God says in Rom 3:10,11 "there is none righteous, no, not even one. There is none that understand there is none that seeks after God.” Some might say that they are seeking God, but really, they are being sought by Him, and some are only seeking to justify themselves. “Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.” 2Tim. 3:5Rom 3:12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one." For instance, if you had a cake that was made perfectly but had an extra poisonous ingredient, let’s say, cyanide or arsenic, would that cake still be good? No. So it is for the Human race that some might say that we are intrinsically good. They say that only because we are made in the image of God, but sin is that extra poisonous ingredient. They also say that we are intrinsically bad, they are both wrong, God says that we are intrinsically dead. You might think that Adam ate a poison fruit that made him a sinner, but that is a very bad explanation of what really is the case. The reason that Adam was cursed to die and made him, along with all of us down through history, sinners is not that he only ate from the tree, but that he broke Gods only law; Gen 2:16,17” And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou may freely eat: 17but 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.” Yes, Eve was the first one to eat of it, but Adam was the one accountable to God. Eve was accountable to her husband, Adam. Eve was deceived but Adam must have wanted to eat of it in the first place, otherwise he would have stopped his wife from sinning. They were naked before God and each other, they were not ashamed. When they ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they became aware of there nakedness and hid themselves. They knew that they were guilty for braking Gods only law, Gen 2:17.Adam died spiritually when he ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and here is how and why he died:Rom 7:8 “But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. So that it is apart from the knowledge of the law, sin was dead.” Rom 7:9 “For I was alive without the knowledge of the law once: but when the commandment came (when I learned of the commandment), sin revived, and I died.” The law kills you by using sin as the reason to kill you. Rom 7:11 “For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.” It is a fact that everyone has broken the Law Death can't bring forth life, so whoever is born from Adam is still spiritually dead. This is why we need to be born again, born of the Spirit. The penalty for sin is death... So everyone who is not born of the Spirit is still in the flesh and dead, or soullish, and you only serve the law of sin and death. There is a way for the ones born of the Sprit to act as they are not saved, which is to be carnally minded. Beware of this, Rom 8:6 for to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.\t\tThe Basis of Our FaithTo understand how the sacrifice of Jesus satisfies God. We must know what God says. God uses His law of death on the account of sin to implement the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. God says, in Romans 6:23, "for the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. and, Deut.21:23, "His body shall not remain overnight on the tree (cross), but you shall surely bury him that day, so that you do not defile the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance; for he who hangs on a tree is accursed of God."Jesus was taken off the cross that same day He died so the curse of sin would stay on Him. Lev.17:11, "For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the alter to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.” Heb. 9:22, “for without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin” When Jesus shed His blood on the cross, God accepted His sacrifice. In verification of Gods' acceptance, He raised Jesus from the dead. The resurrection is the basis of our Faith 1Cr 15:14 and if Christ be not risen, then [is] our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.God lets there be a proxy (replacement for you & I) to take the judgment, but the proxy must not be guilty like the one accused or he would be taking the judgment for himself and not for us. So then the only person who could be with out the judgment of sin must not be from the corrupted bloodline of Adam. So that is where the seed of the woman comes in. In the bible, the seed is always from the man, The Hebrew word for seed is zera` {zeh'-rah} it can mean, semen virile (sperm), offspring, descendants, posterity, or children. The man would plant his seed into the woman. God said in Genesis 3:15 “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” Notice the term her seed. Mary was the mother of Jesus but Joseph, Mary's husband, wasn't the father of Jesus. Jesus was not from a seed of a man but conceived by the Holy Spirit. Jesus is sinless; therefore He can take our place of judgment. He died on the cross, or we may call it a tree, to take the curse of our sin and the curse of the law. Gal.3:10, "for as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, 'Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them." Gal.3:13, Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: Remember that no one can ever keep the law. If someone could keep the Law of God there would be no reason for him to take Jesus as his savior. In the Hebrew mind faith and faithfulness are the same thing. If we are full of faith,wouldn't you say that we are faithful? Faithfulness is loyalty and obedience. Faith is toward GOD. Hebrews 11:1 says, "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." In other words faith is substantial evidence of our hope, This verse tells us what our hope is in or even Who our hope is; 1Tim 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Savior, and Lord Jesus Christ, [which is] our hope. Therefore our hope is not a wish but a certainty. So then, we never guess on God. You might ask how do we know God's will? We know it by the WORD of GOD, godly council (in a multitude of council there is much wisdom) and understanding of who GOD is and how HE works. Prov.3:5,6. Lean not to your own understanding, but trust in God with all your heart. Acknowledge HIM in all your ways and HE will direct the path that you take. God will give us wisdom liberally It is known that Faith with out works is dead but what are works? Works are the fruit of righteousness. In other words, a changed life, a new view on life, and a new motive for everything that you do. But if you don't work for your salvation, then how is faith dead without works? In these new aspects of your life will come actions or works that give a testimony of Christ in you. In other words, you don't work to get a job; you work because you have a job. You don't work to be saved; you work because you are saved. There is also works of the law. Gal.3:10, "for as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, 'Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them." No one ever keeps the law. Those who are saved are not under law but grace, but that does not mean that we are to be lawless. We are still under the law of Christ, Gal 6:2 and that would be the spirit of the law. Jesus is the law.
