Rom3:23-24 One Foundation: Fall and Redemption

## One Foundation (2)
# The Fall of Man <br/> and the Plan <br/> of Redemption

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[(Elbing Catechism)](https://archive.org/details/catechismorbrief00elbi)
[(Workbook)](https://archive.org/details/catechismworkboo00unse)
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## One Foundation <span class="ref">(Elbing)</span>
1. **Creation** (who *God* is) <span class="ref">(wk 1)</span>
1. **Fall** (who *we* are) <span class="ref">(wk 2)</span>
1. **Redemption** (how we are *saved*)
  1. Divine **Provision** <span class="ref">(wk 2)</span>
  1. Human **Response**
    + **Faith** in Christ <span class="ref">(wk 3)</span>
    + **Life** and Conduct <span class="ref">(wk 4)</span>
  1. **Consummation** <span class="ref">(wk 5)</span>

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## Wk 2: Fall & Redemption
1. The **Fall** of Man
  1. *Prior* to the Fall
  1. The *Fall* of Man
  1. *Results* of the Fall
1. Redemption: God's **Plan**
1. Redemption: through **Christ**

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+ Fall
+ Divine Plan: promise, principle, prophecy
+ How Christ Fulfilled the Plan
+ Our world is full of **evil**
  + Did God **purposely** make it so?
+ Did God create **evil**?

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## Original State of Man
God saw **everything** that he had made, <br/>
and behold, it was **very good**.

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Genesis 1:31a (ESV)
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+ that includes **man**!

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## In the Image of God
So God **created** man in his own image, <br/>
in the **image of God** he created him; <br/>
**male and female** he created them.

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Genesis 1:27 (ESV)
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+ **unique** to man
  + not **evolved** animal

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## Wk 2: Fall & Redemption
1. The *Fall* of Man
  1. *Prior* to the Fall
  1. **The Fall of Man**
  1. *Results* of the Fall
1. Redemption: God's *Plan*
1. Redemption: through *Christ*

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+ Did God **cause** them to sin?
  + God's command:

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## God's Warning
You may surely eat of **every tree** of the garden,

but of the tree of the **knowledge**  <br/>
of **good and evil** you shall not eat,

for in the day that you **eat** of it <br/>
you shall surely **die**.

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Genesis 2:16-17 (ESV)
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+ why even put that tree there?
  + love requires **choice**
+ **knowledge**: judgment, to **decide**
  + judge for self what is good + evil
+ infinitive absolute (intensive):
  + "eating you eat, dying you die"
  + clear **consequences**
  + **warning**: out of **love**
+ How did **Satan** distort this?

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## Satan's Question
"Did God **actually** say, <br/>
‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?"

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Genesis 3:1 (ESV)
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+ **doubt** / question God's Word
+ and **misquoted** Him!
  + to be **unreasonably** severe
  + forget God's abundant **provision**
+ what **else** did Satan say?

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## Satan's Lies
"You will **not** surely die.

For **God knows** that when you eat of it <br/>
your **eyes** will be opened, <br/>
and you will be **like God**, <br/>
**knowing** good and evil."

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Genesis 3:4 (ESV)
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+ directly **contradicts** God
+ plants **suspicion** of God's intentions
  + conspiracy, untapped **power**
  + that God is secretly **afraid**
+ eyes opened: hidden **knowledge**
+ like God: **usurp** God's authority

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## Wk 2: Fall & Redemption
1. The *Fall* of Man
  1. *Prior* to the Fall
  1. The *Fall* of Man
  1. **Results of the Fall**
1. Redemption: God's *Plan*
1. Redemption: through *Christ*

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+ But that was just **Adam+Eve**'s problem
  + Doesn't **affect** us, right?

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## Death Through Sin
Therefore, just as **sin** came into the world  <br/>
through **one man**, and **death** through sin,  <br/>
and so death spread to **all men** <br/>
because **all sinned**

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Romans 5:12 (ESV)
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+ connect **sin** + **death**:
  + both **physical** and **spiritual**
+ all sinned: not just **active** (commission)
  + but **falling short** of God's holiness:

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## No One Is Righteous
For all have **sinned** <br/>
and **fall short** of the glory of God

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Romans 3:23 (ESV)
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+ **sin** affects not just **people**
+ but all **creation**:

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## Creation in Bondage
For the **creation** was subjected to **futility**, ...

in hope that the creation itself  <br/>
will be set free from its **bondage** to **corruption**

and obtain the **freedom** <br/>
of the glory of the **children of God**.

