SOLD, BUT BOUGHT BACK

SOLD, BUT BOUGHT BACK

Have you ever heard of this saying that He would sell his soul to the devil for whatever he wants? Well, I am going to tell you where that came from.

Genesis 2:16-17 

And The Lord God Commanded The Man, Saying, Of Every Tree Of The Garden Thou Mayest Freely Eat: But Of The Tree Of The Knowledge Of Good And Evil, Thou Shalt Not Eat Of It: For In The Day That Thou Eatest Thereof Thou Shalt Surely Die.

Genesis 3:6 

And When The Woman Saw That The Tree Was Good For Food, And That It Was Pleasant To The Eyes, And A Tree To Be Desired To Make One Wise, She Took Of The Fruit Thereof, And Did Eat, And Gave Also Unto Her Husband With Her; And He Did Eat.

Adam was commanded by God not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, but satan seduced Adam with the possibility to be a god, so Adam ate against the Command of God. Adam and his wife Eve literally sold their souls to the devil. 

Genesis 3:4-5

And The Serpent Said Unto The Woman, Ye Shall Not Surely Die: For God Doth Know That In The Day Ye Eat Thereof, Then Your Eyes Shall Be Opened, And Ye Shall Be As Gods, Knowing Good And Evil.

Now that was very bad indeed, but what was worse is Adam not only sold his soul to the devil but yours and mine too. Sin entered the whole world because of Adam. Sin was not the only thing that happened death came upon men. Adam was created with a living soul, but when he ate of the forbidden tree, his soul died. But Jesus Christ came and died for us, He took our place so that instead of death we can have Everlasting Life. He was raised from the dead to live forever more!

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:

Romans 5:8-11

But God Commendeth His Love Toward Us, In That, While We Were Yet Sinners, CHRIST DIED FOR US. MUCH MORE THEN, BEING NOW JUSTIFIED BY HIS BLOOD, WE SHALL BE SAVED FROM WRATH THROUGH HIM. For If, When We Were Enemies, WE WERE RECONCILED TO GOD BY THE DEATH OF HIS SON, MUCH MORE, BEING RECONCILED, WE SHALL BE SAVED BY HIS LIFE. And Not Only So, But We Also Joy In God Through Our Lord Jesus Christ, By Whom We Have Now Received The Atonement.

Romans 5:17-21 

For If By One Man's Offence Death Reigned By One; Much More They Which Receive Abundance Of Grace And Of The Gift Of Righteousness Shall Reign In Life By One, Jesus Christ.) Therefore As By The Offence Of One Judgment Came Upon All Men To Condemnation; EVEN SO BY THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF ONE THE FREE GIFT CAME UPON ALL MEN UNTO JUSTIFICATION OF LIFE. For As By One Man's Disobedience Many Were Made Sinners, So By The Obedience Of One Shall Many Be Made Righteous. Moreover The Law Entered, That The Offence Might Abound. But Where Sin Abounded, Grace Did Much More Abound: That As Sin Hath Reigned Unto Death, EVEN SO MIGHT GRACE REIGN THROUGH RIGHTEOUSNESS UNTO ETERNAL LIFE BY JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. 

Death comes because of the sin of disobedience, BUT ETERNAL LIFE COMES BY THE OBEDIENCE OF JESUS CHRIST. 

OUR FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS MAKES US RIGHTEOUS AND ALIVE FOREVERMORE.

Donna K Purifoy

2/14/2023