Two Kingdoms, Two Choices

Chuck Smith

When Adam was created and placed upon the Earth, he was created within the government of God, living in fellowship and harmony with God. And God came into the garden and communed with Adam.

God spoke to Adam. There was this beautiful communion between God and man. As God’s Spirit communed with Adam’s spirit. But God said to Adam, you may have freedom to eat of all of the trees that are in the garden except the tree in the middle of the garden. If you eat of that fruit, you will surely die.

Satan entered into the garden. He tempted Eve. He deceived her into eating of that tree. She gave to Adam and he did eat. And so by one man, sin entered the world and death by sin because death has passed unto all men. So now here is man created in the government of God, but exercising this capacity of free choice. He has left the government of God, light and life. And he has entered into the government of death and darkness. The government of Satan. Now controlled and ruled by his fleshly appetite. Now mindful of his physical needs. Before that he was oblivious to the things of the physical. He had the mind of the spirit in fellowship and communion with God. But now he is interested and concerned with his body needs. He has the mind of the flesh or the mind of the things of the needs of the flesh, occupying his mind. And so he found that he could not come back into the kingdom of God. His spirit was dead.

The door went one way. So God so loved the world. A world that was in rebellion against Him. A world that was in such rebellion against Him that when He sent His only begotten Son, they crucified Him because He represented God. He represented the holiness of God and the purity of God. And man did not want to submit to the law of God.

So they crucified the Son of God. But now man has a choice. I can choose to live under the government of death and darkness or I can choose to live in the government of light and life. My choice. I can choose to rebel against God and the things of God. Or I can choose to walk after the Spirit. I can be born again! I can have a Spiritual birth! That is, by believing in Jesus Christ! Seeing that He took my sin and the judgment for my sin on the tree. Looking and living, looking in faith to Jesus. And when I do, I leave the government of death and darkness and I enter into the government of light and life as I submit myself to Jesus Christ and His lordship in my life. And as I am in Christ, there is no condemnation to those that are in Christ Jesus

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