Definition Essay-Sin Is A Necessary Evil

Sin and Salvation Sin entered the universe in an unexpected way. Before God created the world, He created all of His angels. Then one of His angels, Lucifer, betrayed Him. Ezekiel says, “You were the anointed cherub who covers. You were on the Holy Mountain of God. You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, until iniquity was found in you” (NKJV Ezekiel 28:14-15). Lucifer was one of the highest angels. Then he desired to be like God and rebelled. Sin then entered the universe. Sin entered the world in the Garden of Eden. Satan, in the form of a snake, tempted Adam and Eve to sin against God. “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” (NKJV Genesis 36). Sin entered the world through Adam and Eve. “Satan proposed to the first parents that they adopt the precise course he had himself pursued, which was to assume independence of God by departing from His will and purpose” (Willmington 719). Sin had entered the universe because of Satan, but it entered the world because of Adam and Eve. There are many consequences for the acts of sin. When Adam and

The ground would be hard to till and to grow plants. The plants would also have disease on them. God cursed Earth with storms, earthquakes, and volcanoes. “Adam and Eve had suddenly a new feeling of guilt and shame they had not previously known” (Towns 505). For the very first time Adam and Eve had separated themselves from God. When they sinned, that sin separated us from God. The solution for sin is Jesus Christ. God sent His only son Jesus Christ to die for man’s sins. In 1 John 1:9, it says, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (KJV). Jesus Christ has overcome sin and