man that are mindful of him?
Or the son of man that thou visitest him. You
made him a little lower than the angels. That
word angels there is the word Elohim. The same
word here. And it is referenced for what supernatural
beings. That is, what the devil is saying to
Adam and Eve here is that God knows that when
you eat it, you will become like what them, supernatural
beings. God, they are supernatural beings. Right?
But don't forget. In man's makeup, when God made
man, what did God give to man? He gave him dominion
and authority. Right? So now, devil is now speaking
to man. He said, when you eat of this thing,
God knows that you will come like God, like a
supernatural being. But that was not the plan.
And that's actually deception because when man
ate of that fruit, did he become like supernatural
beings? Did he? He's still at the body. So what
does that tell you? That was what deception at
its peak. You get it? Are you cleared? Of course,
it's going against God's plan, like I said. God's
plan is that these guys don't eat of the tree
of life. Now, when God made man, he gave man
instructions, he made himself known to man, he
made himself known to man in ways, right? So
now, when you read that when they ate of the
tree of good and evil, they knew that they were
naked. That was to explain what are setting.
Now, they know They now know good and evil. That's
why Paul said, by man sin came into the world.
So now there's an entity that was introduced,
right? Now, that was to explain that whatever
has happened to these guys, because when God
created them, they don't know that before, right?
Now a new thing has entered now. You're going
to see it. So they have brought in an entity,
right, into the world. sin, right? Going against
God's word. Now, they can now see that they are
naked. Now, funny enough, when God came to them,
what did God say? He was saying, where are you?
Is God oblivious of where they are? Huh? He knows.
Why is he asking? Huh? Why is he asking? He is
asking to see their opinions. See if they understand
why they did it and how their feelings depend
on it. Okay. Very good reasoning. I like that.
So, I like that, like I said, that's a very good
reasoning. So, that is to show that what something
new has entered, which was called what? He explained
in Romans 5. We're going to get there. Okay?
So, just tickle me. So, where are we? So, is
sin natural or supernatural? Huh? Wait, I think
I didn't answer your question. So, your question
is, God wants man to know him. That was his intention.
That was his intention. But then, he doesn't
want them to eat of the tree of not even good
and evil, which if they had ate, they would know
that they are naked. and they were able to know
many things. Okay, so now this is the point.
Let me give you a scenario. Let's say you're
a developer, someone that develops robots, right?
You are the one that creates these robots. So
you have the way, you have a way, you want these
robots to work, right? So there is what the producer's
manual, because it's God that creates you. Is
it the devil that creates you? No. So you are
to follow what your creator's manual. Because
in fact, when God created man, he said, keep
and guide. He gave man a priestly office in the
garden. Right? So he placed man where he wants
man to be. And placed where he wants them to
be. Right? So when the devil came to Adam and
Eve, This is the devil introducing them to something
different from what God wants for them. Okay?
So if it's about knowing God, God has his way
of man knowing him. Right? God has his way of
man knowing him, which is not the way the devil
did. And now the plan of God is what? Family.
He wants to relate. but with humans, right? God
will have, the plan and purpose of God is what?
The earth will be filled with his glory, his
family, right? On earth. He wants to relate with
humans and they will know him, right? Which is
why he even had to become a man so he can know
who he is, right? So he had his own way of making
himself known. But the devil introduced what
is not in God's plan to man. That's our question.
We'll catch up. So, yeah, so is sin natural or
supernatural? Sin as I was a supernatural influence
on man, right? So let's go, let's go. So now
coming down to the concept of original sin, the
concept that the fact that Adam sinned, Adam
is the first man. So when he sinned, Everybody
that came after Adam, they inherited Adam's sin.
That concept. So we are going to examine it now.
The original sin concept, in fact, we believe,
read by some, that Adam's sin passed to all men,
right? That Adam's sin passed to all men, and
that suggests that since Adam is the first man
that sinned, everyone born afterwards and to
date are born with a sin nature inherited from
Adam. Now, how many of us are of this opinion
up to now that we inherited Adam's sin? One,
two, three. What about you? One, two, three.
What about you? What about you? No? Michelle?
No? What about you? Brother Olive? You? You don't?
One, two, three. What about you, brother? You
are here at four. What about you, my brother?
You don't believe it? Okay. What about you? You
are not out there. What about you? So, we have
one, two, three, four. Yeah. So, yes. I will
have to be conversing with. The four of you,
mostly in this class, in this particular lesson.
So, the concept of original sin is the belief
that since Adam is the first man, his sin was
passed, was inherited by any other being that
came of time. Right? That is the notion, right?
