Salvation

Lessons

G o s p e l B a p t is t C h u r c h, U S A

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 look like Christians but because they do not receive Jesus Christ and therefore they are carnal or natural men.
This sort of life can not do the will of God. They are damaging the glory of God.

The Spiritual Man

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 Lesson 20
Two kinds of Christian
New believers usually make two mistakes initially. They believe that believer should not sin and more over
they cannot commit sin. If one believer is found to commit sin it is thought that he would lose his eternal life.
The truth is eternal life is not earned because of sinless life or obedient to God. On the contrary, eternal life is
possible purely due to the grace of God and therefore no one cannot lose salvation.
Suppose if eternal life is lost every time a sin is committed, then it is not eternal. Eternal life is continue and
last forever. If eternal life lost every time sin is committed and regain after every repentance, then this is not
eternal life but rather it will be intermittent-life. God has given us eternal life not because we deserve it or not
because of our good work but it is purely because of His grace. (Eph 2:8,9)
Moreover, believers are capable of committing sin according to St. John saying “If we say that we have no
sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” (1 John 1:8)
The Bible said that there are three kinds of man as we can see in the following figure.
The Natural or Carnal Man
I faith. Also in Romans 10:14 said “.. And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not
This figure represents a carnal man. Jesus is not in his heart. He does not have anything to do with Jesus be-
cause he did not accept Christ. (Rom 8:9) He does not have eternal life because he did not accept Christ. (1
John 5:12) He is being judged now for his sin because he does not believe in Jesus Christ. (John 3:18) The
wrath of God is also on him. (John 3:36) The EGO “I” is on the throne of his heart because he does not receive
Christ.
St. Paul said about the carnal man as follows: “But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of
God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” (1 Cor
2:14) The natural man does like the spiritual thing because he does not understand. He only wants the worldly
thing. All actions of his life, his behavior do not reflect that of a spiritual person. His life is empty and fills with
sadness and there is no happiness. All of his feelings are to the extreme, such as his extreme happiness turns
into extreme sadness suddenly and his feeling is alternating between short temper, happiness, loss control,
anxiety, etc. His life is not a stable and calm one.
This natural man characteristics is shown not only in non-believers’ life but also in Christians’ life also.
Many of them may be pastors, deacons and elders, youth leaders, women leaders, many church members, may
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Lesson 1
The Will of God
God desires all people of the world, including you friend, to be saved. We read in (1 Tim 2:4)
“who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” Friend, you are also
included in all men and thus God desires that you be saved. Friend, do you want to be saved?
By Faith
The Bible say like this for you get saved. “For by grace you have been saved..” (Eph 2:8) In
other word, one can be save by having believing in the grace of God.
Grace or to provide grace is the responsibility of God. It is man’s responsibility to believe. God
had already provided His grace so that all men can be saved. The only thing that is needed is to
have faith in the grace or the provision of grace. Friend do you believe this?
God’s Part Man’s Part
____________ ___________ = Salvation
Provide Grace Believe
By Hearing
We have pointed about the need to believe in the grace of God by faith in order to be saved
from man’s part. If so, how this faith come about? The Bible said “So then faith comes by hear-
ing, and hearing by the word of God.” (Rom 10:17) Therefore, without hearing there can not be
heard?”
Agreeing
We just learned that faith comes from hearing. However, if it is not agreed to what was heard,
no back up, or if there is doubt, then it can not be said that it is faith. It can be said that one has
faith only if agreed or accepted and not doubt of what was heard. Saying in another way, faith is
relaying exactly to others what was heard with full conviction.
For example, if some one introduced himself as “John” and if you can believe or can agree to
what he said then that is called faith. And you agreed and said “yes, you are John” and then this
is called faith.
More Believable Thing
Man usually tells lies. However, man usually believes in one another. It also is easier to be-
lieve who can talk sweetly. One the other hand man tends not to believe in God never lies. Man
tends to doubt His promises. Man tends to believe in the promise of another fellow man. The Bi-
ble said “If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater.” (1 John 5:9)
It said that we ought to believe in God’s saying than man’s. Friend, what do you believe more,
God’s or man’s saying? If you say you should believe in God’s saying more, then you should be
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able seconded whatever God said. You may not understand everything but you should be able
to agree with God without a shred of doubt.
Thought and Point of View are not Alike
Why can’t man have faith in God’s word. The reason man cannot agree with God’s word eas-
ily is because the point of view between man and God, the thought between man and God are
not the same.
God Himself said “For the LORD does not see as man sees.” (1 Sam 16:7) And God also said
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” said the LORD. “For as
the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My
thoughts than your thoughts.” (Is 55:8,9)
Therefore if order to have faith in the word of God, man needs to sees as God sees and forget
about how he sees. He needs to get rid of his own thought and accept God’s thought for his life.
The Dissimilarities
The dissimilarities between how God and man sees:
1. In God view, man’s spirit is valuable. Whereas, in man’s view body is more valuable.
(Matt 16:6)
2. God said to seek first the Kingdom of God. Man wants to seek first the worldly thing.
(Matt 6:31-33)
3. God said to set man’s mind on things above. Man seeks things of the earth. (Col 3:2)
4. God said to lay up treasures in heaven. But man saves treasures on earth.
(Matt 6:19)
5. God said it’s good and man said it’s bad, call darkness light and light darkness, say
bitter sweet and sweet bitter. (Is 6:20)
not see life, but the wrath of God abides in him.” (John 3:36)
Now, you have assurance that you have eternal life because you believe in the Son of God according to the
Word of God. Eternal life is not received only after death. It is available now. And you do not have to be com-
plete or free of sin. You can have it if you believe in the Son. Therefore you need to trust the Word of God.
Received the Holy Spirit
Friend once you believes in Jesus Christ you have also received the Holy Spirit. In the Bible “In Him you
also trusted after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation in whom also, having believed, you
were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.” (Eph 1:13) And this Holy Spirit “ by whom you were sealed for
the day of redemption.” (Eph 4:30) Therefore, friend, you have the Holy Spirit or the Spirit of Jesus Christ in
you. The Holy Spirit and the Spirit of Jesus Christ is the same.
Question from Lesson 19
1. Salvation is the work of _________from the beginning to the end.
2. Salvation was the plan of ________and completed by ___________________.
3. In the age of the Holy Spirit, God can be communicated through the _______________________.
4. You can trust the promises of God as written in the ______________________.
5. Does it need to have signs and wonders in order to believe in the word of God? _____________.
6. Will those who believe in the Son have to face the judgment of sin? __________.
7. How do you know that the Lord Jesus Christ accepted you? _________________.

If wee look further, there is no similar point of view between God and man. It is always oppo-
site. Therefore, it is difficult for man to believe in God’s word and put trust in it.

The need to Dispel

There is disarray in man’s life because the thought and point of view are different between
man and God. Now then who can go wrong? God cannot be wrong. It must be man who is
wrong. Therefore, man needs to dispel his wrong thought and point of view and accept God’s
thought and point of view or how He sees.
If man sees as God sees and accept His plan then it is not hard to believe in Him and His
word. It will be very easy to do so. Those who thought themselves as wise and not able to dis-
pel of his own thought and point of view cannot believe in God anymore. Friend, do you want to
see as God sees and accept his thought and plan? Do you want to believe in God?

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 Questions from Lesson 1
Lesson 19
1. God’s desire is that all men____________.
Assurance of Salvation 2. To be saved, God needs to provide _____________and man needs to ______________.
3. Faith comes from ______________of God.
God’s Doing 4. Faith is to _________________what was heard.
Salvation is the work of God from the beginning to the end. God the Father had already planned to save us, to 5. It is more believable in _______________word than man's.
forgive us by the death of His Son; and these were planned before the foundation of the earth. (1 Pet 1:20) 6. The reason man cannot believe in God’s word is because God and man’s ________________is
The Son had accomplished the Father’s plan through His death and resurrection. Through the word of God, the
not the same.
Holy Spirit let us understand these plans. We will only accept this only by faith. There is nothing we did from
7. God put value in man’s ___________but man put value on _____________________.
our end.
8. God said to seek first His Kingdom and righteousness but man seeks first the _____________-
Through the Word of God .
How will we know that God had saved us, forgiven us, accepted us, and given us eternal life? In the Old Tes- 9. Between God and man’s point of view, _________________point of view is right.
tament time, man could converse and ask God questions. During the time of His Son, man could talk with Jesus 10. In order to believe God’s word man needs to _________his point of view or how he sees and
Christ face to face. But during the time of the Holy Spirit, man can know and ask through the Word of God. needs to accept ________________point of view.
Therefore, we need to read the Bible.

What Did the Word Of God Say?

Man believes and accepts whatever is written in the letter between one another. In the same manner, one
can believe and accept God’s promises that were written in the Holy Bible. Some resorts other way to believe
when they do not and can not believe the Bible. Many people fall in to Satan’s trap when they are looking for
miracles and feelings to strengthen their faith. “For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom, but we
preach Christ crucified, ..” (1 Cor 1:22,23)

No Judgment for Sin

Jesus Christ said like this regarding sin. “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world,
but that the world through Him might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned, but he who does
not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of
God.” (John 3:17,18) The Bible said that he who believe in the Son will not be condemned therefore we can
rest assure and believe that we will not be judged for our sin. The Bible did not say that those who believe in
the Son and does not say those who are without sin. It said only those who believe in the Son. Therefore we can
conclude that those who believe in the Son will not be subjected to sin judgment. God never lie. “If we receive
the witness of men, the witness of God is greater.” (1 John 5:9) The word of God is more believable.

We Accept It
Man sometimes drive back those who came to him. But Jesus never cast out anyone who come to Him. (John
6:37) Friend, you can rest assure that God will accept you if you truly go to Him. Though He is not saying with
audible voice, you can know that He can accept you according to the Word of God.

Received Eternal Life

Eternal life means living with together with God in Heaven. Spirit of man will also be living in the lake of
fire eternally. This eternal living in lake of fire is referred to as Death or second death. (Rev. 20:14)
Jesus Christ said “that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:15). John the
Baptist also said “He who believes in the Son has everlasting life, and he who does not believes the Son shall

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Lesson 2
Accepting the LORD Almighty’s Judgment
In lesson 1, we have learned that we need to see as God sees in order to believe in Him. We have
also learned that God’s point of view, not ours, is the correct one. How can we say that God’s point of
view is correct and not ours?
The JUDGE
The Judge makes the judgment for crime cases. Therefore, the Judge’s point of view the most im-
portant. Regardless of how the criminal may think and say that he is innocent, it is the Judge’s deci-
sion that matters. If the Judge is the one who can punishes the criminals.
In the same manner, it is the LORD God who will judge the whole world. The Bible said that the
LORD is our Judge, lawgiver, and our King. (Is 33:22) Therefore, God’s point of view, His judgment
are important and lawful. Friend the point of view of you and I are not important.
Because He Created
Judges are appointed by the government. So then who appoint God to be the judge? God appointed
Himself to be the judge. The reason is that there is no other greater and mightier than God. More-
over, God has the right to discipline His creation like the parents who have the right to discipline
their children.
Though Not Understand
Friend, if you committed crime you will have to face the judge though you never know him before.
Likewise, you may not understand God now but you will have to face and be subjected to His judg-
ment one day. The Bible said “Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose
face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead,
small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which
is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were
written in the books.” (Rev 20:11,12)
The above judgment will take place at the last day. The earth would have been over and all have
died. These people were the one who have died. Man thinks that his problems are solved and over
with the day he died. This is only the deceiving thought come form Satan. In reality, the problems
increases at dead. Therefore, a warning is in order to not try to solve problems at dead. Friend, you
will still face the judgment after you died.
Again the Bible said “And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,” (Heb
9:27). Men will face judgment after dead. Therefore preparation is needed before dead.
Though not Believe
Friend, you might not believe that God is the one who will judge you. Though you may not believe
this but this does not diminish God as He’s being the judge.
In Noah’s time, God warning about His imminent judgment with the flood was ignored and did not
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that we are children of God.” (Rom 8:16) We also have became heirs of God. (Rom 8:17)
5. In the Hand of God
Friend you life is in the hand of God. The Bible said “For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in
God.” (Col 3:3) Therefore Satan cannot affect you anymore. Moreover, Jesus said “My sheep h ear My voice,
and I know them, and they follow Me and I give them eternal life. And they shall never perish; neither shall
anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is
able to snatch them out or My Father’s hand.” (John 10:27-29)
Friend you are living eternal life because you are Jesus’ sheep. You are also free from destruction.
(destruction is to mean going to hell) Satan cannot snatch you out or destroy you because you are in the hanc
of Jesus Christ and God. However, there are still temptation in this world therefore you must be careful.
6. Have Become Righteous
You have receive the righteousness which cannot be obtained through following the commandments. God
gives us the righteousness. The Bible said “It is God who justifies.” (Rom 8:33) God made you a righteous per-
son because of the blood of Jesus Christ. In the Bible “Much more then, having now been justified by His
blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.” (Rom 5:9) This righteousness is in the sight of God and not
man’s. “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us. That we might become the righteousness of God
in Him.” (2 Cor 5:21) Therefore, friend you are righteous before God.
7. Became God’s People
In your previous life you did not have anything to do with God. Moreover, you were the enemy of God. But
now “..you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation. His own special people, that you may
proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a peo-
ple but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.” (1 Pet 2:9,10)
Friend, since you are a royal priesthood, you not only enjoy being in the royal family but you can also submit
your prayer directly God. You can fellowship with God anytime because you are God’s people. You also are a
blessed person.
Questions of Lesson 18
1. The first birth is ____________of mother’s womb.
2. The second birth take place when _______________together with Christ.
3. Friend, you have been pulled out of the power of___________and had been transported into ______’s
kingdom,
4. Friend, you are the representative of ______________while living in this world.
5. Friend you have been sealed with the seal of the _________________________.
6. Friend, you have believed and accepted Jesus Christ, therefore you have become the _______of God.
7. Friend, since you now are in the________of Jesus, Satan cannot not destroy you anymore.
8. Friend, you have become ______________ in the sight of God.
9. Friend, you have become the ___________ and a holy nation.
10. Friend, you have come ________’s people.

