The Laodicean Message - E.H. “Jack” Sequeira

1. Adam’s sin was turning his back to God, so
the Holy Spirit left him. And so he died — he died
spiritually, not physically. And self took the place
of the Holy Spirit. So at the very heart of fallen
man is self. In Adam, the love was turned
inwardly, towards himself, and that is what eros is,
it’s a U-turn agape. So number one, when Adam
sinned, he turned from God to self.
2. He died spiritually. By the way, Ephesians
2:1 (and verse 5) tells us that we are born
spiritually dead:
As for you, you were dead in your
transgressions and sins....
3. Self-love, which is eros, replaced God’s
divine love, which is Agape. So we do possess the
capacity to love, but that love is self-centered.
4. The human life came under the curse of the
law. That means that Adam had no right legally to
live any longer. He was condemned.
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