That is the belief. But then, let us question
this concept. So, in Bible interpretation, for
a doctrine to be established, right? It must
first of all have its roots in what we call in
our day the Old Testament. Number one. Or let's
even break it down. It must first of all have
its roots in what we call the Torah, the first
five books of Moses, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,
Numbers, Deuteronomy. That is, if you are going
to establish any doctrine, any Christian doctrine,
for you to know you are on the right path, the
beginning, The first and fundamental is what
it must find its roots in Moses' writings, which
is the first five books of Moses. That is, I
should come to you and lay a claim, and I can
situate it clearly. In those first five books,
I am wrong. And why is it like that? Because
every other writer of the scriptures writes from
Moses. Let me give you an example. When Matthew
wants to begin his gospel, go to Matthew 1 .1.
Matthew 1 .1. I want you to read for me, sister.
Yeah, this was your name? Elin. Okay, please
let me read Matthew 1 .1. Matthew 1 .1, Matthew
1 .1, Matthew 1 .1. So you see a name there.
He said David and who? Abraham. So that means
if you want to understand who Jesus is, you have
to understand two characters. When you are reading
the book of Matthew, you want to understand who
Jesus is. Primarily, you need to read two characters,
first of all, David and Abraham. So the question
is, where is Abraham? From? Which book do you
find, Abraham, in the Bible? Genesis. So you
need to read the book of Genesis. So Matthew
is writing from what? The book of Genesis. Now
we go to Matthew 4. Matthew 4 writes about the
temptation of Jesus Christ. And he writes it
from the Exodus of Israel. He writes it from
the story of Israel. We can go, because of time,
we can go and read Matthew 4. Read about the
temptation of Jesus Christ and you'll be hearing
things that are directly from Exodus. He said,
he was led into the wilderness to be tempted.
Who were in the wilderness to be tempted? 40
days and 40 nights. So you will be seeing much,
you're writing from what? So when you go throughout,
even Paul himself, Paul said, for whatsoever
things are written aforetime are written for
our learning. What are the things written aforetime?
The books of Moses, the prophet, the Old Testament,
right? They are written for our learning that
we, through the patience and comfort of the scriptures,
we might have hope. When you go to 1 Corinthians
10, 11, you will see the same thing there. So,
the books of Moses is fundamental to Christian
theology. So, for you to establish any doctrine,
you must first of all situate this doctrine within
the book of Moses. Now, going further, the prophets,
beginning from Joshua. to Malachi. You must find
that doctrine there. Why? Because they wrote
from Moses. Joshua 1 .8. This book of the law.
Which book of the law is that? Moses' book. It
shall not depart from your mouth. Because Joshua
has not been written in that time. So what is
he reading from? Moses. Genesis. So when other
writers are coming, they are also reading from
the previous writer. They are writing from him.
So you cannot So you are teaching any doctrine
without those books. So when you come to the
four gospels also, Paul will tell you, Paul wrote
from the Old Testament, he wrote from the four
gospels, and he wrote by revelation. So there
are three sources. So the four gospels cannot
be left out of your doctrine also. Right? Now
finally, the epistles. So that means when you
are traveling down from the Old Testament, Moses,
you travel through to Malachi, you enter Matthew,
Mark, Luke, John, Acts, then you get to Romans,
Corinthians, then when you can situate a consistent
doctrine now, now, you are halfway, you are above
halfway. Right? Okay? So first of all, you must
be able to establish your doctrine, which is
not the question that we asked. Does this concept
have an origin in the scriptures? The concept
of we inherited Adam's sin, does it have a root?
Can you explain it within the scriptures? Now,
even before we read the Bible, I can tell you
for a fact that there is no place that says because
the father has sinned, Then the children will
inherit the sin of their father. So let's just
read these scriptures. Let's start with Deuteronomy
1 .39. Let's start with Moses. Deuteronomy verse
1. Deuteronomy chapter 1. Verse 39. Are we there?
1 Thessalonians 1 Thessalonians 1 Thessalonians
So we see what the children are not punished
for what their fathers sinned. Right? Can we
all see it? Can we all see it? Sister Eileen,
can you see it? Okay. Can you see it, brother?
One, two, three, four. When I'm asking questions,
as far as we are in this paradigm, this particular
thing, When I ask questions, I want to answer
from the four of you. And my brother too, I want
to answer from you too. So let's read Deuteronomy
24, verse 16. Deuteronomy 24, verse 16. I would
love Sister Helen to help me read that. Deuteronomy
24. Oh, Brother David, you can read. You can
read Deuteronomy 24, verse 16. Deuteronomy 24
16 Did you see? Yes. for his own sin. So you
bear your sin, I bear my own. Adam bears his
sin, all of us bear our own sin. Okay. We'll
get there. We'll get there, don't worry. So,
but, what have you seen here in this scripture,
Sister Eileen? Everybody bears their sin, right?
Did you agree to that? Up to now. So now let's
go to Ezekiel 18. No, let's go to 2 Kings 14
.6. Write this down. You can go and read this
at home because it is long. Ezekiel 18 .3 -20.
You can read it at home. Let's read 2 Kings 14
.6. 2 Kings 14 .6 2 Kings 14 .6 2 Kings 14 .6
Verse 6. Did we all read that? What did we see?
