Chapter
III
The
Fall of Man
Genesis
3, 4, and 5
ACCORDING to the
Bible, "the word of God" is
the power that created the world, as stated
in Hebrews:
"By
faith we understand that the worlds have
been framed by the word of God, so that
what is seen hath not been made out of
things which appear."
The
1st chapter of John explains that "the
Word" was in the beginning with God
and was God and that through the Word
all things were made. So it is not true
to say that the Bible is "the creative
Word" of God. The Christ in Jesus
is the creative Word. Spiritual man is
the Word of God, and the Bible bears "witness
of the word of God." As Jesus taught:
"Ye search the scriptures because
ye think that in them ye have eternal
life; and these are they which bear witness
of me; and ye will not come to me, that
ye may have life."
Man
fell because he did not keep his mind
on the source of life. He departed from
spiritual consciousness and saw both good
and evil. If he had held to the one good,
good is the only thing that he could have
manifested.
The
Word of God is the living, creative force
that is man's spiritual mind. As Jesus
said to those Jews who searched the Scriptures
for eternal life: "Ye have not his
word abiding in you."
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