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Romans 8:20-21 (ESV)
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+ connect **sin** + **death**
  + **mankind** + **creation**
+ **Adam** sinned ⇒ **all** sinned
+ ⇒ **creation** bound to corruption
+ ⇒ **Christ** saves ⇒ **children of God** saved
+ ⇒ **creation** freed in glory

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# What is the **nature** of mankind?
# Good? Evil?

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## Wk 2: Fall & Redemption
1. The *Fall* of Man
1. **Redemption: God's Plan**
  1. The **Promise** to Adam
  1. *Principles*: The Law as Tutor
  1. The *Prophecies* of the Christ
1. Redemption: through *Christ*

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+ Did man's **fall** catch God by **surprise**?
+ What was God's **plan** to redeem us?

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## Plan of Redemption
For God **so loved** the world, <br/>
that he **gave** his only Son, <br/>
that whoever **believes** in him <br/>
should not **perish** but have eternal **life**.

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+ so loved: not how **much**
  + but in this **manner**
+ forgiveness requires **sacrifice**

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## Promise to Adam & Eve
And I will put **enmity** <br/>
Between you and the woman, <br/>
And between **your seed** and **her seed**;

He shall bruise you on the **head**, <br/>
And you shall bruise him on the **heel**.

<div class="ref">
Genesis 3:15 (NASB)
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+ God's plan in motion even in Gen

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## Wk 2: Fall & Redemption
1. The *Fall* of Man
1. Redemption: God's *Plan*
  1. The *Promise* to Adam
  1. **Principles: The Law as Tutor**
  1. The *Prophecies* of the Christ
1. Redemption: through *Christ*

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+ catechism: **school master**

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1. You shall have **no other gods** before me
1. Not make for yourself a carved **image**
1. Not take the **name** of the **LORD** in vain
1. Remember the **Sabbath day**, to keep it holy
1. Honor your **father** and your **mother**
1. You shall not **murder**
1. You shall not commit **adultery**
1. You shall not **steal**
1. Not bear **false witness** against your neighbor
1. Not **covet** ... anything that is your neighbor's

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+ Plus many **more** rules in Law of Moses!
+ But all are **subsumed** under:
  + Love **God** with all your heart
  + Love **neighbour**:

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## Summary of the Law
For the **whole law** is fulfilled in **one word**: <br/>
“You shall **love your neighbor** as yourself.”

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Galatians 5:14 (ESV)
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+ Law is **impossible** to satisfy
+ Can control **external** behaviour
  + But cannot tame the **heart**
+ Following the **law** cannot **save** us:

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## The Law as Tutor
The **law** was our **guardian** until Christ came, <br/>
in order that we might be **justified** by faith.

But now that **faith** has come, <br/>
we are **no longer** under a guardian,

for in **Christ Jesus** <br/>
you are all **sons of God**, through faith

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Galatians 3:24-26 (ESV)
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+ Actually, law only **highlights** our sinful nature:
  + sin **springs** to life and **kills** us
+ Shows us why we need a **Saviour**
  + can only be saved by **faith**

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## Wk 2: Fall & Redemption
1. The *Fall* of Man
1. Redemption: God's *Plan*
  1. The *Promise* to Adam
  1. Principles: The *Law* as Tutor
  1. **The Prophecies of the Christ**
1. Redemption: through *Christ*

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## Jesus Fulfils Prophecy
Everything **written** about me  <br/>
in the **Law** of Moses and the **Prophets** <br/>
and the **Psalms** must be fulfilled.

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+ OT: Law, Prophets, Psalms

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# How does <br/> the **Old Testament** point to **Christ**?

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+ reveal God's **plan** of redemption
+ **promises** to Adam and the patriarchs
+ **law** as a tutor leading us to faith
+ **prophecies** / predictions

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## Wk 2: Fall & Redemption
1. The *Fall* of Man
1. Redemption: God's *Plan*
1. **Redemption: through Christ**
  1. The **Life** of Jesus
    + Birth → Ministry → Death → Resurrection
  1. The *Redeemer* and the *Holy Spirit*
  1. *Grace* for All

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+ Christology:
  1. The Birth of Jesus Christ
  1. The Baptism and Public Ministry of Our Lord
  1. The Suffering and Death of Our Redeemer
  1. Christ’s Resurrection and Ascension

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I believe in **Jesus Christ**, God's only **Son**, our Lord,

who was conceived by the **Holy Spirit**, <br/>
**born** of the Virgin Mary, <br/>
**suffered** under Pontius Pilate, <br/>
was **crucified**, died, and was buried; <br/>
he descended to the **dead**.