Everybody is responsible for the awards. So up
to now, we have not seen anywhere that someone
is responsible for anybody's sin. Let's read
lastly. Jeremiah 31 Jeremiah 31 29 to 30 Jeremiah
31 29 to 30. Jeremiah 31. Anybody can read for
me. Sister Elaine. Sister... I'm forgetting your
name. Crystal Bell. In those days, they shall
say no more. The fathers have eaten cypress and
the children sit at second age. But everyone
shall die for his own iniquity. Every man who
eats cypress shall be second. Did you see the
word iniquity? For sins, right? I said put it
in your mind. So everybody dies for their own
sin. So we have not seen anywhere that is established
that the father dies for the children, right?
Okay. So, we have not seen anywhere where we
inherit the sin from anybody, from anyone. The
father doesn't pass down his sin. to the children,
right? The children does not inherit sin from
the father. Because what is sin? Sin is an action.
Right? Why will you pass down your action to
me? Are you seeing this? Don't forget, I want
you to hold that in your mind. Sin is an action.
It is not a genetic thing that you are passing
down. Okay? Spiritually, it doesn't bode well.
Physically, it doesn't bode well. Okay? Sin is
what? An action. And don't forget, it means what?
To miss the mark. Right? So, if sin means to
miss the mark, then there must first of all be
a mark set before me that I will miss. Imagine,
because he's my brother, then he's short and
narrow, he couldn't get the mark. Then he said,
I have sinned. Does that make sense? Does that
make sense? And who is God? God is what? A God
of justice. To humans, to even humans, is that
justice? That he missed the mark, then you said,
I also missed the mark. While I have not even
shot anything. Does that make sense? I have not
shot any arrow. Then you said, I missed the mark.
I'll be looking at you like, how far now? So
there must be, a mark for me to miss. There must
be a commandment that I will obey. There must
be a law given to me that I obey. There must
be God's charge. There must be God's instruction
or his principle given to me. Then when it is
presented to me, however that I go about it,
do I yield to it or do I not yield to it? Because
God's instruction there is the mark. So do I?
accept that, do I reject it? Rejecting it is
going outside of that mark. Accepting it is eating
the mark. So there must be a mark for me to miss
before I can be called a sinner. So without the
mark, I am nothing. I'm not a sinner. Right?
Are you getting this? So that's why I said the
father eats all grapes. He will perish for his
own grapes. The son eats all grapes. He's going
to perish for the sawgrips. But if the son has
not eaten any sawgrips, the son leaves. If the
son is oblivious, the son leaves. Are you getting
it? So, everything we have read now, nothing
presupposes or nothing suggests that what sin
is inheritable or sin can be passed down, right?
From the scriptures that we have read. We have
read from the Old Testament, right? We don't
say anything like that. That sin words can be
inherited. Alright? So let's go to Jesus himself.
When Jesus came, Jesus talked about sin. Right?
Let's open our Bibles to Matthew 9 verse 2. Jesus
talked about sin. Matthew 9 verse 2. Yes. Whose
sins are forgiven? Your sins are forgiven. Not
Adam have sinned, so I saved you from the sins
of Adam. But not your father have sinned. I saved
you from the sin of your father. Okay? Is that
your sins? are forgiving okay let's also see
Matthew Matthew 12 31 and 32 therefore I say
to you every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven
men but the blaspheming against the spirit will
not be forgiven men Anyone who speaks a word
against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him.
But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it
will not be forgiven him, either in this age
or in the age to come. So did we see that sin
is what's individualistic? That is, he said,
I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be
forgiven men. But the blasphemy against the Holy
Spirit will not be forgiven men. Anyone who speaks
a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven
him. But whoever speaks against the Spirit, it
will not be forgiven him. So sin is what? Individual.
Are we getting it? Sin is what? Individual. It
is not inherited. Sin is individual. Let's see
also Matthew 5 .29. Matthew 5, 29 to 30. He says,
if your right eye causes you to sing, pluck it
out and cast it from you. For it is more profitable
for you that one of your members perish than
for your whole body to be cast into it. And if
your right hand causes you to sing, cut it off
and cast it from you. For it is more profitable
for you that one of your members perish than
for your whole body to be cast into it. So on
who is the responsibility of sin placed on? Hmm?
