Doctrinal Paper on Creation, Humanity, and the Fall

This fall of humanity is one of the hardest topics to discuss. When God finished creating everything he said it was all “very good” (Gen. 1:31), so how can evil creep up out of nowhere and cause the disobedience that cause the state of sin. I honestly have no idea and believe that any theory to understand it would be weak but nonetheless, I will discuss some of the ideas out there. Let’s look at Satan first. Now, since he is an angel (a fallen one), created by God, he had to choice to share in God’s glory. However, being that close to God and being in his presence like that might have given Satan a god complex. He was considered the angel of angels but there was still one position that he could not attain, God’s. He wished to be in a position similar to God’s or even higher. This desire for something more than what he was created to have caused him (and a third of the angels) to be cast out of heaven. I believe that this same issue occurred in the Garden. Adam and Eve were in an elevated state: they were one of God’s greatest creations and had dominion over all that God created, they were different from the angels since they were created in the image of God and had an intimate fellowship with him that no other being had with God. However, there was one position that could not be attained that was the again, God’s position. The serpent really was the craftiest of all of God’s creation (Gen. 3:1) because it knew the exact words to tell Adam and Eve for them to disobey God (Gen. 3:5). So, because of this, God is not implemented in the act. God gave Adam and Eve the opportunity to choose their path and he respected that choice, though the choice was a bad one from Adam and Eve.

Since Adam was the one given the actual c...

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...ause of the fall, sin is the leading diagnosis.

As I Pastor, on the surface this is will be applied to bible study and new members orientation. I can use this doctrine to talk about how God created everything we can and cannot see as well as how as an explanation of the current state of humanity. This also opens the door for discussion of the origins of evil and whether God is responsible for the fall of humanity. These are important topics that I feel many churches neglect because of lack of knowledge. I believe they need to be discussed for the sake of the curious mind. Granted, we might not have a suitable answer, but it is an answer nonetheless. Lastly, talking about Adam and Eve before the fall as well as prophecy after the fall will encourage believers that Christ came so that humanity can back into the fellowship God had Adam and Eve.