why do we need a savior?

God created the earth and everything in it. He made man and put him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

"Then God commanded the man saying, 'from any tree of the garden you may eat freely; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you shall surely die.' "

Then from the man he fashioned woman to be his "helper suitable." They were then in perfect fellowship with God on a perfect earth.

These two were named Adam and Eve and at this point they did not need a savior because they had not broken God's commandment and thus their felowship with Him.

At some point, probably very soon after they were created, Satan came to Eve in the form of a serpent and he posed this question to her,

"Indeed, has God said, 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?"

Notice that God's command was given to Adam, but the serpent came to Eve to plant his seeds of doubt about God in her mind.

And this is how Eve responded to the serpent:

"From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; but from the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat of it or touch it, lest you die.' "

Notice that Eve added a little something to God's command. God did not say they could not touch the tree, only that they were forbidden to eat from it.

And the serpent responded back to Eve:

"You surely shall not die! For God knows that from the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

This is the point at which sin entered the human race of which we are all descendents and we are all also quilty.

When Adam and Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they did indeed die....not a physical death, but a spiritual death......a separation from God who had created them to love Him and enjoy Him forever.

What Adam did in the garden of Eden is accounted to all of us who have lived after him. At this point Adam and Eve needed a savior and everyone who has lived after them including us need a savior, a mediator to reconcile us back to a right relationship with God our creator.

To be continued......

Now back to packing............