On the... Okay. Right? Yes. On the person that
sins, right? Yes. Is he Adam? No. Exactly. Like
on you, on I, on anybody, right? Okay. That is
what everybody that sins will receive what? The
consequence of sin, right? Okay. So finally,
let's read also Luke 13, verse 2 to 5. Luke 13,
2 to 5. And Jesus answered and said to them,
Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse
sinners than all other Galileans because they
suffered such sins? I tell you, no. But unless
you repent, you will all likewise perish. Or
those entering on whom the Torah in Siloam fell
and killed them. Do you think that they were
worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in
Jerusalem? I tell you, no. But unless you repent,
you will all likewise perish. So, who sins? And
it is that same individual that has the capacity
to repent. Right? So, with all we have read,
do we see any way that supposes or suggests that
we inherit Adam's sin? Alright. So, but then,
why then do we have the confusion of we all inherited
Adam's sin? Because definitely it came from somewhere.
initial Bible stories say initially God created
the world and put man in command and control
of the world there was no sin so because Adam
and Eve were the first people to be put there
and they were the first people to give in to
that sin it is because of them that today we
have that consequence of sin they had killed
them to their command Now, what you just said
came from a man. I will spare you the historical
fact. I'm not going to give you, but let me just
say, I'll give you the name so you can go and
just check. It came from the man, Augustine.
He brought the concept of what we call the original
sin. And where did he explain it from? He used
the Bible to explain it. You know, that's one
funny thing about theology, about any doctrine.
The doctrine of slavery that justifies slavery
was taught with the Bible. The doctrine that
revokes slavery was taught with the Bible. Are
you getting this? The doctrine... Yes. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. That's why I said if your
interpretation of the Bible is wrong, Your worship
of God is what will be wrong. So you have to
get the interpretation right. Okay? Even the
doctrine of baptism wasn't there until some times.
But I'm not the one teaching it. Someone will
teach it. So let us... Doctrine of baptism. Okay?
Calm. Okay? Don't worry. We'll get there. We'll
get there. Don't worry. So now, let's go to Romans
5. All of us, our Bibles. Please let us open
our Bibles. This is very critical. This is one
critical part of our teaching. Romans chapter
5, we start from verse 12. Because this is where
it was explained from. That we all inherited
Adam's sin. Romans chapter 5, verse 12. But before
we examine Romans chapter 5, verse 12, I would
like to ask a question. to all of us. Adam, is
he a prototype or an archetype? Is Adam a prototype
or an archetype? Let me make it simple. If Adam
was a prototype, Abel would do exactly the same
thing that Adam did. If Adam was a prototype,
Noah would do exactly the same thing that Adam
did. If Adam was a prototype, you and I, we would
do the same thing that Adam did. There would
not be anything different that Adam did than
we are going to be doing today. Because the prototype
of an iPhone 17 is that makeup that iPhone 17
was made from. So when you carry the prototype
of an iPhone 17 and you carry the rest, iPhone
17, when you put them together, they will operate
the same way. Are you getting it? They are going
to operate the same way. But the archetype of
iPhone 17 is that first idea about a mobile phone.
Are you getting it? Yeah. archetype of iPhone
17 is the first ever idea of a mobile phone in
which every other mobile phone took initiative
from and designed their phone. I get in the explanation.
For example, the prototype of a mother is that,
let's say Jamila is a mother. Now when you become
a mother, you will do exactly the way she's doing.
If you become a mother, you do exactly the same
thing that she's doing. But the archetype of
a mother is that what a mother nurtures, a mother
cares, a mother breastfeeds. That's the archetype
of a mother, the function of a mother. But the
prototype of a mother tells you exactly what
another of that prototype will do. But an archetype
tells you possibilities. that can come out. For
example, we have an iPhone, we have Samsung,
we have Tecno, we have Redmi. They don't operate
the same way. They have different operating systems.
But all of them are mobile iPhones. Right? So
that first idea of phone, that's the archetype
of all of these phones. The prototype of a Samsung,
of an S21 Ultra, is the first S21 Ultra. Are
you getting this? So now, taking Adam as a prototype
means you and I, we do the same thing that Adam
did to God's word. That is, Adam disobeyed, right?
It means both of us, we always disobey. Are you
getting this? Hmm? What about you, Paul? Are
you getting this? I said a prototype, right?
A prototype of human beings. Let's say, let's
say we have the ability to design a human being.
The prototype of human being, of a particular
human being, would be that first, okay, let's
say a particular tribe, would be that first person
in that tribe. That's the prototype. And they
are doing exactly like him. Yes. Exactly. The
copy. Yes, yes, yes. That is it. So now, that's
why I gave this scenario with murder. In every
murder, there is a function of what a murder
is called. But there are different murder. There
are weird murder. There are irresponsible murder
that do not care. Right? I don't do what they
ought to do. But whenever you see the archetype
of a mother is someone that cares, that nurtures,
that breastfeeds, is a baby, right? That's what
mothers do, right? But there are irresponsible
mothers that don't do that. Don't care, they'll
give birth to that child, drop the child, right?
So now bringing that into Adam, the question
to you is, is Adam an archetype or a prototype?
Or before you answer, Now Adam gave birth to
two child, to Abel and Cain, right? So now we
see Cain, right? Doing the same thing Adam did,
but Abel doing otherwise. You get that? So now
we see someone that didn't act like Adam. Moving
forward, we see Noah do differently Adam. Right?
We see David doing differently. We see Abraham
doing differently from Adam. Right? So what is
Adam? Exactly. Is Adam an archetype or a prototype
of humans? An archetype. So that means that what?
