The document discusses the human condition from a theological perspective, outlining the transition from original perfection to separation from God due to sin. It emphasizes God's gracious rescue through Jesus Christ and the eternal destinies of individuals based on their acceptance or rejection of this salvation. Key biblical references illustrate the themes of sin, salvation, and the consequences of one's choices in the context of faith.

1. BELIEVERS AND A
CHURCH IN TRANSITION
Man, the image and likeness of God...

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4. CHRONOLOGICALLY ORGANIZED

5. CHRONOLOGICALLY ORGANIZED
Our race’s original state:
Our race’s disgrace:
Our present dilemma:
God’s gracious rescue:
Our race’s two fates:

7. CHRONOLOGICALLY ORGANIZED
Perfection
Fall:
Separation
Rescue:
Destinies:

8. ORIGINAL PERFECTION

9. ORIGINAL PERFECTION
d man in His
“ God create age of
the im
own i mage, in ; male
He cre ated him
God created
nd fem ale He
a
them.” G en 1:27
“. . . and behold, it was very
good.” Gen 1:31

10. ORIGINAL PERFECTION

11. ORIGINAL PERFECTION

12. THE FALL

13. THE FALL
“From any tree of the
garden you may eat freely;
17.but from the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil
you shall not eat, for in the
day that you eat from it you
will surely die.” Gen 2:16

14. THE FALL

15. THE FALL
“The serpent said to the
woman, “You surely will not
die! For God knows that in
the day you eat from it your
eyes will be opened, and
you will be like God,
knowing good and evil.”
Gen 3:4

16. THE FALL

17. THE FALL
“When the woman saw
that the tree was good for
food, and that it was a
delight to the eyes, and
that the tree was
desirable to make one
wise . . . Gen 3:6
She took from its fruit and ate . . .

18. THE FALL

19. THE FALL
“she gave also to her
husband with her . . . .
Gen 3:6
“ . . . and he ate.”

20. THE FALL

23. SEPARATION FROM GOD–
FOR THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE

24. SEPARATION FROM GOD–
FOR THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE
Therefore, just as through one man
s in entered into the world, and
death through s in, and so death
spread to all me n, because all
sinned . . . Romans 5:12

25. OUR WORLD IS
NOT THE GARDEN ANYMORE

26. OUR WORLD IS
NOT THE GARDEN ANYMORE

27. OUR WORLD IS
NOT THE GARDEN ANYMORE

28. OUR WORLD IS
NOT THE GARDEN ANYMORE
w baby enters a world lost in
Each ne
ness. The child kn ows only itself and
selfish
eeds and wants, no t God. The baby
its own n
lost in a cursed th icket that can only
is truly
blood, confuse, an ger and frighten.
draw
born’s world is Sa tan’s realm and
The new
ospect of death sta res him in the face
the pr
every single day.

29. SEPARATION FROM GOD

30. SEPARATION FROM GOD

31. SEPARATION FROM GOD

32. SEPARATION FROM GOD
For all have sinned and fall short
of the glory of God. Ro 3:23
There is none righteous,
not even one! Ro 3:10
There is none who does good,
not even one! Ro 3:12

33. IN OUR SEPARATION

34. IN OUR SEPARATION
GOD IS MERCIFUL:
GOD DEMANDS “God is love.” John 4:8b
PERFECTION OF US:
Jesus said, “Be perfect,
therefore, as your YET . . .
heavenly Father is
perfect!” Matt 5:48 GOD IS JUST:
“He does not leave the
guilty unpunished.”
We’re doomed! Exodus 34:7b

35. IN OUR SEPARATION

36. IN OUR SEPARATION
God and man . . .
Righteous Creator, fallen creature
Frozen in an unyielding
Conflict without resolution

38. GOD PROVIDES
GRACIOUS RESCUE

39. GRACIOUS RESCUE

40. GRACIOUS RESCUE
“Behold, the Lamb of God who takes
away the sin of the world! John 1:29

41. GRACIOUS RESCUE
“Behold, the Lamb of God who takes
away the sin of the world! John 1:29
“Behold, the Lamb of God who takes
away the sin of the world! John 1:29

42. GRACIOUS RESCUE
“For since by a man came death, by a man came
also the resurrection of the dead. For as in
Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made
alive.” John 1:29

43. ETERNAL DESTINIES:
HEAVEN . . .
. . . OR HELL

44. ETERNAL DESTINIES:

45. ETERNAL DESTINIES:
EVERLASTING JOY . . .
. . . OR EVERLASTING
TORMENT

46. ETERNAL DESTINIES:
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the
first earth passed away, and there was no longer any
sea. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming
down out of heaven from God, made ready as a
Bride adorned for her husband. Rev 21:1-2
There will no longer be any curse, and the throne of
God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His
bondservants will serve Him; they will see His face
and His name will be on their foreheads. Rev 22:3+4

47. ETERNAL DESTINIES:
But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable
and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers
and idolaters and all liars . . . .
. . . their part will be in the lake that burns with fire
and brimstone, which is the second death.
Rev 21:8