Lesson 18
Benefits because of Jesus Christ
In Lesson 17, we have learned that our old man (nature) has died with Christ and buried and resurrected with
Jesus Christ. Let us now turn to the benefits that is our because of Jesus Christ. When we resurrected together
with Christ, followings are the benefits that we received:
1. We have been born again the second time.
The Lord Jesus Christ said “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom
of God.” (John 3:3) How do then we will born again? Jesus said that we need to be born of water and the Spirit.
(John 3:5) Many people think it is through water baptism that one become born again but it is not enough
through baptism only.
In order to understand the second time born again, one needs to understand the first birth clearly. The first
birth was out of the mother’s womb. When we were born the first time, we were born into the Adamic race or
into the Adam family. The Adamic race is called the old man and is sinful. We cannot go to heaven through
this first birth. Jesus said that one cannot see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. The born again does
not mean water baptism, following religious ritual, nor following all the commandments.
God killed and hang our old man with Jesus on the cross. Our old man did not come with us when risen from
the tomb with Jesus Christ. We were risen as new men. Man could not do about this change. It is possible only
through the power of God (2 Cor 5:17). Only the new man through the resurrection is born again the second
time.
2. Arrived the Son’s Kingdom
The previous old man lived in the dark territory. God Himself dragged us out of the dark territory through
Jesus Christ because we could do it on our own. The Scriptures said “He delivered us from the power of dark-
ness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.” (Col 1:13) Therefore, friend you are not living
in the power of darkness. You have reached into the kingdom of Jesus Christ. Again “.and raised us up to-
gether, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” (Eph 2:6) Therefore friend when you
earthly tent, which is your body, is destroyed “ we have a building from God, a house not made with hands,
eternal in heavens.” (2 Cor 5:1) Therefore friend do not love this world too much. We are here in the world
temporarily as agent of God and we need to be aware of that.
3. Received Eternal Life
Friend “In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom
also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,..” (Eph 1:13) If you were sealed by the
Holy Spirit then you have received the Lord Jesus Christ. Those who have Jesus Christ have the eternal life.
Friend you need to know this. (1 John 5:11,12)
4. Have Become the Son of God
Friend you were the son of Satan at birth. (John 8:44) However, you have right to become the child of God
the day you received Jesus in your life. (John 1:12) Therefore “the Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit
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believe by the people except Noah. However, their disbelief did not prevent God’s judgment. Those
who did not believe perished in the flood. (1 Pet 3:20)
Nebuchadnezzar who governed Babylon was full of proud and thus was subjected to God’s judg-
ment. He became like a beast from being a man and was driven to dwell with the beasts of the field.
From heaven a voice came and said “And they shall drive you from men, and dwelling shall be with
the beasts of the field. They shall make you eat grass like oxen; and seven times shall pass over you,
until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men,..”(Dan 4:32)
Thus Nebuchadnezzar became like a beast and dwelled in the field for seven years and then “And
the end of the time I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to
me; and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who live forever. For His dominion is
an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom is from generation to generation. All the inhabitants of
the earth are reputed as nothing; He does not according to His will in the army of heaven and among
the inhabitants of the earth. No one can retrain His hand or say to Him, “What have You
done?”” ( Dan 4:34,35) Thus, king Nebuchadnezzar admitted God’s power.
Nebuchadnezzar did not believe in the Almighty God. However, God’s judgment also fell on king
like him. And he could not escape from God’s judgment. Now, you and I, who are we to say that we
will escape powerful God’ judgment?
Only When God Would Not Blame
We just learned that God is the Judge for all men of the world. Therefore, escaping God’s blaming
should be our main concern. The Bible said “Blesses is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin
is covered. Blesses is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity, and in whose spirit there
is no deceit.” (Ps 32:1,2)
Therefore, all men, including you, need to get rid of our point of view and plan and try to see and
accept God’s point of view and plan..
Question on Lesson 2
1. Who will judge all the sinners? _____________________________________________________
2. All the people of the world will be judged by__________________________________________
3. Why did God became the Judge? ____________________________________________________
4. Friend, you may not know the judge now, but will you be judged by him if you committed crime?
____________________________________________________________________________
5. According to Rev. 20:11,12, who will be subjected to judgment? ________________________
6. When will men be subjected to after death? __________________________________________
7. Though people of the Noah era ignored God’s warning and did not believe in the pending judg-
ment, but did they escape the judgment? _______________________________________
8. _______judged Nebuchadnezzar to become like a beast.
9. Nebuchadnezzar eventually admitted the governance of who? ________________________
10. Friend, do you admit God’s power and accept that He will judge? ________________________
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 Lesson 3 It may be difficult for you to accept the idea that you died with Jesus Christ. But, you must accept
by faith what God had done. St. Paul also was not a believer when Christ died. However, he admitted as
such “I have been crucified with Christ.” (Gal 2:20)
Worship in the Spirit
4. Buried
Man is buried in grave when died. In the same manner the old man was buried with Christ. Burial
We have learned that God is the Judge of the whole world in lesson 2. This judge demanded is called baptism. St. Paul said “Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death..”(Rom 6:4)
those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit. Therefore friend, you have been buried with Christ. Friend, you old man was killed on the cross with Christ
and ended in grave. Therefore friend you have been freed from sin’s slave.
Worship in Spirit
Jesus said, “ But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the 5. Resurrection
Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and Christ rose from the dead. Likewise, we also rose again with the new life. The Bible said “..that just
those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” (John 4:23,24) as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in the newness of
life.” (Rom 6:4) Again, through baptism we were buried with Christ. The Bible said “..buried with Him in
Whom to worship? baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from
the dead.” (Col 2:12) Therefore friend, you resurrected.
So, how do one worships in spirit? Generally, it is said that to worship God in spirit is:
1. With whole heartedly
2. With mind and body
3. With complete loyalty
However, all these assumptions are wrong. “whole heartedly” is not “spirit.”

Body, soul, and spirit

God created man to have three distinct entities, namely, body, mind, and spirit. Among them,
spirit is the one that make us resemble with God. Man can fellowship God with his spirit. He
needs to worship God with his spirit. He can converse with God in spirit and come to know the
will of God. That is because they both are spirits.

Paul said, “But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit.” (1 Cor. 2:10) Again, Paul said,
“ The Spirit Himself bears with our spirit that we are children of God.” (Rom 8:16) Therefore, it
is possible to worship God in spirit only if our spirit is joined with God’s Spirit.

Spirit
GOD

MAN

MIND
SPIRIT BODY

Figure 1

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1. In the Light Territory
God placed Adam in the territory of light. It was the place free from sin and under the rule of God.
2. Into the Dark Territory
Adam arrived into the dark territory because of his disobedient to God. (Gen 3:24) The dark territory
is where God does not rule and refers to this present sinful world.
Slave of Sin
Sin rules the dark territory. Jesus Christ said “ Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is
a slave of sin.” (John 8:34) This indicates sin became the master for the slave who committed sin.
By Birth
Adam became the slave of sin through his disobedient. However, the generation of Adam arrived the
dark territory by birth. Therefore, friend, sin is your master.
Man is helpless
Even though God took care of your sins and yet if you still remained to the slave of sin, then you
still will commit more sin. Man is helpless and can’t do a thing in regards to escaping from the dark territory
nor from being a slave of sin.
Sent the Son
God sent His own Son to the dark territory to rescue those who are the slaves of sin. (Is 2:14,15;
Matt 4:14-16) Even though Jesus Christ was living in the dark territory, He did not commit sin. (1 Peter 2:22)
Therefore, He was capable of rescuing those from the dark territory.
Place in Jesus Christ
Man arrived the dark territory through birth. Therefore, he exists the dark territory through death.
For example, man came into a family through birth and departed through death. Therefore, man will depart
the dark territory through death. But the body has only one destination that is to Hell. Therefore, God placed
man in Jesus Christ. (1 Cor 1:30) Therefore, friend, you need to admit that you are in Christ.
3. The old man died
Man who is living as a slave of sin is termed the old man. This old man was crucified with Jesus
Christ in order to depart from the dark territory. The Bible said “..knowing this that our old man was crucified
with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.” (Rom
6;6)
Even though sin made the old man to be the slave of sin, he was free from slavery when the old man
died with Christ. For he who has died has been freed from sin. (Rom 6:7) No one can command a dead man.
Likewise, the old man who has died cannot be commanded by sin any longer. By this way, the old man de-
parted from being a slavery and from the dark territory.
God’s and Man’s View
In man’s view Christ died on the cross. But it was not God’s idea that Christ died. It was for the old
man to die. Therefore, the old man was place in Christ and both died. Therefore, in God’s view, the old man
died on the cross.
Must Accept It with Faith
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Please refer to the figure 1. God’s Spirit is connected with man’s spirit. Therefore, man receives
eternal life from God. He also knows what the will of God is. So man’s spirit can control and di-
rect the mind. Then our mind knows God’s will per the direction of our spirit and our mind in
turn directs our body to carry out God’s will. Accordingly, our mind and body can live according
to God’s will and thus glorifying God.
Broken Relationship with God
Adam, the federal head of human being, broke a perfect relationship with God because Sa-
tan deceived him. Adam listened to Satan and ate the forbidden fruit of the tree. (Gen. 3:1-7)
Since then, Adam lost the relationship with God and became a sinner. (Gen. 3:23)
SUN GOD
CLOUD SIN
ANIMAL
BODY MIND SPIRIT
Figure 2
As shown above, Adam’s spirit was cutoff with the Spirit of God because of his disobedience.
The sin (cloud) blocks between man and God. Just like the cloud blocks in the sun in the rainy
season, sin creates a rift between man and God. (Is. 59:2) Consequently, God’s Spirit do not di-
rect the spirit of man anymore. Man also lost the eternal life. Man’s spirit died and because of
the rift with God and do not direct the mind anymore. Then the mind takes the place of God and
directs and governs the body as it wishes. Therefore, the body started to live according to the
wishes of the mind.
Became Animal
Man do not live according to the will of God anymore since the body is being governed by the
mind. Therefore, Adam lived as though he didn’t have the spirit. His body pursued the desires of
the mind. Those who go after the desire of the mind and body are animals because animals pur-
sue the desires of the mind and body only. Therefore, Adam sank to the level of an animal.
All human beings came down from Adam are also animals. The spirit is dead since birth and
live only in the body and mind. Therefore, Agur, the son of Jakeh said, “Surely, I am more stupid
than any man, And do not have the understanding of a man.” (Prov. 3:2)
His Rage
Therefore, since man go after the desire of the mind and body God’s rage fall on us.(Eph. 2:3)
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You and I have the following characteristics
A. We were born like animal. Therefore, we go after the desire of our mind and body
(Prov. 30:2)
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B. We are not attached to God. Therefore, we do not understand His will and His manner.
(1 Cor. 2:11,14)
The Death of Old Person
C. We lost the eternal life. Therefore, when we leave this earthly life, we are heading for
hell. (Gen. 3:17, 21-24) We have learned that our committed sin have been cleansed by the blood of Christ in Lesson 14. We
D. We are living under the wrath of God. Therefore, we do not enjoy happiness. (Eph. 2:3) have also learned in Lesson 15 that we have been freed from judgment and obtained our righteousness because
of the blood of Christ. In Lesson 16, we also have learned that Christ had solved our committed crime on behalf
of us. Now let us look at our old nature who sinned.