Adam's story, the disobedient, the Adam's disobedient
story is to show you It's an archetypal story
that shows you the pattern of disobedience. Right?
It shows you what's the pattern of disobedience,
which Cain buys into. Cain acted like that. But
we see Abel acting differently. But they are
what? All humans. Right? So, as I said, an archetype
shows you what? possibilities. How? Possibilities,
right? But a prototype shows you definite action.
That is, you can tell that this is what this
thing is going to do. Alright? So, I mean, okay.
Have you guys read this? I didn't even know it
was there. So you can read this. Did you read
this? Let me read it for you. It said, a prototype
is an early, usually unrefined version of something.
that later version reflects, but may depart from.
In other words, a prototype is usually a physical
draft. An archetype is a perfect and unchanging
form that existing things or people can approach,
but never duplicate. In other words, an archetype
is an ideal example of iterative or perfect form.
Leave this, leave this too. Leave it. It might
be too, huh? What is it? Yeah, that's what I
said. Leave these two, please. Leave these two.
So, an archetype, therefore, is to show an ideal
example of action, behavior, or function of a
person or a thing. An archetype is an example
of a mother would be to highlight how a mother
functions or the qualities of a mother and that
any mother can exhibit rather than what every
mother should exhibit. So, what every mother
should exhibit with what will be prototype but
what every mother can exhibit will be what an
archetype did you get it are you on the same
page all right so do we all grasp the idea of
an archetype and a prototype because that's very
vital in understanding whatever we are about
to do now so like i said The Adam story is an
archetypal story of disobedience in a man to
warn the audience of Moses about disobedience
unto God's word. That is, is to teach them how
that's what the story of Adam is an archetypal
story of disobedience. So it's to teach his audience
because Moses had an audience when he was writing,
when he was teaching. Because the Bible was first
taught or spoken before it was written. Right?
So when he was teaching them, He was using that
story to teach them about disobedience, a type
of disobedience a man cannot exhibit, which is
CK, exhibiting. But Abel, not buying into. Okay?
So now let's go to Romans now. Romans 5, verse
12. Romans 5, verse 12. Yeah. So up to now, do
we understand what sin is? Do we understand that
there is a supernatural influence of sin. I mean,
do you strongly agree with that? What about you
don't inherit sins? I know you still have some
reservations, by the way. So, don't worry. But,
do you see clearly, right, that not Jesus, not
even Moses, not other prophets taught that word?
we inherit anybody's sin and not even Adam's
sin. Right? So now, we are about to see something
else. So Romans 5 verse 12 says, Therefore, as
by one man, you will see this is where the confusion
is. And don't worry, we are started with the
body of God's proof to show to you that you might
understand and come into it that what that ideology
The Bible never supported it, not for once. So
we are going to see it now. So it says, Therefore,
as by one man sin entered into the world, and
death by sin, and so death passed upon all men,
for that all have sinned. So we are going to
be doing something like this. It's also a principle
in Bible interpretation. It's called word study.
I said it before, but I'm using another term.
It's called word study. And word study just literally
means going to the original grammar. to see what
was actually said there, right? So we are going
to be doing word study now to understand this
thing. So first of all, let us look at, okay,
the word sin. We are in the Greek. We are in
the New Testament now. When we explain sin then,
we explain it in the New Testament, right? It
is still the same meaning, but the words change
because it is Greek. That was evil. So it was
derived from the word amatia, right? Which implies
to miss the mark. And I'm at, okay, it's the
same words, meaning, right? It's just that that
was an Hebrew word. This here is a Greek word.
You can write this down, please. You can write
this down. So this word sin is a Greek word,
which also means to miss the mark. And we also
have the word entered. We have the word entered.
We have the word entered. We have the word entered.
We have the word entered. The word entered is
the word esekumai. You can see it. It implies
what? A new thing being introduced. That is,
it is not there. Which was what I was talking
about then. It was not there. It was introduced.
Right? Are we getting it? A new thing was introduced.
It implies to come into an entrance. This implies
that what is being referred to wasn't prior,
wasn't there prior to this. And what was being
referred to here is sin. Sin was not there until
one man brought it into the world. Right? So
by one man, missing the mark, the action. All
right. You can put it like that. So you can write,
write, refreshing Romans 5, 12. Just write something.
Refreshing Romans 5, 12. Write, therefore, as
by one man, the action of missing the mark or
missing the target enters into the world. Now
in brackets, something new. Are you getting this?
Therefore, by one man, therefore by one man,
the action of missing the target entered into
the world. The action of missing the target entered
into the world. Right? It entered into the world.
Now also, Let us examine the word W -O -R -L
-D. Like I said, it is derived from the word
cosmos, K -O -S -M -O -S. The term world, W -O
-R -L -D, was derived from the Greek word cosmos,
K -O -S -M -O -S. It can imply inhabitants, that
is, human beings. It can imply the airspace.
