Man Losing God Because Of Man’S Fall
MAN LOSING GOD BECAUSE OF MAN'S FALL
In the New Testament we are told clearly that fallen man is without God. Ephesians 2:12, a verse that describes the actual condition of fallen mankind, says that man is now "without God in the world." Today all of fallen mankind is with out God because man has left God.
GOD'S JUBILEE BRINGING MAN
BACK TO GOD AS MAN'S INHERITANCE
God's jubilee brings man back to God as man's inheritance. In the New Testament jubilee we all have been returned to God as our possession.
Colossians 1:12 says that the Father has qual ified us for a share of the portion of the saints in the light, and Ephesians 1:14 speaks of the pledge of our inheritance. Now that we have been re turned to God as our portion, we have God in Christ as our inheritance. In Acts 26:18 Paul speaks of fallen people being brought back to God as their inheritance: "To open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me."