GOD Go Grace abounded where sin abounded

d’ s We already have understood that our committed sin had been freed because of the grace of God. How-
W ever, the Bible said “But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more.” (Rom 5:20) The meaning is the
ra
th more you sin the greater Grace is. Now a question can be raised as “if grace to be abounded should we sin
SIN
Animal (Prov.30:2 more?” Therefore, St. Paul said “ What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?
Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?” (Rom 6:1,2) Therefore let us look into dead
DIRECTS
in sin.
spirit BODY Let us look at the following figure.

I’m dead In God’s Eye

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Therefore, he worships God with his mind and body but it is not acceptable to God. He ac-
cepts worshipping in spirit only. In another way, man’s spirit needs to reconnect with
In Christ
God’s. However, sin that lies between God and man do not allow man to worship God in 1 Cor 1:30
spirit. So this sin must be cleared out of the way. Let us proceed to lesson 4 to learn more
about sin.

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8.
How did Jesus Christ suffered the curse of the law? ________________________________________
Friend, are you free from the wrath of curse? _____________________________________________ Questions from Lesson 3
9. How did we free from our spiritual dead? ________________________________________________
10. What will happen to the believers when Christ return? ______________________________________ 1. How should God be worship?
____________________________________________________________
2. Is it right to worship God with mind and body?
_____________________________________________
3. Man is comprised of how many parts?
_____________________________________________________
4. Which one is the same as God’s, body, mind, spirit?
_________________________________________
5. Which part of man knows God’s will?
_____________________________________________________
6. Which part of man do God directs?
________________________________________________________
7. Which part do man’s spirit directs?
________________________________________________________
8. What do mind directs?
___________________________________________________________________
9. What cause the separation between man and God?
__________________________________________
10. When there is separation between man and God, which part of man took God’s place?
___________
11. What do man go after he is separated from God?
_____________________________________________
12. What is he who pursue after only the desire of mind and body?
_______________________________
13. Friend, when did you become an animal?
_________________________________________________
14. Since there is separation since birth, whose will did we didn’t know?
__________________________
15. Friend, what will happen to your body when you die?
________________________________________
16. Friend, where will your mind and spirit will go when you die?
________________________________
17. Who got mad because man go after the desire of his mind and spirit only?
_______________________
18. In order to worship God in spirit, what should happen to man’s spirit and God?
_________________
19. What should disappear in order to worship God in spirit?
____________________________________
20. Friend, do you want to worship God in spirit?
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 Lesson 4
Sin
In lesson 3, we discussed that “sin” was responsible for breaking the relationship between and
man and God. We discovered that we could properly worship God in spirit only in the absence
of “sin.” Consequently, we need to understand first and foremost what “sin” really is in order to
get rid of it. It is important that we view “sin” as God views much like we investigate what
“disease” is in order to find the cure.
Two (2) Natures of Sin
There are 2 natures of sin in God’s view. They are:
1. Original or sin from birth
2. Criminal or committed sin
Let us look at the original or sin from birth first.
Sin From Birth
Sin from birth is not a committed sin by each individual. This comes with each human being
the day he was born. King David said “Behold I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my
mother conceived me” (Ps. 51:5)
Chronology
The sin of birth originated from Adam, the federal head of the human race. Adam had perfect
body, mind, and spirit when God created him.(Gen. 1:30) God placed Adam and his wife Eve in
the Eden garden. (Gen. 2:15) God allowed them to eat of every tree of the garden freely but for-
bid them to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. (Gen.2:17) However, Adam and Eve
ate the forbidden fruit of tree in disobedience. (Gen. 3:6,7)
Consequently, God branded these the couple as “sinners” because of their disobedience. (Rom.
5:19) Sin is breaking the law.(1 John 3:4) Adam Eve became sinners because they broke the
only law imposed on them. Adam did not sin against any other human being. He was not guilty
of committing sin that are generally recognized such as, killing, stealing, lying, but the sin of
disobedience This is the origin of all other sins.
Dreadful Inheritance
Adam and Eve left a dreadful inheritance called “sin” to all their descendants. All the descen-
dants became sinners because they were born to Adam and Eve who were sinners. The sin that
is inherited through birth is termed “original sin” or “sin from birth.” Some do not accept nor
suppose the original sin as sin but thought of sin only that are committed. However, inspection
of many referenced scriptures point out that human beings are born with original sin.
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propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.” (1 John 2:2) But many will still
die for sin because of their disbelief and not understanding. Friend, by faith you can accept what Jesus Christ
had done for you.
The wrath of the Law
In lesson 11, we have learned that man received a curse because he could not follow all the laws
because he needs to obey or follow all the commandments of the Law without breaking anyone of them. All
including you are cursed because none can follow all the laws. (Gal 3:10-13) “Christ has redeemed us from
the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, Cursed is everyone who hangs on the
cross)” (Gal 3:13).
Christ was cursed on behalf of us. Therefore He was hang and died on the cross. Now you have been
saved from curse. You have also been freed from the need of hanging on the tree. The freedom that you have
received are not because of your good deeds (that is you obeyed all laws and live righteously) but it is be-
cause Christ had suffered and subjected to curse according to God’s plan. It is only purely through God’s
grace. We need to believe and accept this fact.
Suffering Death
We have learned that man died because of the sin of Adam. There are three different kinds of death.
1. Spiritual Death. This is the separation of our spirit with the spirit of God. Every human beings is dead
since birth because of Adam.
2. Bodily Death. It is called dead when the body and spirit are separated. Friend! You are still alive because
your spirit is still in you.
3. Second Death. When non-believers die, their spirit will be heading to the eternal hell fire. This is called
second death.
No one can escape any of these death. But because of Grace, God let His Son died on behalf of us.
This was how can escape from death. Christ had died on the cross for all kinds of death. He was separated
from His Father and died for our spiritual death. Therefore Jesus Christ lamented “My God, My God, why
have You forsaken Me?” (Matt 27:45) We now, however, have the opportunity to reconnected with God the
Father because of Jesus Christ’s sufferings.
We now have the assurance of healing and evaded eternal bodily destruction because of Christ’s
bodily suffering for us. Our physical body can decay when we die but Christ returns our body will be rise
again with indestructible body. We who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with dead who has
rose in the cloud to meet the Lord in the air. (1 Cor 15:51-55; 1 Thess 4:13-17)
We are free from the eternal flame which is the second dead because of the death of Christ for us.
However, one needs to have faith in Christ in order to enjoy this benefit.
Questions from Lesson 16
1. To whom did the sin of Israelites were placed? ____________________________________________
2. Who place the sin of Israelites on the head of goat? _________________________________________
3. On whom did the sin of the world was placed? ____________________________________________
4. Who placed it? _____________________________________________________________________
5. How much of our did Jesus Christ take away? _____________________________________________
6. Is there any more sin in you? __________________________________________________________
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Lesson 16
Representing
We have learned that we were forgiven by the blood in Chapter 14 and in Chapter 15 we learned the
work of the blood: freedom from judgment and becoming righteous. Now let us look into how their represen-
tation. In some cases representing is not possible. For example, none of us can eat for other person. We have
to eat our own meal in order to be fill. Whereas, in some cases, we find that representing other is possible.
For example, we can pay for the bus fare for some one else. Therefore, in regard to sin problem, we need to
understand how this representing is possible.
Putting all sins on goat’s head
For all the children of Israel “Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, confess
over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, concerning all their sins, putting
them on the head of the goat, and shall send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a suitable man.” (Lev
16:21)
All the sins of the children of Israel were transferred to head of the goat as God had judged. The sins
also were gone with the goat to the wilderness. Therefore there was no more sins among the children of Is-
rael. The one who can blame and forgive is God. Because God Himself judged this way, the children of Israel
were left without sins.
Place upon Jesus Christ
Now the sin of the world had been placed on Jesus Christ who had to die because of this sin. The
Bible said “All we like sheep have gone astray; and the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.” (Is
53:6)
Friend you are also included in this because the Bible said all of our sins had been laid on Him. All
non-believing, believing, and everyone of all human beings are included. Therefore, friend, there is no sin in
you anymore. Since it said all, these include past, present, and future sins. What it said “laid on Him” is to
mean Jesus Christ. When John the Baptist saw Jesus Christ he said “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes
away the sin of the world!” (John 1:29) St. Paul also said “..that Christ died for our sins according to the
Scriptures,.” (1 Cor 15:3). Therefore the one who carried away our sin is Jesus Christ.
The One who can blame
The sins of the children of Israel can be placed on the head of goat only the priest. They themselves
did not have the right carry the sin. Likewise, God has the right to place all the sin of the world on Jesus
Christ. The Bible said “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the right-
eousness of God in Him.” (2 Cor 5:21) The sinless person is Jesus Christ. God made Him the sin for us be-
cause of our sin. This happened just over two thousand years ago. Therefore all you have is to believe and
accept this fact. If you believe this, you are sinless in the eyes of God. This is a good news.
The wages of sin is death
Now all our sins had reached on Jesus Christ. The wages of sin is death. (Rom 6:23) Therefore
Christ died on behalf of us. Consequently, there is no need to die for our sin. There is no one in the world
who will die because of sin. Christ had suffered for the whole world. The Bible said “And He Himself is the
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a. Through One Man
The Scriptures said “ Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death
through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned.”(Rom. 5:12)
The Bible said sin entered the world through one man but not through many men. This one man
is Adam through whom sin entered the world. It said death spread to all men because of sin.
This is very clear that those who will die have sin. Death originates from the mother’s womb.
Death does not come when one is adult nor when one commits sin. Therefore, when we say one
die because of sin, this does not mean to say his committed sin. It is very clear to mean the origi-
nal sin.
b. Because Some One Did Not Obey
The Scriptures said, “ For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one
Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.” (Rom. 5:19)
The first man was Adam. Many were made sinner because of Adam’s disobedience. Therefore, it
is clear that my friend, you do not become a sinner because you commits sin but you are a sinner
through inheritance from Adam.
c. The Unholy One
Again the Scriptures said, “ Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one!” (Job 14:4)
Man is not clean before God (Isaiah 64:4). Every parent has sin. Therefore, the parents who are
sinners cannot produce clean children. The sinful parents produce only sinful children.
d. It Cannot Be Clean
We read, “ What is man that he could be pure? And he who is born of a woman, that he could be
righteous?” (Job 15:14)
This scripture tell us that everyone who is born of a woman has sin and cannot be righteous.
There is no one on earth who is not born of a woman. Therefore, you and I, who are born of
woman, are unclean.
e. From the Mother’s Womb
David said, “Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.” (Psalm
51:5)
King David acknowledged that he was a sinner since his mother conceived him. This seed of sin
from the mother’s womb cause everyone to commit sin automatically as one grows older. One
cannot commit sin while in the womb. Therefore, sin comes through the birth. Because of this
everyone become sinner since birth. One does not become a sinner because of committed a crime.
Instead, we are capable of committing crime because we are sinners by birth already.
f. Wickedness
We read, “The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray as soon as they are born,
speaking lies.” (Psalm 58:3)
Wickedness comes through birth. Lying and straying also come through birth. Everyone has
wickedness. Everyone lies. These show that man has original sin.
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Sin Against God cile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the
Original sin is due to Adam. This sin is not committed against another human being. It was sin blood of His cross.” (Col 1:20)
against God. Adam sinned against God. Therefore, every descendants of Adam has sinned
against God. We can see as illustrated in the following figure. Made Righteous
We now have learned that man cannot do anything to become righteous before God. Instead God had
made us righteous because of the blood of Jesus Christ. Abel, Adam’s son, brought a firstborn of a lamb as
GOD offering to God. (Gen 4:4) God accepted Abel’s offering. The meaning is Abel became a righteous person be-
fore God. The blood of lamb was the shadow to represent the blood of Jesus Christ.
God had made us righteous because of the blood of Jesus Christ now. The Bible said, “Much more
then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath through Him.” (Rom 5:9)
Therefore, the blood not only had justified us but also saved us from the wrath of God. Friend the only thing
You, my friend left for you is to accept that the blood had made you righteous.
Sinner because of born of Adam During the great tribulation, we find that many believers will become righteous because of the blood
of Jesus Christ. In the Bible we read “ These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed
their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.” (Rev 8;14)
Friend, have you made your robe white through the blood of the lamb who is Jesus Christ. May God
be forever be praised because He had made us righteous through Jesus Christ’s blood since it was not possible
Sinned against God through Adam through obeying the commandments.
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HELL FIRE We cannot get in the hand of God. But God had freed us through blood of Jesus Christ. In the Bible “For You
(the Lamb) have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and
The Wages of Sin is Death have made us kings and priests to our God; and we shall reign on earth.” (Rev 5:9,10) Since Jesus Christ had
“For the wages of sin is death.” (Rom.6:23) “Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the freed us for God through His blood, we are now living for God.
world, and death through sin.”(Rom. 5:12) The Bible said that the wages of sin is death. This In our old life we follow the world and lived a meaning life. From that life Jesus Christ had freed us.
requires that we understand the meaning of death. There are three different kinds of death. The The apostle Peter said “..knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from
three kinds of death is to mean “separation”. your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as a lamb
GOD without blemish and without spot.” (1 Pet 1:18,19)
Man usually behaves as his forefathers. Those behaviors are not useful. The blood of Jesus Christ has
redeemed us from that useless conducts. Therefore we do not own ourselves. St. Paul said “For you were
Spirit death First
bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.” (1 Cor 6:20)