It also describes the activities or affairs of
the earth. Right? But how do you get, how do
you understand what exactly is being spoken of?
The context in which you are reading tells you
what it is being spoken of. Should I repeat that?
So I said, the term WORLD is the Greek word kosmos,
which implies inhabitants. earth space or it
also implies the activities or affairs of men
of the of the inhabitants right of the earth
so now what makes you knows what is speaking
of in this theory the context of what you are
reading tells you exactly what is being spoken
of here are you getting it so now it says sin
entered into the world In this context, it speaks
of what the activities of what the earth, the
affairs of what the earth, that this man brought
the activity of what sinning. It is by man. It
came into this world, into this earth, into the
activities of men by what? By man. Are you getting
it? It came in by what? By man. And now that
word one man, how do we know who that one man
is? Because in verse 14, he mentions what? Adam.
He said, Adam. He mentions him. It was a reference
to Adam. Romans 15 verse 14, you will see there.
It was a reference to Adam. So, sin was not found
in the activities of the world before the action
of Adam. That is, there was nothing like sin
in the world. Until the action of Adam. And that
action brought. That action brought in. What
we call sin. Missing the mark. That's why I said.
I said. Wherefore by one man. The action of missing
the target. Entered in towards. The activities
of the world. Or activities of the earth. Right.
So now. Do you get that? Are you getting it?
I mean, like, are we, we are, you know what I'm
saying? Okay. So, again, we need to pay attention
to this. You know, that's why I said it is a
word study, really, because the Bible was not
written in English. So, we need to study what
it means. You know, it's like saying, it's not
like these words are not supposed to be there.
They can be there. But why we are doing this
is to make you understand it better. Understand?
Just like I can say the word, do I force this
decision on you? Now, the word forced, right,
or forced, anyone, someone, maybe our level of
understanding of grammar is different. Now, I
could simplify that by saying, did I force my
decision on you? I'm still saying what? The same
thing. Right? So, but by bringing it down to,
did I force addition on you? You understand it
better. By meaning the words, I'm not compelling
you. Now, I'll use another word again. I did
not compel you to do what you did. Did I force?
Did I force? Did I compel you? Did I lure you
into doing it? Those are different words, but
they have the same meaning to explain. one thing
okay that's what we are doing here so it is the
same thing but to make you understand better
so this word by is the word that means because
of or by the occasion of that is due to sin right
and death came due towards to sin on the occasion
of sin right death came or you can say on the
basis of sin death came right And let us pause
there. Now, death by sin. Where did we first
see this? Who gave the commandment of death by
sin? Which verse? 2 17, right? So God gave that
commandment. That's what the consequence of what
sin is. What? Death. So what came by sin? Death.
Right? And that death was explained in Genesis
3. Let me also say this. Just put it somewhere.
Listen to me. Just listen to me. In Bible study,
we don't give definitions to words. Rather, we
explain the word. Because words are best explained
in the context of what they are being what's
written. For example, if I come to you and ask
you, what do God mean by you shall surely die?
What would you say? Die. Die physically, right?
But did Adam die physically when he heard this
word? He died spiritually. Spiritually. How did
he die spiritually? Okay. I like that he died.
I like what you said, that he died physically.
What I'm saying, you are very right. What I'm
saying, how did you know he died physically?
Or spiritually, rather? Now, you will die there,
was explained in the next chapter. When immediately
he ate the fruits, right, when God came, What
did God do? Yes. So what did God tell them? What
was the next thing that followed? They were sent
out. Now that's being sent out is the death.
Because they were in the presence of God, right?
So outside of God's presence is that death that
was spoken of in Genesis 27. Did you get that?
So words are to be explained within the words,
the texts with their words they are spoken of.
And meanwhile, you could actually go to another
verse of the scriptures that use the word death
as physical death. I mean, cessation of life.
So we don't give words definitions in the Bible.
Rather words, we explain them. Do you understand?
So back to what we are saying. On the occasion
of sin, okay, death. Right? So now, and so, death
passed upon all men for that all have sinned.
And the concept of death coming by sin was also
explained by James. You can write this down.
James 1, verse 14 to 15. You also see there,
James 1, 14 to 15. It was explained there. So,
let's step further by explaining the word past.
This word, past. I'm going to be explaining that
soon. So, the word past was derived from the
Greek word diakomai. You can write that down
too, if you want to. And it implies words to
spread, right? To spread. The word past, it implies
words to spread. Are you getting this? It implies
to spread. Now, this word, this diacomi, right,
is a verb. What is a verb? An action word. So,
which means that word is not automatic. It does
not just go in. There is an action that was done
that made it what it has, right? And we see where
this word was used. Example, let's read one of
them. Let's just read Acts 8, verse 4 and 40.
Acts 8, 4 and 40. Let's see how the word was
used. Acts 8, verse 4. Verse 4 says, Therefore,
those who were scattered everywhere... Those
who were scattered went. That's what went everywhere,
preaching the word. So, there's an action of
going, right? It's going. It's an action, right?
