For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. (Romans 8:22-23) When you hear someone groan, it's often a cry for help. Paul wrote that creation groans and travails in pain together until now. Not just people—creation itself, the planet—is under stra

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. (Romans 5:12) Let me tell you something about the fall that most people miss. When Adam sinned, death did not just touch him and Eve. It went everywhere. The Greek word passed here is dierchomai. It means death went abroad. It went over. It went through. It pierced through everything. Before Genesis 3 , lions laid down with lambs. Nothing on eart

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. (Genesis 3:17) God spoke to Adam and clearly made it known that although the woman ate first, the sin was passed to the man. Why? Because he saw everything happen and did nothing. He was passive and silent. Now, he wasn’