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Lesson 3 · July 20, 1907

God's Covenant Broken

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Questions

  1. 1.What is the penalty for the violation of God's covenant? . Note 1.
  2. 2.What did Adam bring into the world by his disobedience? .
  3. 3.What then must Adam have transgressed? See , margin.
  4. 4.In what form is God's covenant expressed to his creatures in sin? . Note 2.
  5. 5.How is it expressed affirmatively? .
  6. 6.If we violate one precept, of what are we guilty? .
  7. 7.When Adam and Eve broke God's covenant, did they violate the Ten Commandments? ; .
  8. 8.With which one did their transgression begin? ; , last part.
  9. 9.Show how Adam's transgression directly violated different precepts of the law. See ; , and other scriptures.
  10. 10.How did the angels likewise violate God's covenant? Compare and . Note 3.
  11. 11.Into what condition did the violation of God's covenant bring both men and angels? ; . Note 4.

Notes

1. We have found the condition of the covenant between God and His creatures to be "Obey and live," and that God has given all, both angels and men, the absolute power of choice. But this plan involved the idea of ultimate perfect harmony. That under the power of choice this condition could only be brought about by the destruction of those who are persistent, incorrigible, wrong choosers. Hence, death must be the penalty for, and consequence of, sin.

2. Law may be expressed in two forms, affirmative and negative. Affirmatively, it points out the right, is obligatory, and shows the path of duty. Negatively, it points out the sin, and is prohibitory, and shows the forbidden path.

3. Satan coveted power and position. He exalted himself above God. Those who followed him and fell with him placed him above God in their minds. Hence, all fallen angels violated God's covenant in the same way Adam did.

4. By those acts of sin both angels and man lost eternal life and were shut up under condemnation to death.

Bible texts in this lesson

Deuteronomy 30:19 · Romans 5:12 · Hosea 6:7 · Deuteronomy 4:12 · Deuteronomy 4:13 · Matthew 22:36-40 · James 2:10 · 1 John 3:4 · Genesis 3:6 · Romans 7:7 · Colossians 3:5 · Exodus 20:15 · Isaiah 14:13 · Isaiah 14:14 · Genesis 3:4 · Genesis 3:5 · 1 John 3:15 · 2 Peter 2:4 · 2 Peter 2:9

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