Now, when you go to verse 40, verse 40 says,
But Philip was found at Azotus, and passing through,
he preached in all the cities that he came to
Caesarea. So, there's what? It's an action. Now,
don't forget, he said, Death passed through,
right? Death passed over all men, right? So now,
how did death come about? By sin. What is sin?
An action. So how do they, what is the strength
of death? Sin, right? So which means that whoever
that death passed upon, what did they do? They
sinned. They missed the mark. So the death passed
over Abel. The death passed over Abraham. He
didn't miss the mark, right? Noah didn't miss
the mark, right? So he says what? He said, I'm
going to, wherefore as by one man, Romans 5,
12, wherefore as by one man sin entered into
the world and death by sin. And so death passed
upon all men for that all have sinned, right?
All have sinned. All have sinned. Now, let's
also look at that word sinned. The word sinned
is the Greek word amatano. This, yes. Which is
the verb of what? Amatia. The first one, sin.
Sin is the noun. The first one we saw was sin.
He said, when he said, wherefore has my woman
sin entered? Sin. Sin. The first one, amatia,
sin, is a noun. And this here is the verb of
that now, sinned. That is the action of sin,
right? So he said, now, this is an action. It's
a verb also, right? Don't forget, the verb is
an action word, right? Now, let's go back to
Romans 5. So he said, therefore, as by one man
sin entered into the world, and death by sin,
right? And so death passed upon all men, for
that all have sinned. Who are the ones that death
passed upon? So is it everybody that... So that
all there, will it be referring to everybody?
Is it referring to who? Those that were sinned.
So we have been able to explain Romans 5 verse
12. But then the strength of the belief that
sin passed upon... Sin is upon all men. Everybody
inherited sin. It's not just based on this verse.
There are subsequent verses. We have verse 13.
I'm going to rush that because we are running
out of time. So let's go to verse 13. Romans
5, verse 13. So it says... Let's go to verse
12. Wait, leave it here. Leave it here. What
do you understand by Romans 5, verse 12? Months,
5, 12. Yes. That, yes. David, what do you understand
by Romans 5 -12, what we just did now? That says,
Therefore, as by one man sin entered into the
world. What does that mean? That phrase, by one
man sin entered into the world. What does it
mean? Sin means to miss a mark. Yes. What you're
not supposed to do. Yes. And that death entered
into the world because one man did it. And if
any other man would ever do it, they'd also miss
the mark. Very good. So by one man sin entered
into the world, right? So what does undead by
sin, what does it mean? Undead by sin means the
punishment that will follow after you sin or
after you disobey. It's death. So the law of
sin and death. Very good. So my brother. And
so death passed upon all men for that all have
sinned. What does that mean? According to what
you have explained there. So is it everybody
or those that sin? Okay. So are we all on that
page? Do we all agree with that? That's good.
Okay. So Romans 5 .13. Romans 5 .13 will be very
quick. It says, For unto the law sin was in the
world, but sin is not imputed when there is no
law. So now, first of all, the word law is also,
don't forget the fact that you don't just define
words, right? You explain words in their context,
right? So now the word law is the word nomos,
the Greek word nomos. And it implies a principle,
right? It also implies doctrine. It also implies
commandments, like the way we have said in the
beginning, the charge, right? So now, but then,
like I said also, the meaning is what is gotten
from the context of whatever you are reading.
So now, how do we arrive at the meaning of what
law means here? Now, let me put it to you. The
law here means... The writings of Moses. And
why do I say that? Because. Moses was referenced.
In verse 14. Because when you read verse 14.
Verse 14 says. Nevertheless. Nevertheless. Death
reigned from Adam. One man that brought in the
sin. To Moses. For until. The law, sin was in
the word, but sin is not imputed when there is
no law. He now said, death reigned from Adam.
Don't forget, death came by word sin. So death
reigned, since it was invention of sin, death
reigned from Adam to Moses. And he referenced
law. So the law here was to reference the writings
of Moses, the books of Moses. right? Because
law means what? Doctrine, principle. So Moses
was the one that wrote the first five books,
right? That documents from Adam, right? That
was documenting it. So now, also, the word imputed
here is the word elogio, which implies to charge
to an account. For example, let me give you what,
let me explain what it means. For example, if
you borrow money from me, right? And I write
it down. What I have done is what? I have imputed
into the account that you are owing me money.
Right? But if you borrow money and I did not
write it down, it means I did not impute that
debt in your account. That's the word imputed
debt. So it now made sense when he said, for
until the law, the principle of Moses, the writings
of Moses. Are you listening? For until the law,
sin was in the world. But sin is not penned down
when there is no writing of Moses. That is, you
don't have the account of Adam's transgression
until when Moses wrote it. Are you getting this?
The law here refers to what Moses is writing.
