Posted by @#$%_you at nas-2-156.boston.navinet.net on December 02, 1999 at 03:00:30:
In Reply to: God didn't banish man posted by DaMadFlava on December 02, 1999 at 02:56:36:
: Man made a mistake and by spiritual law damned himself. God never made an official decree. We were sinless, then Adam sinned. It was all us. Now sin can only be covered by a blood sacrifice, that of an innocent. That's spiritual law as well. So Jesus shed blood. None of it was God going back on his word.
That's a way to look at it. That spiritual law was God's law. God said do anything, but eat the fruit. Man messed up, the consequences were God's choice, and God's law carried out.
Therefore Jesus's death was the 'loophole' so-to-speak that God utilized to remain infallible, and yet still show compassion and set his children free. Amen.