Body Bodily death Mind spirit Questions from Lesson 15

1. How did the Israelites freed from judgment? _______________________________________________
Second 2. How will we’d be free from the judgment? ________________________________________________
Second death Third 3. What did the spies give Rahab the harlot? _________________________________________________
4. What did the scarlet cord represent? _____________________________________________________
Dust
5. Friend, do you believe that you have been freed from God’s judgment because of the blood of Jesus? __
6. With what did we get our righteousness since we cannot get it by good deeds? ____________________
Hell Fire 7. What can make man be at peace with God? _______________________________________________
(a) Bodily Death 8. What make the believers’ robe white during the great tribulation? ______________________________
Bodily death is the separation of body from mind and spirit. The remain is called corpse when 9. How did we were bought out of the world? ________________________________________________
the spirit leaves the body. When the daughter of the ruler of the synagogue died, Jesus resur- 10. Since you have been bought with the blood of Christ whom are you for now? ______________________

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 Lesson 15
The Work of the Blood
In Lesson 14, we have learned that the Blood solved the problem of human being’s sin. Not only it solved the
consequences of committed crime it also solved others. Let us look into these.
Free for the Judgment
The blood freed us from the need of God’s judgment. On the night of the Exodus from Egypt, God
told Israelites to slaughter the lamb and eat overnight. They were also to commanded to put the blood on the
two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it. On that night God was to execute judgment
upon the Egyptian. The blood of the lamp was a sign for the Israelites and God will pass over their house when
He see it and the plague will not be on them. God was to strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man
and beast. (Ex 12:7-13) in the house where there was no blood painted.
That night “It came to pass at midnight that he LORD struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,
from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and
all the firstborn of livestock.” (Ex 12:29) However, none of Israelites’ firstborn were not struck. This was not
because they were good behavior. Is was because of the blood of the lamb. God looked at the blood and pass
over. Likewise, the blood is needed to pass over for judgment for all mankind. However, since there was no
holy (sinless) blood, God Himself prepared the blood of Jesus Christ for the pass over. Jesus Christ Himself
said “For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” (Matt 26:28)
If the blood has shed for the remission of man’s sin, there is no need for God’s judgment for us. Jesus Christ
Himself had said “He who believes in Him is not condemned;..” (John 3:18)
Dear friend, your sins have been forgiven because of the blood of Jesus Christ and thus you are not
subject to God’s judgment anymore. Can you accept this truth? It was God Himself who freed the Israelites
from His judgment. Likewise, it was God who prepared Jesus Christ’s blood for the remission of all human
being’s sin. Friend, you need to accept and believe that God Himself looked at Jesus Christ’s shed blood and
not judge you anymore.
Rahab the Harlot
Just before the Israelites entered Canaan, while at Acacia Grove (Shittim), Joshua sent two men to spy
Jericho. Those two men stayed at the home of harlot Rahab. And Rahab asked the two men to promise her not
to her and her family when they overtaken Jericho and the two spies promised her. However they told Rahab
to bind a line of scarlet cord in the window so that the Israelites may know and spare Rahab and her father’s
house. She was warned that Rahab was to bring all her family in to her house and not to go outside of the door
to the street. (Josh 2:1-21) And Joshua spared Rahab the harlot, her father’s house, and all that she had because
of the scarlet as promised. (Josh 6:25)
Rahab the harlot was not a woman of good character. She was a prostitute. But she believed in and
fear of God. However, only fearful of God is not enough. She showed her belief in a practical manner. The way
she showed was she hid the two spies, her enemies, from her own people. Her act could have cost her life. Nev-
ertheless, she helped the spies with her own life.
All her family members were safe because of the scarlet cord. They were free from death as long as
they lived in the house of the scarlet cord. All died who were living outside of the scarlet cord.
This scarlet cord represented the blood of Jesus Christ. Rahab the harlot did not own the scarlet cord.
It was given to her by the spies. Likewise, the blood of Jesus Christ was not there because of us. It was given
by God. Like the scarlet cord saved the lives of Rahab and family members, the blood of Jesus Christ have
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rected her by returning her spirit to her dead body. (Luke 8:53-55)
At death, the believer’s mind and spirit ascended to heaven and the unbeliever’s to hell.
(Luke 16:22-23) The body returns to earth and become dust since it come from dust. (Gen. 3:19)
The bodily death causes grieve to the spouse, children, parents, siblings, and relatives because of
separation from them.
(b) Spiritual Death
Spirit cannot die. If it can, there is no need to suffer in hell. However, separation with God is
called spiritual death. Adam was separated from God because of he didn’t obey God. God had
warned Adam that the day he eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge will be the day he die. (Gen.
2:17) Adam died spiritually the day he disobey God. Although his body was not dead, his separa-
tion from God was death for him. All the offsprings of Adam were born dead spiritually because
Adam produced his offsprings after he died spiritually. Dear friends, you and I are also the off-
springs of Adam and so we were born dead spiritually. Therefore, we were born to head to hell
when our bodies die.
( c) Second Death (or) Eternal Death
Second death means one who was not saved (receive Christ as a personal savior) and thus whose
spirit was not alive, whose spirit descended to the eternal flame in hell because he did not have
eternal life. The Bible said, “But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually
immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire
and brimstone, which is the second death.” (Rev. 21:8)
Questions from Lesson 4
1. How many kinds of sin are there? Describe them________________________________
2. Through whom did the original sin originated?__________________________________
3. Original Sin is committed against whom?_______________________________________
4. What was Adam’s sin according to Romans 5:19?________________________________
5. Can clean things come out of unclean things?____________________________________
6. When did human beings become sinners?_______________________________________
7. When do a person starts lying and going astray?_________________________________
8. What is the wages of sin?______________________________________________________
9. Describe the three different deaths._____________________________________________
10. Spiritually death causes separation with whom?_________________________________
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Criminal Sin
In lesson 4, we have learned the sin from birth or original sin. We will now turn our atten-
tion to the “committed sin or criminal sin” which is the fruit (product) of the original sin.
The fruit (product)
Jesus Christ said, “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad
and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.” (Matt. 12:33) As Jesus said, the fruit de-
pend on the tree to be good. If the tree is good the fruit is good and if the tree is not good the
fruit will not be good. The tree is in turn is also depend on the kind of seed. If the seed is not
good the tree cannot be good. Therefore, this scenario indicates that the fruit is not the most
important part but the seed or the tree in order to have good fruit.
Likewise, the original sin (sin from birth) is similar to the seed of the tree. The sinner who
has the original sin is like the tree. The committed sin committed by this sinner is like the
fruit of the tree. Every human being understand the committed sin: killing one’s life, fight-
ing, sexual immorality, adultery, stealing, lying, anger, short temper, false witnessing, jeal-
ousy, back biting, etc.. Any wrong doing as a result of the mentioned behavior produces
criminal sin. This sin is committed against the fellow human being and is therefore carry
very heavy consequences in the eye of the human being.
Because of tree (kind) and not fruit
It is not mango tree because it bears mangoes. It is mango tree because of its kind. It is till
mango tree whether it bears mango or not. It is one hundred percent mango tree even if it
didn’t bear mango. The fact that it bears mangoes does not make a mango tree a hundred
percent .
Need to Accept
Friend you need to accept what Jesus Christ has done for you. Not that you don’t sin anymore. You
will commit sin everyday. However, the blood of Christ had cleansed them. This is the work of God and He
Himself is satisfied. Therefore the Bible said “ Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniq-
uity.” (Ps 32:2) God is not condemning you for your sin. In the same manner, it is important that you don’t
fool yourself.
Questions from Lesson 14
1. Who is the one who can blame and forgive?
__________________________________________________
2. What did God say about with what can the sin be forgiven?
_____________________________________
3. What can cleanse a priest’s sin?
___________________________________________________________
4. What is the only one that God look for forgiving sin?
__________________________________________
5. Whose blood did God prepare instead of animals?
____________________________________________
6. Who is our high priest? _________________________________________________________________
7. Where did Christ offer His blood? ________________________________________________________
8. Christ’s blood appeased who? ___________________________________________________________
9. In whose eye Christ blood made human being holy? __________________________________________
10. Friend, is your sin forgiven? How do you know? _____________________________________________

Likewise, man does not become a sinner because he committed sinful acts. On the contrarily,
he sins because he came from a sinful kind. Many conclude that a person becomes a sinner
because he sins. Based on this misconception, many people tried to refrain from committing
crime in order not to be labeled as sinner. This actually is being preached from the pulpit.

