The Way
Sin and Separation
Sin has cut us off from God
Story
Second, our sin has put us at a distance from God. That is why we cannot know his love or enjoy it. The Bible says, everyone has sinned, and no one reaches the glory of God.
In Eden, the man and the woman followed their own thinking instead of God's word, and ate the fruit he had told them not to eat. Sin is not only a few wrong things we do. It is turning away from God and making myself the one in charge of my life. The Bible says, the wages of sin is death.
People try to cross that gap by being good, by working hard at spiritual discipline, by searching through religion. But no one can reach God by their own strength. So is there no way at all?
Walk this scene on the map →Words
Everyone has sinned, and no one reaches the glory of God.
The wages of sin is death, but the gift God gives freely is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
It is your sins that have come between you and your God.
The sayings are fresh renderings of the original meaning in today's language. Text: Gen 3:1–24
Background
The cherubim and the flaming sword that turned every way, guarding the east of Eden, show that people cannot find their own way back to the tree of life (Gen 3:24). The story of how this closed road is opened again runs through the whole Bible.
Pause and Reflect
What have I seated on the throne of my life in place of God?