During a discussion today in Sunday school, a friend of mine said that the original sin in the Garden was pre-meditate murder on the part of satan. I've certainly had many thoughts about what Adam and Eve did in the Garden and the resulting devastation, but I must admit I never thought of it in terms of pre-meditated murder. But what an apt description.
What the enemy did was bring death upon the prize of God's creation. In John 8:44, Jesus himself calls him a murderer from the beginning. John 10:10 reminds us again that he comes to kill, steal and destroy. Because of his own banishment from the presence of God, the enemy knows that sin separates us from the Lord's presence as well; resulting in spiritual death.
Yet while satan is guilty of pre-meditated murder, we have a Savior who gives us pre-meditated salvation. The Word of God became flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:14) so that all who received Him would become children of God (v. 12) and see the Kingdom of God (John 3:3).
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