It is Impossible
It is a noble idea to abstain from committing sin, but the fact is that a sinner cannot avoid
from committing sinful act. It may be possible to have appearance of refraining from sinning
before fellow human being , however, no one cannot hide the sinful acts from the Almighty
God. The scriptures said, “Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard its spots? Then
may you also do good who are accustomed to do evil.” (Jer. 13:23) This clearly tells us that in
order for you to possibly do good, an Ethiopian should be possible to change his skin. The

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move, as it was taken from the bull of the sacrifice of the peace offering; and the priest was to
burn them on the altar of the burnt offering.
Only after the priest sacrificed such offerings the Lord was to forgive the priest’s sin.
Without offering the blood the priest could not just say “I am sorry, I promise I will never com-
mit the sin again.” The eternal God looked at the blood of the bull and forgave the sin. The
bull’s blood was the its life; and the bull’s life represented the priest’s life. Fulfillment
The Israelite’s offering was the shadow to be fulfilled by the offering of Jesus Christ Himself. The
Bible said “ For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away the sin.” (Heb 10:4) The
reason is that animal cannot represent man. Therefore blood is needed for us offer to God Almighty. God
cannot accept the animal’s blood. If we offer our own blood, it is not pure. Therefore God Himself “prepare a
body “ for Himself. (Heb 10:5) What the Israelites did during the Old Testament times were the shadow ful-
filled by Jesus Christ. (Col 2:17)
Sacrificing the Blood of Jesus Christ
None of the human being’s blood is pure to be offered to God. Therefore Jesus Christ offered His
own blood according to the plan of God. The Bible said “ But Christ came as High Priest of the good things
to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. Not
with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, hav-
ing obtained eternal redemption.” (Heb 9:11,12)
Jesus Christ is our high priest according to the above Scriptures. He is also the offering (animal).
The tabernacle also is not man made the one in Heaven. The forgiveness also is for eternity. Therefore Jesus
Christ’s offering of His own life is better than the Israelite’s offering. The following chart will show the dif-
ference of offering between the tow.
Subject Matter In the Past Now
The Tabernacle Located on Earth built by human hands In Heaven not built by human hands
The Priest Human beings who can sin Jesus Christ without sin
Offering Animals lower than human beings Jesus Christ who is higher than man
Forgiveness Period Till sin is committed again Eternal
God was Satisfied
God is the one who will forgive man. What He’s asking for is blood without sin. Man do not poses
blood that is free of sin. God Himself sent His own Son into this world to become a human being and de-
manded to shed the blood. Jesus had offered one sacrifice for sins forever. (Heb 10:12) God the Father ac-
cepted and was satisfied with this offering. Therefore the verdict of forgiving of sin had been broadcasted
from the God’s judgment seat. And God said “ Now where there is remission of these, there is no longer an
offering for sin.” (Heb 10:18)
Became Holy
The one who sees man as having sin is God. But it has been said by the blood of Jesus Christ man
has made holy. The Bible said “ … and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleansed us from all sin.” (1 John
1:7) In one sense, human beings do not have the problem of sin anymore. The reason is the blood of Christ
has cleansed all sins of human beings. But more people will still be heading to Hell. The reason is not only do
they not understand that their sins have been washed but because of their unbelief.
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leopard should be able change its spots. But the truth is that neither the Ethiopian can
change his color nor the leopard its spots. Therefore, you my friend and I cannot change
our behavior. We cannot perform any good thing before God either.
The Filthy Rag
The thing that we think good before man are in fact not good before God. You may be very
proud of your good behavior but it is very filthy for God. The Bible said that we are all but
like an unclean thing. And all our righteousness are like filthy rags. (Is. 64:6)
According to this verse, all our righteous deeds are like filthy rags. Good deeds are indeed
good before human beings. However, good deeds done by sinful men are indeed disgusting
for God. The reason is because it is unclean. For example, a meal prepared by leprous
would be repulsive for others. The meal might have been prepared using all the good ingre-
dients and thus indeed it should be tasty. But yet, because of the person who prepared it,
you will not have the desire at all to consume it. This is to say that the meal is good but
you don’t feel like eating it because it is prepared by the leprous, the unclean person. Like-
wise, your good deeds are in fact good. However, you are a sinner and therefore all your
good works are in fact disgusting for God because it is the work of an unclean person.
Therefore, we cannot expect to get favor due to our righteous deeds.
Thinking of having no sin
Human beings are the sons of darkness and therefore do not see themselves as having sins.
One day the scribes and Pharisees brought to Jesus a woman caught in adultery saying
that the woman was caught in the act and according to the law Paul commanded that the
woman be stoned to dead. And they asked Jesus’ opinion. Then Jesus said, “ He who is
without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” (John 8: 7) Then those who
heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the old-
est even to the last.
The scribes and Pharisees did not see their own sin at first. They only saw the sin of the
woman. Therefore they condemned and judged her before Jesus Christ. One can not see
his or her own sin while seeing someone else’s sin. Likewise, friend, are you seeing only the
sin of others while ignoring your own? However, upon hearing the word of the Lord, they
saw their own sin and walked away from the woman without condemning her. Those peo-
ple believed that they were without sin when they brought the woman to Jesus, but when
they walked away from Jesus they saw their own sin. My friend, you will also see your
own sin if you meet Jesus Christ.
Those who practice good behavior
Human being’s belief is that there must be at least one righteous person who practice good
behavior. However, the Bible clearly states that there is none who does good and God from
above looked down to earth to find if there is one who understands, who seek God. All have
gone astray. They have all turned aside. They have together become corrupt. There is none
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who does good, no not one says the Bible. (Ps. 14:2-3)
There may be one who seems to do good with good behavior in the sight of fellow human
being but there is none who does good in the sight of God. It clearly says that there is none,
not one. The reason is because man was born a sinner from the beginning. A sinner is born
to commit sin. So he does the sinful thing all his life.
Born to commit sin
A universal suggestion is that all human being were born righteous but became corrupted
due to the influence of the environment and friends and thus practice sinful thing as when
grow older. One can observe however that every being begets its own kind. For example, a
dog will be born to bark and thus it is not surprise its barking. It is not out of the ordinary
that a duck can swim because it was born to swim. It is not surprising that a cock crows
because it was born to crow. Likewise, man is born to commit sin. Therefore, it is not a sur-
prising that he commits sins as he grows up. He does not need to take a class to carry out
sin. There is no class given on robbing, killing, lying. Every one is capable and know how to
perform these. Everyone is born to be able to carry out these acts.
King David was aware of this and therefore said, “Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin my mother conceived me.” (Ps. 51:5) The sinful nature is not that apparent at
birth but became obvious as one grows older. A tree does not bear fruits when young but
when it grow older. For those who do not understand about the tree already, he could iden-
tify the tree when he sees the fruits. On the contrarily a person with prior knowledge un-
derstand what kind of fruit the tree will produce. Likewise, God knows in advance what
kind person he will be since he has a prior knowledge about men. Therefore, there is no
righteous person in the sight of God. “..for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of
God.”(Rom. 3:23)
Exercises for Chapter 5
1. How can one know about the kind of a tree?____________________________
2. If the tree is good what kind of fruit does the tree produce?________________
3. What is to committed sin if sin is to “kind”? _____________________________
4. Is committing sin makes a man sinner or he commits sins because he is a sinner?
_________________________________________________________________
5. In order that a man may not sin, what will a leopard has to do? _______________
6. What is the righteous deed of a man looks like in the sight of God? ___________
7. Why did the Pharisees see only the sin of the woman? _____________________
8. Is there anyone who practices good deed in the sight of God? ________________
9. Was men born to commit sin or do good thing?___________________________
At what age did man become a sinner? ________________________________
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Lesson 14
Solving Sin by Blood
In Lesson 13 we have learned about the tabernacle. Let us now concentrate on how the
blood solves the problem of sin. God said that the blood solved the problem of sin. How will the
blood solve this?
The One Who Can Blame
We have learned in Lesson Two that the one who blame and judge was the eternal God.
In Psalms 32:2 we read “Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity..”
Therefore only the eternal God have the authority to blame or forgive.
By the Blood
God who can put blame and can forgive demands blood for solving the sin. The Bible
said “For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make
atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.” (Lev 17:11)
Also “..and without the shedding of blood there is no remission.” (Heb 9:22) Therefore forgiving
sin is possible only by the blood.
Blood is the Life of Flesh
Why did God demand blood for remission of sin? Actually the wages of sin is death.
(Rom 6:23) The sinner will die because of his sin. There are no other penalty such as imprison-
ment, fine, hard labor, etc. for sin. The ruling from the court of God for the penalty of sin is
death. Man will die because of sin. It is required to show to God by blood that one has been re-
deemed from sin by blood. The reason being it has been said that the life of flesh is in its blood.
Therefore demanding blood is the same as demanding life.
The Shadow
Eternal God used to demand blood from Israelites for forgiveness of their sin. That was
the shadow. In Leviticus 4:1-12, for the anointed priests, it was not enough to remorse even
when he committed unintentional sin. He needed to bring a young bull without blemish as a
sin offering. He was to bring the bull to the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the Lord,
lay his hand on the bull’s head, and kill the bull before the Lord. Then the anointed priest was
to take the bull blood and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before the Lord, in front of
the veil of the sanctuary, and put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense
before the Lord, which was in the tabernacle of meeting and pour the remaining blood of the
bull at the base of the altar of the burnt offering, which was at the door of the tabernacle of
meeting. He then was to take the fat of the bull as the sin offering. The fat that covers the en-
trails and all the fat which was on the entrails and the two kidneys and the fat that was on the
them by the flanks, and the fatty lobe attached to the liver above the kidneys, he was to re-
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9. The Gold Lampstand (Ex 25:31-40)
It was placed in the south side of the Holy Place. It was made of gold with one lamp
stand with three branches of the lampstand out of one side and three branches of the lamp-
stand out of the other side. The lampstand was lit up night and day. This represented reading
the word of God and enlightenment of the Holy Spirit.
10. The Table of Showbread (Ex 25:23-30)
It was made of acacia wood with gold overlaid and placed in the north side of the Holy
Place. On it were placed twelve loaves of unleavened bread. The bread were replaced with new
one each day y the priests.
11. The Bronze Laver (Ex 30:17-21)
It was placed about midway between the altar and tabernacle. It was used by officiat-
ing priests to wash their hands and feet.
12. Altar of Burnt Offering (Ex 27:1-7)
It was also called altar of incense. It was made of acacia wood with a top, and horns
like the large altar, the whole being covered with gold. It was five cubits in length, five cubits
wide, three cubits height. It was used for scarifying animals. It represented the cross.
13. Congregational Gathering Place
Place where congregation assembled. Congregation was not allowed to enter in to the
tabernacle. They were allowed to stay in front of the tabernacle only where the burnt offering
alter and the bronze laver were located. It was the place where animals were sacrificed to God.
Note: Please memorize the tabernacle and its apparatuses.
Questions from Lesson 13
1. What can solve the problem of sin? ________________________________________________
2. Why do we need to understand about the tabernacle? _______________________________
3. Where is the real tabernacle now? _________________________________________________
4. How is called the inside of tabernacle? _____________________________________________
5. What was placed in the holiest place? ______________________________________________
6. What were placed in the holy place? _______________________________________________
7. What was location of the veil? _____________________________________________________
8. What was the purpose of the Bronze Laver? ________________________________________
9. What did the altar of the burnt offering represented? ________________________________
10. Where were the animal were sacrificed? _____________________________________________
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Lesson 6
Woman’s Roots and Snake’s Roots
We have learned the committed sin in chapter 5. We have learned that it is not possible for
man to perform good behavior at all times. Now let us turn into the subject of our roots,
which everyone tries to defend vigorously. Human beings love their own ancestry. Every-
one thought of their own ancestry being the most superior and thus adores them dearly.
We would defend with our own life if our ancestry were incited. We put heavy emphasis on
marrying our own kind. Therefore, there is a need to know how God looks at this matter.
Enmity
The serpent deceived Adam and Eve to commit sin by consuming the fruit of the tree of
knowledge. Therefore God said to the serpent “Because you have done this, you are cursed
more than all cattle, and more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, and
you shall eat dust all the days of your life. And I will put enmity between you and the
woman, and between your seed and her Seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall
bruise His heel.” (Gen.3:14-15)
According to the above passage, God put an enmity between the seed of the serpent and the
Seed of the woman. The question now is then who is the seed of the serpent and the Seed of
the woman? In order to understand this, we need to understand that there are four differ-
ent causes to become a man.
Four kinds of becoming a man:
There are four different kinds of how become a man. They are:
1. Man from Dust (Gen. 2:7)
The one who become a man from dust was Adam, the federal head of human being. God
created Adam from the dust. Adam did not has parents. His life consisted of the adult life
because God created him as an adult person already. There is no one else created like
Adam was.
2. Becoming a Human being from rib. (Gen. 2:21-22)
Eve became a human being from the rib. God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam and
He took one of his ribs and made into a woman. Eve did not have a child life. She already
was created as a mature woman. There is no one who is created like her any more.
3. Born of Parents
You and I are born of our parents. We grow out of our childhood and became adult. Our
existence is not a result of recreation. It is through the continuation of reproduction.
4. Woman’s Offspring
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There is one who became a man only through a mother but without a father. He is Jesus let thread. And fine woven linen. (Ex 27:16)
Christ. Jesus had a human mother but not a human father. Man supposed that Joseph was
His father. (Lk. 3:23) However, Mary was found with child of the Holy Spirit. (Mt. 1:18-20) 3. Tabernacle
Therefore, we can see that Jesus was born a woman offspring. The tabernacle is built in the back of the inside the court with thirty cubits in length and
ten cubits width.
Serpent’s Offspring:
If Jesus is of a woman lineage then who is the offspring of serpent? Let us look into the 4. The Holiest of the Holy Place (Ex 26:33)
scriptures. The tabernacle was divided into two sections and the inner one is called the Most Holy.
In it was placed the ark of the Testimony where God resided. The Most Holy place is ten cubits
1. John the Baptist said to the Pharisees and Sadducees who came to him for baptism, “ on each side and only the High Priest and the annointed priest can only enter only once a year.
Brood of vipers! Who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?” (Mt.3:7; Lk.3:7)
John did not called them brood of vipers for no reason. He was the one who was sent by 5. The Holy Place (Ex 26:33)
God. He spoke straight to people as God had told him. Man are vipers in the sight of The Holy Place was the outer part of the tabernacle. Its length was twenty cubits and its
God. width was ten cubits. In it were the Altar of Burnt Offering, Gold Lampstand, and the Table for
2. Jesus Christ also said to the Pharisees, “Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, the Showbread. Priests went into this place twice, one in the morning and one in the evening to
speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks”. (Mt. perform burnt offering and cleaning of the lamp.
12:34) Jesus branded the Israelites as vipers. No good things were spoken because they
were the off springs of the serpent. If the Israelites were called the offspring of the vi-
[1] Court of Tabernacle 100 cubits long
pers, there is nothing good about us, the Gentiles, in God’s view.
[6] The Veil to the Holiest Place
Becoming Viper’s Off Springs: [5] The Holy Place
[3] The Tabernacle
[7] The Ark of Covenant
[8] Altar of Incense
[4] The Holiest Place
Adam and Eve were God’s loving children before their fall. However, the minute they fell [9] The Gold Lamp Stand

