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Just as our spirit and dependence are united,

so our soul and independence are united. As

originally created by God, man was of no

use to Satan. For man to be useful to him,

Satan must have proud men, independent

men. And if man comes to live by his soul,

his attitude will become one of arrogance.

Hence why, selfishness is the mother of all

sin. It is the spirit that comprehends all

sin.

Yes, selfishness took the place of love. Man

became infected with sin. All of his faculties

which before the fall were exercised to

gratify and glorify God, were governed by

love; but after the fall, are governed by

selfishness-now exercised to gratify and

glorify self. There is a fundamental moral

derangement. He has “a bent towards evil” {2

MR 269.1}, a propensity to self-gratification

and self-glorification. Yes, man is infected

with sin! Not only is man infected by sin;

man is also affected by sin. Sin caused him to