created a man and a woman. He finally was no longer alone. He had children to love, to talk with, to walk with. "Behold, it was VERY good" (Gen. 1:31).
God intended for them -- and for us, their descendants -- to know Him personally as a Father forever. But we all chose to go our own way instead of His. Our sin created a gap between God and us, tearing the relationship apart and separating us from Him (Isaiah 59:2).
Now, God is a just God. Sin could not go unpunished (Rom. 6:23). Yet, He didn't want the penalty of death to be inflicted upon the people He loved so much -- even though we had turned our backs on Him.
The solution? A substitute. An innocent party to bear the punishment for us. Jesus Christ, God's Son, was the only one who could do it (Acts 4:12). Only He was sinless. Only He was willing to die for us, the guilty ones, though He Himself had done nothing wrong.
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Lots of people are all alone in the world. God knows firsthand about alone-ness. Tons of years ago, God was, but everything else wasn't. So He created the moon; the sun; the animals; the plants; the day; the night; the seas; the stars -- and it was good, but not good enough. He was still alone. Then God
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