How can I get back to Eden?

 "wherefore, as by one man. Sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so death passed upon all men for that all have sinned" (Romans 5:12)

The most terrible, the most devastating fact in the universe is sin. The cause of all trouble, the root of all sorrow, the dread of every man lies in this one small word - sin.

It has crippled the nature of man. It has destroyed the inner harmony of man's life. It has robbed him of his nobility. It has caused man to be caught in the devil's trap.

The bible teaches that God was a God of love. He wanted to save man. He wanted to free man from the curse of sin.

How Could He Do It?

Man was hopelessly lost. Man's very nature was inverted. He opposed God. Many even denied that God existed. 

But even in the Garden of Eden, God gave a hint that He was going to do something about it, He warned the devil and promised man "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed, it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel" (Genesis 3:15).

Someone would have to pay the penalty for man's redemption.

How Can God Be Just And Still Justify The Sinner?

It must be remembered that the word justify means the "clearance of the soul from guilty." 

Justification is far more than just forgiveness. Sin must be put away and made as though it had never been. Man must be restored so that there shall be no spot or blemish or stain. In other words, man must be taken back to the position he had before he fell from grace.

For centuries men in their blindness have been trying to get back to Eden but they have never been able to reach their goal.

Education is important, but education will not bring a man back to God. False religious are on opiate which attempt to keep men from present misery while promising future glory, but they will never bring man to the place of his goal.

Men have failed on every other occasion when they have tried to work without God, and they will continue to be doomed to such failures.

Jesus is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. "He, and He alone, had the power and capacity to bring man back to God.

Jesus came to redeemed sinners out of the slave market of sin by paying a great price on the cross.

So sinners, why will you die? Turn to Jesus when the time is right!

Sinners, turn, why will ye die?

    God, your Saviour, asks you why

    God, who did your souls retrieve,

    Died Himself, that you might live;

    Will you let Him die in vain?

    Crucify your Lord again?

    Why ye ransom'd sinners, why

    Will you slight His grace, and die?