From The Crucible (by Pastor Linda Pugsley)

If anyone hasn’t noticed…we’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto! And that meaning…we are out of the Garden of Eden! The disobedience of Adam and Eve meant that they, and all of us, were plunged into sin and corruption…far from the delight of the Garden of Eden. Among other things, innocence was lost, the pain endured in childbirth was increased, and the ground as well as our own bodies were cursed, making it harder to even make a living—but the ultimate loss was the separation of man from God.

This separation means corruption entered into the human existence. It is like a computer virus—it corrupts everything. The only remedy is to clean it out and run a new program. That new program is Jesus. Death came with Adam, but life with Jesus Christ. Thank you, Lord! Take Him at His word…come back to Him and enter into everlasting life. Endure the fire…it’s producing pure gold!

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