The most significant biological
revelation which men have been directed to in the last century
is the discovery of DNA. This DNA is the building block
that defines a man's genealogy and identifies his particular
ancestry. If a person shares kinship with
another human, that can be discovered by a match in the DNA markers,
which are shared by all in their common heritage. This DNA testing
ultimately proves that all of mankind has sprung from common
parents. This fact is already known by
those who are given faith to believe the scriptural record
in the Bible. All natural men share in a common heritage, having
sprung from the loins of Adam, who had all of the natural DNA
of the human race in him when he was created from the dust
of the earth. Eve partook of that same DNA
as she was formed from a rib taken from Adam's side. Thus
we can say, in this measure at least, that all natural men share
in this fellowship one with another. But it is a fellowship which
trends toward death and ends in destruction. 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. For
all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Men are
born sinners under the curse of death and manifest that corruptible
nature by committing sin according to that heritage which they share
in Adam. None can escape it by their will
or desire. The natural man denies this fact,
which can be seen in his natural religion, which teaches him that
he is born in a pure state and only becomes a sinner by the
act of sin. Thus, in his will-worship, he
believes that he can stop sinning whenever he has a mind to. Now
it is true that a man can curb some of his more egregious moral
failures, such as is demonstrated when drunkards follow a 12-step
program and overcome their addiction to alcohol or drug addicts successfully
complete a rehabilitation and turn away from their habit. Yet
their DNA does not change. They remain sinners, unable in
their flesh to remove their corruption. or avoid the curse of death in
the natural realm, and unable to see and love the glory of
God. Because men can adopt the ways of outward morality, they
often mistake this for righteousness, and by their religious transformations
and regimens think that they can cause themselves to become
acceptable or pleasing in the sight of God. Isaiah clearly
reveals how the Lord would regard the righteousness of man's flesh
as He says, But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our
righteousnesses are as filthy rags, and we all do fade as a
leaf. And our iniquities, like the
wind, have taken us away. And there is none that calleth
upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee.
For thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us because
of our iniquities. He does not compare our iniquities
to filthy rags, but rather our righteousness. He is plainly
saying that a man in his best state is altogether vanity. This
notion is not palatable to the natural man, who remains convinced
that he can yet reason with God or present something of his own
with which the Lord will be pleased. Modern Christianity tells a man
that he can bring his faith to the table as a bargaining chip,
and when the Lord sees it, he will be satisfied. To believe
such is to perish. Just as the Lord conferred natural
life upon Adam, who in turn passed that natural life unto all his
posterity, so too has the Lord Jesus Christ manifested that
eternal life which was given to him by his Father. He is the
fullness of the Godhead bodily, the express image of God. He
is eternal, dwelling in the light to which no man can approach.
In Him and nowhere else is this life. Even as He told His disciples
in John 14, 6, I am the life. Just as those who are born of
Adam by natural birth all have fellowship one with the other
in that shared natural life, so too do those who are born
again have fellowship in that life which they are given by
Christ Himself. The natural man cannot receive
this life, nor in any wise participate in it, for it must be conferred
by the grace of God, which were born not of blood, nor of the
will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. Are
you born of His Spirit? If you would like a free transcript
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