50 cubits wide
[10] The Table for Showbread
into the serpent’s deceit and rejected God’s word, they became the children of the serpent. [11] The Silver Basin
Every off springs from Adam and Eve became serpent’s off springs automatically. [12] Altar of Burnt Offering overlaid

[2] The Gate

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We find the following serpent’s characteristic in human being:
1. It has poison: Serpent has its poison in the tip of its fangs. Likewise man has poison in
his tongue. The Bible said, “ Their throat is an open tomb: with their tongues they have
practiced deceit; the poison of asps (sting) is under their lips.” (Rom. 3:13) James also
said, “ But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.” (Js.
3:8) Serpent’s poison is in the fang. Man’s poison is in the tongue. Man afflicts others
through the spoken word out of his tongue. It can harm. It can lead to fighting. There-
fore it is clear that man is the off spring of serpent.
2. Double-tongued: Both serpent and man have two-pronged tongue. James said, “ With
(tongue) it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been
made in the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing.
My brethren, these things ought not to be so.” (Js. 3:9-10)
Man has two-pronged tongue like the serpent because he speak both cursing and blessing.
Though he may be praising God, he is blaming fellow human beings. He can speak differ-
ently about others in front of him and in his back. This clearly indicates that man has two-
[13] Congregation Gathering Place
The Tabernacle and inside Apparatuses
6. The Veil (Ex 26:31)
The veil was located between the Holy Place and the Holiest Place. The high priest or
priests had to pass through this veil when entering the Holiest Place .
7. The Ark of Covenant (Ex 25:10-22)
The Ark was made of acacia wood and overlaid with gold. The Ten Commandments writ-
ten on the two tablets were place in the Ark. The cover of the box was called the mercy seat
made of pure gold. On the mercy seat were two cherubim of gold. God resided between the two
angel in the form of cloud. The mercy seat represented God’s temple in Heaven.
8. The Altar of Incense (Ex 30:1-10)
It was made of acacia wood and overlaid with gold. The priests burned sweet incense on

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 Lesson 13
God’s Salvation
In lesson 12, we have learned that man is helpless concerning the sin, the law, getting
the eternal life, and to break away from the Adam lineage. However, what is impossible with
man is possible with God. (Matt 19:23-26) Let us continue our study on how God had solved
the above impossibilities through Jesus Christ.
Criminal Sin
Let us look into how God has solved the criminal sin first. Criminal sin what a person
committed. This committed crime is a sin both in the eyes of God and human beings. Therefore
the criminal sin affects the human mind. When a person committed a criminal sin, it affected
so bad that it brought him to the point where he dares not accept God’s graciousness anymore.
However, he will only be free from the affect of this type of committed sin only through God’s
forgiveness and enjoy the happiness again.
Through the Blood
Criminal sin can be forgiven through the blood. In the Bible we read “For the life of the
flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your
souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.” (Lev 17:11) “And according to the
law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remis-
sion.” (Heb 9:22)
God said the blood is the only thing that can eradicate sin. If so how do the blood do
this? In order to understand the process we need to understand how the Israelite did related to
sin offering. Again we need to understand about the tabernacle in order to understand the sac-
rifice were offered.
The Tabernacle
The real tabernacle is located in Heaven. God showed Moses the real tabernacle while
on Mount Sinai. He told Moses to build the same tabernacle on earth. (Ex 25:9) All sacrifices
are to be performed inside the tabernacle. We can understand how sacrifices are offered in
Heaven by knowing how it is offered in the tabernacle. Therefore it is very important to under-
stand about the sacrifice and tabernacle.
1. The Court of Tabernacle
The sides of the court is covered with fine woven linen having the 100 cubits in length,
50 cubits side, and 5 cubits height. (Ex 27)
2. The Tabernacle Gate
The gate is located on the east side twenty cubits long, woven of blue. Purple, and scar-
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pronged tongue. In John chapter 9, we read that Jesus opened a blind man’s eyes. Then the
Pharisees instructed the man to “give God the glory! We know that this Man (Jesus) is a
sinner.” (Jn.9: 24) The God that Pharisees wanted the man to give glory to in fact was Je-
sus who they said was a sinner. However, it was He that they wanted the man to give glory
to. The Pharisees in fact condemned the Man who they said the man (blind man) should
give the glory to. The Pharisees did not realize that they were speaking in two-pronged
tongue. Like the Pharisees, we do not realize that we are speaking with a two-pronged
tongue.
The Destination of the Serpent’s Off Springs
Jesus Christ said to the brood of vipers, “ Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape
the condemnation of hell?”(Mt. 23:33) This scriptures clearly indicate that the serpent’s
destination is hell.
Questions from Chapter 6
1. Who did men become enmity with?___________________________________
2. Describe fully the various way to become man.__________________________
3. Who is the woman’s off spring? ______________________________________
4. How did John the Baptist describe the Pharisees and Sadducees? ____________
5. Who else branded man that as of serpent’s off spring? ____________________
6. Describe 2 characters of a serpent. ______________________________ ______
7. Where does man’s poison reside? ____________________________________
8. How many sides of tongue do a man have and how can one tell? ___________
________________________________________________________________
9. What does it mean by having two-sided tongue? _________________________
10. What is the destination of the brood of vipers? __________________________
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Children of Satan
In chapter 6, we learned that the off spring of woman is Jesus Christ and the off spring of
vipers are human beings. Let us continue to look into the children of Satan.
The children of God
Adam and Eve were called the children of God at first because they were without sin. In
Luke 3:38 we read that God was the father of Adam. Adam and Ever had a good fellowship
with God because they were God’s children. They also were the rightful heirs of God.
Becoming the children of Satan
Satan deceived Adam and Eve through the serpent. Satan incited them to obey him in
stead to God. Adam and Eve rejected God and listened to Satan.
God’s word was that they do not eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. It
said, “..for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” (Gen.2:17) Contrarily, the
word of the serpent was, “ You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you ear of
it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” (Gen.3:4-5)
The fellowship between God and Adam and Eve was broken because Adam and Eve re-
jected the word of God and listened to Satan. (Gen 3:23-24) Though they were created in
the likeness of God, Adam and Eve began to look like Satan. They also received the curse of
God. Their status instantly became the children of Satan from children of God.
This question also was posed to St. Paul by the jailor. All the doors of the prison were
opened by the power of God when Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God.
Thinking that all prisoners had been escaped the keeper of the prison drew his sword and was
about to kill himself but Paul told him with a loud voice that all the prisoners were still there.
And the jailer fell down trembling before Paul and Silas and asked “Sirs, what must I do to be
saved?” (Acts 16:25-30)
This question usually is asked when one is cornered with problem and couldn’t do any-
thing else to do to escape. Friend ! Have you asked this question? Or, do you think you need to
ask this question?
Questions from Lesson 12
1. Can man live without sinning? ___________________________________________________
2. What would an Ethiopian needs to do if a man would not sin again? __________________
3. Can man repay the death that is the result of sin? __________________________________
4. Is there clean blood to cleanse the sin of man? _____________________________________
5. Can the doing of good thing take care of the sin problem? ____________________________
6. The only result of following the law is” _____________________________________________
7. How will a man do to be born again? ________________________________________________
8. Is eternal life possible without Jesus Christ? ________________________________________
9. How can man break the relationship with Satan and Adam? _________________________
10. How did the jailer ask the question? _______________________________________________

This Satan
All Israelites thought of themselves as the children of God. Therefore, Jesus Christ said to
them during their argument that “You are your father the devil, and the desires of your
father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the
truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own re-
sources, for he is a liar and the father of it.” (Jn. 8:44)

If the chosen people were the children of Satan then what can one say about the Gentiles.
No further discussion is needed. We are the children of Satan. John also said, “ We know
that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.” (1 Jn. 5:19)

Not Born as Children of God

Everyone loves their birthdays. Most celebrate their birthday. But man was born as a child
of Satan, not a child of God. Therefore, the birth day actually is not precious but is of no
value. The Bible said, “ But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become
children of God, to those who believe in His name.” (Jn. 1:12) One has the opportunity to
become the child of God only when receive the Man, Jesus Christ. So, then what was one’s

