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Originally Posted by shazeep
 no kidding, arg
Amen, that is the question--good stuff, Gd. I believe when they "ate" they "died," to God--spiritually, that is; the only kind God cares about, imo. |
I must disagree! Death implies an event from which there are NO avenue or means of recovery ... PERIOD! "Spiritual" implies having a mindset towards the things of God.
If it were true that Adam "died spiritually" when God imposed the judgment of death upon his physical body (
Genesis 3:19), then the question arises, Who informed Cain and Abel of the commandment to offer a sacrifice to God upon an altar for sin. There are NO scriptural texts that discloses God or any other ever making these sons of Adam aware of this requirement, therefore common logic allows one to conclude that they were instructed in it by Adam. If he were "dead spiritually" he could not have instructed them in the way of righteousness.
Furthermore, to conclude that Adam "died spiritually," which would be the same as stating that God also judged him unworthy of eternal life, serves to negate Peter's words of
2 Peter 3:9 -
"The Lord is not ... willing that ANY should perish, but that ALL should come to repentance."
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