On the third day he **rose** again; <br/>
he **ascended** into heaven, <br/>
he is **seated** at the right hand of the Father, <br/>
and he will come to **judge** the living and the dead.

<div class="ref">
Apostle's Creed, ~390 AD (excerpt)
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+ **Son** of God
+ **virgin** birth, through **HS**
+ **suffering** and **death** for our sins
  + the **dead**: vs hell
+ **resurrection** and **ascension**
+ currently **reigning** in heaven
+ imminent **return** as righteous Judge

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## Christ Our Propitiation
All we like sheep have gone **astray**; <br/>
we have turned — every one — to his **own way**;

and the Lord has **laid on him** <br/>
the **iniquity** of us all.

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Isaiah 53:6 (ESV)
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+ state of mankind: **sinful**
  + **unable** to rescue selves
+ not just **doing** "bad things":
  + turn to **own** way
  + rather than **God's** way
+ **attributed** to Christ
  + paid **penalty** on our behalf

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*Q.90*: What is the real **significance** <br/>
of the death of the Lord?

*A*: For by a single **offering** <br/>
he **has perfected** for all time <br/>
those who **are being sanctified**.

<div class="ref">
Hebrews 10:14 (ESV)
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+ Single, **point-in-time** sacrifice
+ Has **finished** work of **justification**
  + perfected (τετελείωκεν): complete, end
  + deemed **righteous** before God
+ Still in **process** of **sanctification**
  + being made holy (ἁγιαζομένους)

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## Wk 2: Fall & Redemption
1. The *Fall* of Man
1. Redemption: God's *Plan*
1. Redemption: through *Christ*
  1. The *Life* of Jesus
  1. **The Redeemer and the Holy Spirit**
  1. *Grace* for All

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## Redeemer’s Threefold Office
1. **Prophet**: <br/>
  The Lord your God will raise up
  for you a *prophet* like me, ... *listen* to him
  <span class="ref">(Dt 18:15)</span>
1. **High Priest**: <br/>
  Since we have a *great priest*
  over the house of God, let us *draw near*
  <span class="ref">(Heb 10:21-22)</span>
1. **King**: <br/>
  He will *reign* as king and act *wisely*,
  and do *justice* and *righteousness* in the land
  <span class="ref">(Jer 23:5)</span>

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## Sending the Holy Spirit
The **Advocate**, the Holy Spirit, <br/>
whom the **Father** will send in **my name**,

will **teach** you all things <br/>
and will **remind** you <br/>
of everything I have said to you

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+ **work** of HS in us: teach, remind
  + Advocate: help, encourage, comfort
  + also **conviction** of sin (Jn16:8)
+ **Peace** I leave with you

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## Dedicate Our Bodies
Do you not know that your **body** is <br/>
a **temple** of the **Holy Spirit** who is in you, <br/>
whom you have from **God**, <br/>
and that you are **not your own**?

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1 Corinthians 6:19 (NASB)
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+ affects how we view selves

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## Wk 2: Fall & Redemption
1. The *Fall* of Man
1. Redemption: God's *Plan*
1. Redemption: through *Christ*
  1. The *Life* of Jesus
  1. The *Redeemer* and the *Holy Spirit*
  1. **Grace for All**

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+ Does God **want** all to be saved?

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## God's Desire
[God] desires **all** men to be **saved** <br/>
and to come to the **knowledge** of the truth.

For there is **one God**, <br/>
and **one mediator** also between God and men,

the man **Christ Jesus**, <br/>
who gave Himself as a **ransom for all**

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1 Timothy 2:4-6 (NASB)
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+ wants **all** to be saved
+ but **only** way is through **Christ**
  + only **ransom** for all

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## Turn and Live
Have I any **pleasure** in the **death** of the wicked, <br/>
declares the LORD God,  <br/>
and not rather that he should <br/>
**turn** from his way and **live**?

<div class="ref">
Ezekiel 18:23 (ESV)
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+ prerequisite: **repent**

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# What did Jesus **do** for us?
# Why couldn't we do it **ourselves**?

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For all have **sinned** <br/>
and **fall short** of the glory of God,

and are **justified** by his grace as a **gift**, <br/>
through the **redemption** that is in Christ Jesus

<div class="ref">
Romans 3:23-24 (ESV)
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