HOW COULD A PERFECT MAN, CREATED IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD, COMMIT SUCH A CRIME?
In my opinion, that is a fair, honest, and reasonable question. I have asked it many, many times, when contemplating the sin and fall of Adam. How could a man, so wise, so knowledgeable, so holy, just, and good, a man created in the very image and likeness of God commit such a violent, treasonous act as this? A. The Lord God did not cause Adam to sin. It seems abhorrent that I should have to even make such a statement as that. But those who despise our God and the gospel of his grace, despising the fact of his absolute sovereignty in all things falsely accuse us of making God the author of sin. Nothing could be further from the truth. God did not make Adam sin. He forbade it. He resented it. He was displeased with it to the highest degree. James declares, “God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man.” However, the sin and fall of Adam did not take God almighty by surprise! Considering this matter with reverence and sobriety, as we read the Word of God, certain things s