The first five books, right? And he told you
until the law, until the writing of Moses, sin
was there in the word. But did you see sin? It
was not documented down. When there is no words,
writing of Moses. When there is not the first
five books. You don't know about Abraham. You
don't know about Cain. I mean, it was not. It
was not documented. It wasn't imputed. Don't
forget, to impute something means what? To put
it into your account. So it was not written down
when Moses was in there. So until Moses, right,
sin was in the world. Even before Moses, that
is, sin and death preceded what Moses. But when
Moses came, he documented it down. But before
he came, It wasn't, nobody documented it. So
that is what vasecting just means. What does
imputed means? To be written down, to put, to
be written down. That's what it just means. To
be written down, to be written off. That's why
I use the word, the scenario of taking death
from me, but not write it down. So the fact that
I did not write it down, I did not impute it
into your account. But did you borrow debt? Yes.
But I did not impute it. So the impute means
to write down. So now, Adam preceded even Moses.
Moses was born in Exodus. Right? So, before Moses,
Adam lived. Cain, Abel, Eve, Noah, Abraham, Joseph,
Jacob, Esau, Isaac, was there sin in their time?
Yes. Was there death as a consequence of sin?
Yes. So was it present? Yes. But was it written
down? That is what he's saying. So until when
Moses came, that's when he started documenting
it. Is that simple? Can you see what I'm saying
there? Can you see it? So I think we are going
to stop here today. We are going to stop here
today. So when we come next time, we are going
to continue. So just a quick one. David, can
you summarize what we have done today? Can you?
We can start by explaining sin. From explaining
sin, you can go into... explaining how that we
do not inherit Adam's sin. And from there, we
can come to Romans 5, 12 and 13. Can you do that?
I'm listening. So sin, sin is not a being or
a part of you. In it, It was received from a
Greek word called gnomos which means to miss
the mark. Not gnomos. Gnomos is law. Amathia
is the Greek word. Continue. That's a good one.
Continue. Then Adam was the first human and as
well he sinned. when the serpent told him to
eat the fruit and this caused death as God has
told him and this happens as a result of sin
and if anyone sins they experience death and
through this sin has entry inside the world I
don't sin does not contribute to any other person's
sin. Death has throughout the world because it
starts you. It's not individual. It's like a
virus and it's entering... I forgot. Okay. That's
a very good one. And I like that. So what I said
in that part is past, we said past is the word
diakomai. And it's a verb. It's an action. And
we now bring in to our remembrance that death
came by sin. And don't forget, sin is an action.
And what action is that? Not yielding to God's
word, right? So, By not yielding to God's words,
God gave the law of sin and death. If you eat
of these fruits, it's a command. And the Lord
God commanded a man saying, right? Eat of the
tree of life. Do not eat of the tree of evil.
The day you eat of it, you shall die. The law,
the commandment of what's sin and death, right?
So by man's sin, death came. Man, brought sin.
And the consequence of sin is what? Is death.
Alright? So now, nevertheless, death was passed
upon all men. And the password means an action.
An action of what? Not yielding to God's word.
Sin. So for death to pass over you, you must
what? Have. Acted. And what's that action? Missing
the mark. Seen. So we say the word all there
is not all, even though it's all. The word all
there talks about those words who sinned. So
death passed upon those words who sinned. And
we give an example. Abel did this sin. Abel obeyed,
right? So death didn't pass over Abel. Abel obeyed,
right? Noah obeyed, right? Abraham obeyed. So
we have people that were dead and didn't pass
over, but we have people that death passed over.
Cain, Adam, we have many more, right? So we said
the strength of sin and the strength of death
is sin. So death will pass upon. Any man because
of sin. Right? Do you get that? So sin is not
universal. Right? Sin is not universal. It is
individual. I don't sin. You sin. I sin. I sin.
Anybody sin. The person that sins for space.
Right? But then, if you sin, you die. That's
the law. The law of sin and death. So Adam sinned.
But what is the importance of Adam's story? We
said it's an archetypal story to tell you about
a type of disobedience. It was to teach people
about the disobedience. Are you getting it? So
it's an archetypal story to teach you that this
is how men sin. So I've taught you, do not sin.
Okay. So we see Cain. Cain followed the Actaipa
story. He sinned. We see Abel. Abel didn't. We
see Noah. Noah didn't. We see who again? Abraham
didn't. Isaac, Jacob, they did not. But we see
other people that also followed. So that's, do
everyone get what I've been saying? Do we get
it? So I went to our assignment. When we are
coming in that same sheet of paper, I want you
to write a summary of what you have learned today
about sin, original concept of sin, what sin
is, concept of sin. Explain that and do the assignment
of Genesis 6 and Genesis 11. Explain how sin
has a supernatural influence today. Write that
down. I don't always trust my brain. I don't
think you should, so... I said Genesis 6 and
11 explain how sin is a supernatural influence
and also number two, give a summary in an A4
sheet, a summary of whatever we have learned
today. Amen. We appreciate you being here today.
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