The Forbearance of God.

Rom 3:22  Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 

Rom 3:23  For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 

Rom 3:24  Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 

Rom 3:25  Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God

Truly we only have redemption through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.  Sin is the transgression of the law.

1Jn_3:4  Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law

The law- the moral law of God is what we transgress against.  

Eve did NOT put God first, but herself and her desire to have more knowledge and be like God. Eve transgressed the moral law- the very first sin by human kind could only be a breaking of a moral law. There is no sin without a law.  You've heard tell people saying- 'There's no law against it…'  Whatever 'it' they are referring to is something they wish to do that is questionable. They are basically saying they can do the questionable act because there is no law saying it is wrong.  There is no sin unless there is something to sin against.  Eve didn't have the moral law written in stone, but it was in her heart upon her creation. Just as the angels in heaven have the moral law within them. And just as they had/have the moral law in their hearts we too will have the law in our hearts, kept to the letter through the grace and mercy of God's forgiveness.

All have sinned- all have transgressed the moral law of God, and come short of His glory.

We can ONLY be justified, made right in His sight, by the redemption our Savior, Christ Jesus offers. God has made it possible for us to no longer fall short of His glory.

Jesus did NOT fall short of God's glory. Jesus took on HUMAN flesh with all its ability to be tempted to sin. Jesus felt temptation, but never succumbed to the temptations.  Jesus did NOT use any special power to shield Himself from temptation. Jesus DID rely upon His Father to keep from falling to temptation- just as we are capable of-  THROUGH HIM.

As soon as Eve sinned, God put into action the contingency plan that had been created--

 (2Ti_1:9  Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began

Tit_1:2  In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began)

The angels had chosen to sin- and when God, and God- the declared Son Jesus Christ- decided to create human kind they put a plan into place should they choose to succumb to temptation. So, as soon as Eve sinned, God put into action this plan and Jesus would be One to redeem us.

Gen 3:15  And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. 

An enmity would be put between Satan and God's people, and that enmity would destroy Satan, even as Satan would be allowed to hurt the enmity.

We have to comprehend that our ONLY hope is in Christ, in recognizing our need of salvation, in recognizing the glory of God and His righteousness as the true love, as true life. 

More on this tomorrow by the GRACE and WILL of our LORD and SAVIOR. May our hearts and minds be open to His guidance, His enlightenment, His love now and forever!!!!!!!