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he will keep it. There are, in fact, not many people who actually try to keep the whole law.
Moreover, curse and death are the end results because no one can keep the law (Gal 3:10; Rom
7:11). Therefore man cannot do anything with the law.
Concerning Born-again
Every human being were born as the children of Adam. The physical birth out of the
mother can be called first birth. This birth is not by choice to start with. Moreover Jesus Christ
said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of
God.” (John 3:3) Some do not only came to this world but they never see this world those who
were not born the first time. Likewise, those who have not been born again the second time
will not inherit nor see God’s kingdom.
Jesus Christ said that one must be born again of the water and spirit. How will that
be? Will that through the baptism? If it is through the water baptism then all who have been
baptized with the water will get to the kingdom of God. However, not all who baptized with
water will not get there. How will one be born again spiritually? Don’t know what to say about
that now. So, there is nothing man can do regarding the born again.
Concerning the Eternal Life
Man has tried to get eternal life through various means, such as, behaving, offering,
keeping the law, and being religious, etc. But the eternal life is not in them. God placed the
eternal in Jesus Christ. Therefore only those who have Son of God will have the eternal life (1
John 5:11,12) If so how will one get the eternal life without Jesus Christ? Man does not know
what to do.
Concerning Satan
Human beings are children of Satan. Jesus Christ said, “You are of your father the
devil, and the desires of your father you want to do.” (John 8:44) How will the contact with Sa-
tan the father be broken? Man does not know what to do.
Concerning Adam
All came from Adam. Therefore all are condemned and curse as Adam. Therefore eve-
ryone has sin starting from birth. Therefore the contact with Adam must be broken. What will
one do to break this contact? Not impossible by man.
So How Do You Do It?
This question should be raised by everyone. Those who did not raise this question do
not understand their own status. It is not a problem for them. Therefore, they don’t know that
they should be afraid and so they do not look for the exit. They will corrupt in their sin. This
question was poised to the apostles by the Jewish. (Acts 2:37) To the Jewish people, they be-
lieve that they were zealous for God and lived according to the commandment of God. They so
zealous for God that they thought of Jesus as the leader who strayed. However when they real-
ized what they did wrong and that there was nothing they could do about the salvation and
forgiveness they came to the apostles and ask what and how should they do?
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status before he received Christ? Whose child was he? One must be the child of Satan. Can
you accept that you are the child of Satan?
Satan, the Step Father
The one who is not the biological father is called the step father. Satan is everyone’s father.
However, Satan was not the one who create man. God create man. However, the Satan was
addressed as father, who is not the real father, Satan is the stepfather of mankind. You
should know who your stepfather is by now. Generally speaking, a stepfather is not usually
kind to his wife and the adopted children. Like manner, Satan is not kind to the mankind.
Stepfather can be fearful and so is Satan. Stepfather can be cruel and so is Satan.
The Characteristics of Satan’s Children
The human beings show the following nature as children of Satan:
1. Murder
Jesus said that Satan is a murderer since time beginning. (Jn. 8:44) Satan killed not
only the spiritual life of Adam and Eve he also killed Abel. (Gen. 4:8) Likewise man kills
each other’s spiritual and physical life like the Satan.
2. Enemy of God.
Satan at in the beginning was an angel. But he revolted against God because he wanted
to become God himself and therefore he was judged. He name was changed to mean the
enemy of God. (Jer. 28:12-17; Is. 15:12-15)
Likewise, man is an enemy of God. We don’t see the same thing as God sees. Our desire
is always against the will of God. Therefore, Jesus died on the cross in order to make
reconciliation. (2 Cor. 5:18)
3. Absence of Truth or Loyalty
Satan does not have truth or loyalty. (Jn. 8:44) Truth resides with God only. Likewise
human being do not have truth. When it comes to “truth” man do not understand about
it nor does not want to have it.
4. Living in Lies
Satan is wandering in lies and also is the father of it (John 8:44). Likewise, man is wan-
dering in lies and loves lies. Man does not need to be taught how to lie but yet he cannot
understand the truth. It is obvious that man is the son of Satan because he loves to lie.
Friend, have you ever lie? If you ever did, then it is obvious that you are the child of Sa-
tan.
5. The Love of the World
God gave Adam the authority to dominate the newly created world in the beginning
(Gen. 1:28). However Adam delivered the authority to Satan (Luke 4:6). Therefore, Satan
rules the world (John 14:30). Man dearly loves this world, which is ruled by the Satan. It
is so because man is the child of Satan and he simply loves his father’s (the Satan) king-
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6. Committing Crimes
Satan commits crime from the beginning, “ He who sins is the devil, for the devil has sinned
from the beginning) (1 John 3:8). There is none who does not commit sin in this world. This
indicates that man is related to the Satan.
The Ending for Satan.
Satan is the enemy of God. Therefore, God creates hell for the Satan. “…´Depart from Me, you
cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared fro the devil and his angels.’” (Matt. 25:41). In the
last days, the Bible says “The devil, who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brim-
stone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night for-
ever and ever” (Rev. 20:10). According to this verse, the last or ending phase of Satan is in the
lake of fire and brimstone.
Questions for Chapter 7
1. When Adam and Eve were first created, whose children were they?
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2. Whose children they became the minute Adam and Eve listened to Satan?
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3. Whose children did God say the Israelites were?
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4. Whose children were men at birth?
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5. Who is men’s step-father including you?
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6. Because men are Satan’s children, whose enemy have they become?
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7. Since men cannot understand the truth, who do you think men belongs to?
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8. Friend, have you ever lie?
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9. Those who love the world whose children are they?
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10. What is the final destination of Satan?
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Lesson 12
Man Cannot Do It
In all previous lessons, we found that man’s condition so bad and hopeless. Man’s char-
acter is only not good but he cannot also behave well at all. Therefore there is nothing man can
do about it in order to get rid of his sin, to be righteous, and to get to the heavenly kingdom. Let
us now turn to these areas.
Concerning the Sin
Man cannot do anything to be free from sin. The Bible said “Can the Ethiopian change
his skin or the leopard its spots? Then may you also do good who are accustomed to do evil.” (Jer
13:23) Man cannot live without sinning. Only if it is possible for the Ethiopian change his skin or
the leopard change its spot then man might be able to stop sinning.
Concerning the Consequence of Sin
The Bible says the wages of sin is death (Rom 6:23). How will man obtain eternal life if
death is the wages for his sin? Man will go to hell if he die because of his sin. Therefore man can-
not redeem for the wages of sin.
Concerning the Cleansing of the Sin
Man usually feel sorry for his sin and vow to not commit sin again. But he cannot stay
for long before he sins again. Moreover, he cannot do anything about the sin that had been com-
mitted before. The Bible says “ For the life of the flesh is in the blood..” (Lev 17:11) “And accord-
ing to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is
no remission.” (Heb 9:22) Man does not need to shed his own blood to purify from his sin. Ani-
mal’s blood is not acceptable to God either. Man’s own blood is not acceptable because it is the
blood of a sinful man. Therefore man cannot do anything to be free from sin.
Concerning Doing Good
Man tends to rely on doing good to get God’s favor. Tithing, offering, helping the needy
and poor, active in religious activities are some that man thinks will gain God’s favor and thus
free from sin. However, the Bible said “ But we are like an unclean thing, and all our righteous-
nesses are like filthy rags.” (Is 64:6) All good deeds of man may look good before fellow human
being but not before God. Not only that good deed do not solve the sin problem. For example, a
murderer cannot be absolved from his crime regardless of how good his deed are. He will have to
pay for the crime he committed.
Concerning the Law
Man thinks that he will be free from sin and also inherit eternal life by following the
commandments from the law. However the Bible said “ For whoever keep the whole law, and yet
stumbled in one point, he is guilty of all.” (James 2:10) Man cannot keep all the law. He only say
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4. Is there anyone who can follow the commandments?
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5. Does the law make a man righteous?
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6. What is the consequence of not able to follow the law?
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7. Does the law let man to die or live?
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8. What did the law let the man know?
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9. Where did the law send us to?
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10. Friend! Have you tried to follow the law before?
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Chapter 8
Animal & Worm
We have learnt in Chapter 7 that human beings are the children of Satan. As children of
Satan human beings behave like Satan. Like Satan, the ending for human beings is heading to
the everlasting fire. We will now turn our attention to the fact that human beings are like ani-
mal and worm in the eye of God.
Being Animal
In the sight of Holy God human beings amount to nothing though human being think highly of
themselves. In lesson 3, we learnt that human being is made up of body, mind, and spirit. All
these components must work in order for God to think of human being as man and woman.
However, a person would be an animal if only body and mind are working in this person’s life.
Therefore, the writer of Proverbs says, “ Surely I am more stupid than any man. And do not
have the understanding of a man” (Prob. 30:2).
Being a Dog
Dog eats its own vomit. “A dog returns to his own vomit.” (1 Pet. 2:22) Like dog, human being
commits the sinful acts.
Being a Swine
Pig also returns to the mud after cleaning. “..a sow (female hog), having washed, to her wallow-
ing in the mire.”(2 Pet. 2:22) Like a hog that like the mud, human beings get pleasure in living
in bad habit. We came to it after we said we have got rid of them. Therefore, human being is
like a hog.
The Similarities between human being and animal
1. Headed to destruction
“For he sees wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless person perish, and leave their
wealth to others.”(Ps. 49.10) Animal dies and perishes; likewise, men die and perish.
2. Similar Thinking
Men tend to think themselves of being smart but they are like animal to God. Animal thinks
constantly to eat; likewise, men think the same, eating. Animal look after only its own gain;
likewise, men think for their own only.
3. Not Worship God
Animals do not worship. They do not pray when they eat. They do not know their creator. Like-
wise, men do not know who their creator is. They do not give thank nor do they worship the
living God.
Although God blessed King Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, he exalted highly of himself
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and thus God made him behave like an animal. He lived with the beasts for seven years and
ate grass like oxen. At the end of seven years, his senses came back and praise God and he was
given back the honor and the splendor. (Dan. 4:28-37) The reason God made him like this is to
show that men are like animals and that he is a real human being only when he worships God.
Being a Worm
Not only men are like animals but they are also like worm to God according to the Scriptures.
“How then can man be righteous before God? Or how can he be pure who is born of a woman?
If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight, how much less man,
who is a maggot, and a son on man, who is a worm?” (Job 25:4-6)
Earth Worm
Man is an earthworm in the sight of God. The similarities between man and earthworm:
1. Earthworm is dreadful; likewise, man is also dreadful before God. Friend, would you
accept the sacrifice of an earthworm with its life? Likewise, the sacrifice of a dreadful man is
not acceptable by the Holy God.
2. Love of Soil
Earthworm’s life depends on consuming the dirt; likewise, men also love earthly things more
than heavenly thing.
3. Only Dirt Inside
There is only dirt inside the earthworm; likewise, man’s mind is full of things related to
earthly materials.
4. Live Inside Dirt
Earthworm lives inside the dirt; likewise, man lives in the mist of earthly things.
5. Can’t Defeat Anyone
Earthworm cannot beat anyone; likewise, man cannot defeat Satan, sin, sickness, and death.
Maggot
The similarities between maggot and man:
1. Maggot is dreadful and so is man
2. Maggot loves stinking thing; likewise, man loves to live in sin and spreading unpleas-
ant news.
3. Maggot lives in stench; likewise, man lives comfortably in the mist of crime and do not
want to live according to the law of God.
4. Maggot is full of awful thing inside; likewise, man’s mind is full of awful things.
Therefore, friend, if you are a tall person, then you are only a very long earthworm and long
maggot. If you are of heavy or fat person, you are a fat earthworm and a fat maggot. If you are
a skinny person, you are just a skinny earthworm and a skinner maggot. Earthworm and mag-
got are not useful for human beings; likewise, man is not useful for God. Nevertheless, man
does not know his true status, therefore, he submit his best sacrifice to God in order to get
God’s favor.
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Will be Cursed
Those who do not understand the Law clearly tends to push heavily for the need to fol-
low the commandment of the Law. However, they do not understand that the Law is making
man cursed. The Bible said, “For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one
point, he is guilty of all.” (James 2:10) Moreover, “ For as many as are the works of the law are
under the curse; for it is written, “Curse is everyone who does not continue in all things which
are written in the book of the law, to do them.”” (Gal 3:10) These verses plainly say that every
commandment of the law is to be observed everyday when one tries to keep the law. However,
the fact is that this is not possible. Therefore anyone who tries to keep the law is cursed.
Kill Man
Everyone thinks that the law saves the person’s life. However, the law instead kill man
when tried to follow. The apostle Paul said, “ But sin, taking opportunity by the command-
ment, produced in me all manner of evil desire For apart from the law sin was dead. I was
alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died. And the
commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me.” (Rom 7:8-11) The meaning is because of the
law sin is alive but it kills me. Therefore the law is not saving any life but kills instead.
To Understand Sin
How then why did God gave the law if the law did not bring to righteousness but to
death and curse. The reason is because man cannot comprehend his own sin. He perceives of
himself as basically good without sin. Therefore the law is given to reveal the sin of man. In
the Bible, “ Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the
law is the knowledge of sin.” (Rom 3:20) Moreover “What shall we say then? Is the law sin?
Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I
would not have known covetousness unless the law had said. “You shall not covet””. (Rom 7:7)
Therefore the function of the law is to reveal sin of man’s life.
Sent to Jesus Christ
The law itself cannot provide righteousness. It will result in death and curse if one de-
pends on it. However, the law sends man to Jesus Christ for righteousness. In the Bible
“Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified.” (Gal 3:24)
Therefore the law is helps to bring man to righteousness by faith in Jesus Christ. But depend-
ent on law only will lead to death.
Questions from lesson 11
1. Describe the books of law.
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2. To whom was the law given?
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 Lesson 11 Questions on Chapter 8
The Law 1. Is it the trait of a man or an animal, if only body and mind are working in a person’s
life?
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Man believes that observing all the Laws will help him return to God. He believes that
2. What is the habit of man just kike a dog eats its own vomit?
he need to obey the Laws in order to get to Heaven. This belief came from not understanding the
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accomplishment of the Law. There are 5 books of Laws. These are: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,
3. Like hog likes to play in mud, what does man like to do?
Numbers, and Deuteronomy. There are sixhundredthirteen (613) commandments in the Book of
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Laws.
4. Who thinking is like man’s thinking?
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Three Sections
5. Do animal worship God?
The Law can be divided into three sections:
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1. Ceremonial Law
6. Who did Nebuchadnezzar praised in order that he behave like a man again?
2. Civil Law, and
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3. Moral Law
7. What is the thing that earthworm and man both like?
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Given to the Israelite
8. Like only dirt can be found inside earthworm, what can be found inside man’s mind?
The Laws were given to the Israelite by God. The Scriptures said “ ..The LORD is ou
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Lawgiver” (Isaiah 33:22) St. James also said, “ There is one Lawgiver.” (James 4:12) That one is
9. Maggot are awful, who else also is awful?
the eternal God.
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God gave the Laws only to the Israelite. However, today everyone (Gentiles) think the
10. Friend, do you admit that you are but an earthworm and maggot?
Laws were given to all. The Bible said “..for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature
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do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves.” (Rom.
2:14) The Gentiles tried to follow the laws. St. Paul also wrote that the laws do not apply to the
Gentiles or other people (non Israelite) as follows, “ ..that at that time you were without Christ,
being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, hav-
ing no hope and without God in the world.” (Eph. 2:12) Therefore the laws do not apply to the
Gentiles but only the Israelite.

