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Adventistische Schriften über: "Was perfect obedience the condition for Adam's redemption?"
Answer
The provided quotations show an important distinction: before the fall, perfect and continual obedience was the condition for eternal happiness and access to the tree of life. After Adam's sin and fall, he could no longer fulfill this condition.
Therefore, for Adam's redemption after the fall a different basis applied: through repentance and faith in Christ, who offered his life as atonement, Adam could become a child of God again. The condition for redemption was thus not his own perfect obedience— which he could no longer perform — but faith in the Redeemer.
The original condition before the fall
»Obedience, perfect and continual, was the condition for eternal happiness. Under this condition he should have access to the tree of life.«
The salvation plan after the fall
»Adam and his companion were assured that despite their great sin they would not be handed over to the rule of Satan. The Son of God had offered to atone for their transgression with his own life. A period of probation would be granted to them, and through repentance and faith in Christ they could become children of God again.«
The difference between before and after the fall
»It was possible for Adam, before the fall, to form a righteous character through obedience to God's law. But he failed in that, and because of his sin our nature has fallen and we cannot make ourselves righteous. Since we are sinful and unholy, we cannot perfectly obey the holy law.«
- Adam repentance and faith for redemption
- Condition for eternal life paradise
- Christ's righteousness instead of one's own obedience
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