Materials - Fellowship With God by Ron Hood
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Since
that time every human being has been born separated from God.
The Bible teaches:
"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" (Romans 5:12).
"And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins" (Ephesians 2:1).
Every
person receives a sinful human nature from his parents as well as
a body. This is why people don't have to be taught to sin
and break God's law; it comes naturally because of our sinful nature. |
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THERE
ARE THREE REASONS WHY WE ARE SEPARATED FROM GOD
1. Our sinful human nature separates us from God.
A human nature equips us to understand man, but not God.
"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit
of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them,
because they are spiritually discerned" (I Corinthians 2:14).
We
must have a divine nature in order to fellowship with God.
This is why we must be born again:
"Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto
thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God"
(John 3:3). |
When
you are born again, you are born into God's family and you receive
God's nature. Until then, you are separated from God. |
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