Can’t Follow
Man says to follow the laws but he can’t. Jesus Christ said “Did not Moses give you the
law, yet none of you keeps the law?” (John 7:19) St. Paul also quoted the Old Testament saying “
They have all turned aside; they have together become unprofitable; there is none who does
good, no, not one.” (Rom 3:12) Therefore there is no one who can follow the laws.

Can’t be righteous
The following passages tell us that it is impossible to become righteous through the fol-
lowing of laws:
“Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the
knowledge of sin.” (Rom 3:20) “..knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but
by faith in Jesus Christ.” (Gal 2:16) “I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness
comes through the law, then Christ died in vain.” (Gal 2:21)

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 Lesson 9
Forehead of the Prostitute
We have learned in Lesson 8 about human beings are just animal and bugs in the sight of God.
We now will learn that men have the forehead of a prostitute in the sight of God.
To love only God:
God told Israelite to love Him only. In Deuteronomy 6:5 God said, “ You shall love the LORD
your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.” Loving with all
your soul mean when you love someone you cannot love somebody else at the same time. If a
man loves his wife with all his soul then he cannot love nor have interested in someone else.
Likewise, God wanted Israelite to Him with all their soul without reservation.
The wife of God
Friend, you might want to ask in surprise whether God has a wife or not. But Israel and Judah
are the wives of God. In Isaiah 54:5 we read “ For your Maker is your husband, The LORD of
hosts is His name;..” Also in Hosea 2:16 we read “And it shall be, in that day that you will call
Me ‘My Husband’ and no longer call Me ‘My Master’”. In Jeremiah 3:20 we read “ Surely, as
wife treacherously departs from her husband, so have you dealt treacherously with Me, O
house of Israel.” Therefore, we can know that Israel is the wife of God.
Man usually tries to change the mind for the good. He also think he can change that. But
God said this will only possible only when He replaces the stone of heart with the flesh. This is
only possible with God. Man cannot do it. Friend do you agree for God to change your heart?
Spirit
God created animal without spirit. But he provided spirit to man at creation. The reason
for this is that man with the spirit can worship God. Every creation with spirit is obligated to
worship God. Angels worship God because they have spirit. Therefore every human being need
to worship God because he has spirit. So, if a person who has spirit does not worship God then
he is an animal. Friend, what are you? An animal or human being?
Dead Spiritually
Adam and Eve could fellowship with God initially. They were connected with God spiri-
tually. But the connection became disconnected when they committed sin. And became dead
spiritually because spirit of God and man had no connection anymore. Spiritual death is not the
same as bodily death. There is no sense of feeling when died bodily. Not so with spiritual death.
Spirit still has feeling. If there were none, then there is no need of suffering in hell. Spiritual
death is the separation with God and cannot understand the will of God anymore.
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Loves the Spouse

God loves the Israelite, His spouse very much. In Isaiah 54:10 we read “ For the mountains
shall depart and the hills be removed, but My kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My
covenant of peace be removed.” Also in Deuteronomy 7:7 we read “ The Lord did not set His
love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you
were the least of all peoples. But because the Lord loves you, and because He would keep the
oath which He swore to your fathers…” Also in Deuteronomy 23:5 we read “..the Lord your God
would not listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you,
because the LORD your God loves you.”

Israelite Became Prostitute

God loved the Israelite very much. Therefore, He blessed them by bringing them out of the
bondage of Egypt to the place where milk and honey were flowing. He also wanted Israel to
love Him without reservation as He loved them. However, Israelite loved statute or image
more than God. They worshipped the images.
To God, worshipping image is the same as prostituting. That is because images is loved
more than God. Therefore, in Jeremiah 3:1-3 God said ““They say, ’If a man divorces his wife,
and she goes from him and becomes another man’s, may he return to her again?’ Would not
that land be greatly polluted? But you have played the harlot with many lovers; yet return to
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Sin originated from Lucifer’s mind.
Infected man’s mind
Adam and Eve’s mind were in perfect condition. But Satan lied to them saying that if
they ate the fruit of knowledge of good and evil they would be like God. Adam and Eve wanted
to become like God in their mind. Therefore they are the fruit. Their mind became crooked
right away. All of their descendants born into this world with crooked mind.
Crooked all the time
“Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every
intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” (Gen. 6:5) Why did God see that
way? Is God in the fault finding business? We need to give an example in order to understand
this. Insurgents are always bad in the eye of government. The good insurgent and bad insur-
gent are the same for the government. It is not because they have bad character but because
they would not subject themselves to the governing by the government and therefore they be-
came the enemies of the government. In the same line, man would not be subjected themselves
to God’s governing but want to live on his own term. Man become enemies of God because they
endorsed Satan instead. The only way for the insurgent is to surrender in order for the govern-
ment to accept them in the legal fold. Likewise, man needs to surrender in order that God will
regards him as good. Trying to be good on one’s own term will not become acceptable for God
since he is the enemy of God.
Corrupted
The mind or heart is more deceitful than anything else. “It is desperately wicked; who
can know it?” (Jer. 17:9) In God’s view, the heart is very cunning. It is deceitful and there is no
good thing about it. A ruined thing is not useful anymore. All it deserved is thrown away. Like-
wise, a wrecked mind is beyond repair. All it deserved is thrown away.
Produce only awful things
“Their throat is an open tomb” (Rm. 3:13) If opened, only stench will come out. Like-
wise the throat is the gateway of the mind and therefore only bad things are coming out of the
throat.
Jesus Christ said, “ But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the
heart, and they defile a man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries,
fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.” (Mat. 15:18,19)
All sins are carried out the physical body but the perpetrator is the mind. It the mind is
sound all members of the body will also carry out only good actions. Therefore God said, “I, the
Lord, search the heart, I test the mind.” (Jer. 11:20; 17:10; Ps. 7:9; 1 Sam. 16:7) God found
man’s heart totally corrupted when He tested the heart.
Hard like stone
“I will give a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone
out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” (Ez. 36:26)
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with men? By the road you have sat for them like an Arabian in the wilderness; and you have
polluted the land with your harlotries and your wickedness. Therefore the showers have been
withheld. And there has been no latter rain. You have had a harlot’s forehead; You refuse to be
ashamed.””
The person who divorced the husband was meant Israelite. The first husband was God.
Another man’s wife meant that Israelite divorced God and sinned with Images and thus these
Images became the other man. Many lovers of Israelite were these idols or images. The high
places meant the top of the mountains. They placed their idols on these mountains and wor-
shipped them. God punished the Israelite with drought but yet they did not take the lesson but
continued worshipping these idols. Therefore in God eyes they were prostitutes. Their forehead
also resembled the harlot’s forehead.
Forced to take prostitute as wife
Because Israelite were prostituting, God told prophet Hosea “ Go take yourself a wife of
harlotry and children of harlotry. For the land has committed great harlotry by departing from
the Lord.” So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore
him a son. (Hosea 1:2-3)
Hosea was the prophet of God. Those who serve the Lord are to pure. He should not
take a prostitute. Today, will you be able to accept a preacher who took a prostitute? Will you
be able to able accept his preaching? However, because God was so furious, He let Hosea took a
prostitute. Israelites were also prostitutes like Gomer, Diblaim’s daughter.
Divorced Husband
Israelite got rid of God. Therefore they were referred a wife who divorced her husband.
(Jer. 3:1) Israelite did not come although God called them. Therefore the Israelite kingdom was
torn into two during the reign of King Rehoboam, son of Solomon. The northern kingdom was
called Israel and the southern Judah. Then God called Israel an older sister and Judah, a
young sister. In Jeremiah 3:6-10, we read “Have you seen what backsliding Israel has done?
She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree and there played harlot.”
And I said, after she had done all these things, ‘Return to Me.’ But she did not return. And her
treacherous sister Judah saw it. Then I saw that for all the causes for which backsliding Israel
had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce; yet her
treacherous sister Judah did not fear, but went and played the harlot also. So, it came to pass.
Through her casual harlotry, that she defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and
trees. And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to Me with her whole
heart, but in pretense,” says the LORD.””
The Punishment
God punished Israel using several methods through several years but Israel never re-
gretted. Instead they worshipped idols as gods continually. Therefore, at the end God sent Is-
rael under the captivity of Assyrian (2 Kings 17) and Judah under Babylon (2 Kings 24,25).
Since then, they can not live peaceably under their own king but under various cruel rulings
event to today. Even though God loved Israelite very much, but because they forsook their God
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and worshipped idols, their lives was full of horrific experiences even in their dreams throughout
their history.
For Us
According to the New Testament, believers are the wife of Jesus Christ. Nevertheless,
like the Israelite, we too have sinned against God. Though we are to love our God with all our
heart (Matt. 22:37,38; Mk. 12:30,31) we cannot love Him. We love the world more than we love
God. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. (1 Jn. 2:15) Therefore we
have prostituting ourselves with the things that we love. We have become covetous man. (Eph.
5:5) Our belly has become our God. (Phi. 3:19) Therefore like the Israelite, we have become the
harlots. Don’t we also have the harlot’s forehead ?
“….whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame-
who set their mind on earthly things.” (Phi. 3:19)
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Lesson 10
Body, Mind, Spirit
God created man to be consist of body, mind, and spirit (1 The. 5:23) At the time of
creation, all three parts were perfect. Spirit has connection with God and the mind also was in
good condition. The body also in perfect condition and was not destined to death. God looked at
all His creations and found they were very good. (Gen. 1:31) Man was one of the good things
God saw among His creations. (Gen. 1:28)
Corruption
However, when man committed sin, his body, mind, and spirit became corrupted.
The Body
In man’s view he thinks his body is good, beautiful, and healthy. However, in God’s
view man’s status is “ .. The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faints, from the sole of the
foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it. But wounds and bruises and putrefying
sores..” (Isaiah 1:5,6)
God disciplined Israelite many times but they never understood nor learned. Punish-
ments did not affect them. They never remorse. Their bodies were full of inflictions and
bruises. In God’s eyes, they were not healthy. Likewise, we are not healthy in God’s eyes. We
are living in a body that can become sick at any moment.
Again “There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your anger; nor any health in my
bones because of my sin. For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden they
are too heavy for me. My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness. I am trou-
bled, I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. For my loins are full of inflam-
mation, and there is no soundness in my flesh. I am feeble and severely broken; I groan be-
cause of the turmoil of my heart.” (Ps. 38:3-8)
The reason there is no soundness in our flesh is because of God’s anger falls on us and
also because of our foolishness. This is how God sees of us. That was how the Psalmist felt
about his state of health in God’s view.
Mind
Man usually thought himself of having a sound mind. He thinks he can control his
mind. He would boast about having a sound and mind and how he is not like others. Neverthe-
less, the Scriptures clearly tells us that our mind is totally corrupted.
Sin originates from Mind
God created Lucifer, the angel, with a sound mind. He also praised him greatly.
(Ez.28:12-17) But Lucifer wanted to become God in his mind. (Isaiah 14:12-15) Therefore God
destroyed him and thus become Satan, God’s enemy. Lucifer corrupted starting with the mind.
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