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and eternal deaths are the eternal separation of man's spirit, soul, and body from the living God. Etemal death is also called second death (Matthew 10:28; Revelation 21:8).
All the generations of Adam and Eve are under a death penalty if they do not put off their sinful nature (Colossians 2:11-13) and put on the new man Christ, the eternal life (Galatians 3:27). As the Psalmist has declared in Psalms 14, every Adamic creature is an inheritor of sin and its results: "There
is none righteous no, not one...there is none that doeth good, no, not one...The way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes." (See also Romans 3:9-12,17). "All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laidon him the iniquity of us all" (Isaiah 53:6). This verse shows that God is love
and full of mercy.
Adam rejected eating the tree of life which would have kept his nature living and sinless; instead, he chose to be disobedient and partake of the for biddentree. Hissinhaddrasticandfar-reachingconsequencesuponallhis offspring (Romans 5:12-19; 1Corinthians 15:22; Ephesians 2:1-3; ^nesis 3).
Consequently, the whole world is lost for eternity and is under condemna tion and the curse of God. The Bible declares that, "... the wages of sin is death..." (Romans 6:23; 3:23-24; Romans 5:12; Proverbs 21:16). All mankind has no life without the gift of God, Christ (John 6:53; Romans 3:23; Romans
8:1-3; John 3:3-5,16-18,36; Galatians 3:10-29; Ephesians 2:1-10; Ephesians 1:4- 12). Thosewhodonotexperiencethewashingofregenerationandrenew ing of the Holy Spirit are held captive by their inherited and active sin, and by the master of death, the devil (Titus 3:4-8; John 8:31-36; Ephesians 2:1-3; Hebrews 2:14-15).
Human nature is under a bond, bound to eternal ruin, and will sink to the lowest hell. All human natures are guilty and under the control of sin, enslaved to it morally, spiritually, and physically (Romans 3:9-23; Ephesians
4:18; I Corinthians 2:14; Romans 7:18; Genesis 6:5; 11 Corinthians 7:1). Paul teaches us that although man has a fallen nature, he has not lost conscience to all moral qualities. In fact, man has the desire to do good, but he does not know how to do good (Romans 7:18). The rich young man had a thirst for
eternal life, but the power of sin and love of this world kept him from fol lowing Jesus Christ (Mark 10:17-22). The accusers of the woman caught in the act of adultery were convicted by their conscience when Jesus charged "...he that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her" (John
8:7).
As Paul said in Hebrews 2:14-15 man cannot save himself, only Christ can
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