Gospel Journey

Was this a setup?

During the week, we'll be looking at the commandments for our devotional. If you haven't checked it out today, go there first. Then, come back here and take a look at some questions people often ask when dealing with the Law.

Like Andy in the video series, many people wonder if God didn't just set us up to fail. It's easy to see God as unfair and us as defenseless if this was all one major setup.

However, consider these elements:

God created man and woman with no sin. They had no sin nature and had no reason to be ashamed.

God did not make sin, but gave man and women the ability to choose Him or sin.

Adam and Eve choose to sin and immediately become aware of evil.

Many want to claim that sin is not their fault, for God set them up for failure. Take a look at Genesis 3 again, Adam and Eve tried to pass the blame for their failure. When we try to pass responsibility for our actions onto God, we're doing the same thing they did.

A good and gracious God gave us a capacity for choice. Each of us has used that opportunity to choose to sin. We did it because we wanted to. It was hardly a setup.

posted by danny2 @ 10:58 AM