When Adam sinned in the garden, the communion he had with God was broken. (Isaiah 59:2).
"And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in
the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from
the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. And the LORD God
called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?" - Genesis 3:8-9 KJV
God loved us from the beginning of time. It has been His
desire to restore the communion He originally had with man. (2 Peter 3:9 –
‘repent’ to ‘return’ to God, Isaiah 59:16, Isaiah 53).
Because of His love, God robed Himself in flesh and paid the
price of shedding His blood for our sin. (Leviticus 17:11, Hebrews 9:22).
"To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world
unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them...." - 2 Corinthians
5:19 KJV
Because God Himself stepped into humanity to pay the price
of our sins, our sins are able to be taken away, for only God is holy. When we
repent of our sins and are baptized in the name of Jesus for the remission of
sins, we are able to receive God's Spirit in us. Communion is then restored as
at the beginning. (Acts 20:28, Acts 2:38).
This is how we can now enter the kingdom of God – because of
the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus we can now have our sins remitted
by water baptism in the name of Jesus and we can now be filled with His Spirit,
the Holy Ghost. (John 3:5, Acts 2:38). By our new birth, the kingdom of God is
within us. (Luke 17:20-21, Romans 14:17).
Because of His love for the world, Jesus taught us to pray,
“Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” (Matthew
6:10, 2Peter 3:9).
To be continued…
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