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Lesson No. 5 WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT
ANGELS, THE FALL OF MAN, AND SIN ? A Look At God's Word By Oswald Riess

1. WHAT DO THE SCRIPTURES TEACH OF THE CREATION OF ANGELS ?
THE BIBLE SAYS -

(a) Ex. 20:11. In six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is.
(b) Gen. 1:31. God saw everything that He had made, and, behold, it was very good.

FROM THIS WE LEARN -

(A) God created the angels within the six days of creation.
(B) All angels were created good.

2. WHAT INFORMATION HAVE WE ABOUT THE GOOD ANGELS ?
THE BIBLE SAYS -

(a) Ps. 104:4. (He) maketh His angels SPIRITS.
(b) Matt. 25:31. The Son of Man shall come in His glory, and all his holy angels with Him.
(c) Rev. 5:11. I beheld, and I heard the voice of MANY angels...; and the number of them was TEN THOUSAND TIMES TEN THOUSAND, AND THOUSANDS OF THOUSANDS.
(d e f) Ps. 103:20,21. BLESS THE LORD, ye His angels, that EXCEL IN STRENGTH, that do His commandments, hearkening unto the voice of His Word. BLESS YE THE LORD, all ye His hosts, ye ministers of His, that DO HIS PLEASURE.
(g) Heb. 1:14. Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be HEIRS OF SALVATION ?
(g) Ps. 91:11, 12. He shall give His angels charge over thee, to KEEP THEE in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
(g) Luke 16:22. The beggar died, and was CARRIED BY ANGELS INTO ABRAHAM'S BOSOM.

FROM THIS WE LEARN -

(A) The good angels are spirits.
(B) They are holy.
(C) They are very numerous.
(D) They are very strong.
(E) They praise God.
(F) They carry out His commands.
(G) They serve especially God's children.

3. DID ALL ANGELS REMAIN GOOD ?
THE BIBLE SAYS -

2 Pet. 2:4. God spared not THE ANGELS THAT SINNED.
Mark 5:9. and He asked him, What is thy name ? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.

FROM THIS WE LEARN -

Many holy angels sinned and thus became evil angels.

4. WHAT DO THE SCRIPTURES TELL US CONCERNING THE EVIL ANGELS ?
THE BIBLE SAYS -

(a) 2 Pet. 2:4. God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment.
(b) Eph. 6:11, 12. Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
(c d) Matt. 13:25, 39. While men slept, His enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat... The enemy that sowed them is the devil.
(c d) 1 Pet. 5:8,9. Be sober, be vigilant; because YOUR ADVERSARY the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, SEEKING WHOM HE MAY DEVOUR: whom resist stedfast in the faith.

FROM THIS WE LEARN -

(A) The evil angels are forever rejected by God and doomed to hell.
(B) They, as their leader, called the devil and Satan, are cunning and powerful.
(C) They are the enemies of God and of man.
(D) They seek to destroy the works of God and to lead man into eternal damnation.

5. WHAT HAPPENED SOON AFTER ADAM AND EVE HAD BEEN CREATED AND PLACED INTO THE GARDEN OF EDEN ?
THE BIBLE SAYS -

(a b) Gen. 2:16,17; Gen.3. (read these passages.)
*(a) 1 John 3:4. Sin is the transgression of the Law.
(a) 1 John 3:8. He that committeth sin is of the devil; for THE DEVIL SINNETH FROM THE BEGINNING.
(b) Rom. 5:12. BY ONE MAN sin entered into the world.

FROM THIS WE LEARN -

(A) The devil, in the form of a serpent, tempted man to transgress God's Law and thus to sin.
(B) Man of his own free will yielded to the temptation of the devil and sinned.

6. WHAT IS NOW THE NATURAL CONDITION OF ALL MEN ?
THE BIBLE SAYS -

(a) Gen. 5:3. Adam... begat a son is his own likeness, after his image.
*(a) Ps. 51:5. Behold, I was SHAPEN IN INIQUITY; and IN SIN DID MY MOTHER CONCEIVE ME.
(a) John 3:7. That which IS BORN OF THE FLESH IS FLESH.
(b) Rom. 7:18. I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth NO GOOD THING.
(c) Gen. 8:21. The imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth.
(d) 1 Cor. 2:14. The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
(e) Eph. 2:1. (Ye) were DEAD in trespasses and sins.
(f) Rom. 8:7. The carnal mind is ENMITY against God.
(g) Eph. 2:3 (We) were by nature the CHILDREN OF WRATH, even as others.
*(g) Rom. 6:23. The wages of sin is death.

FROM THIS WE LEARN -

(A) All men, being descendants of Adam, the sinner, are conceived and born in sin and bear their sinful father's image.
(B) There is no spiritual good in their heart at birth.
(C) They are inclined only to evil.
(D) They are spiritually blind.
(E) They are spiritually dead.
(F) They are enemies of God.
(G) On account of this condition (called original sin, birth sin, or the Old Adam) all men are by nature under the wrath of God and doomed to death and damnation.

7. WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF ORIGINAL SIN ON OUR LIVES ?
THE BIBLE SAYS -

Matt. 7:17. A corrupt tree bringeth forth EVIL FRUIT.
Matt. 15:19. Out of the heart proceed EVIL THOUGHTS, MURDERS, ADULTERIES, FORNICATIONS, THEFTS, FALSE WITNESS, BLASPHEMIES.
Jas. 4:17. To him that KNOWETH TO DO GOOD, and DOETH IT NOT, to him it is sin.

FROM THIS WE LEARN -
Original sin brings forth a great variety of sinful thoughts, desires , words, and deeds, called actual sin. (Sins of commission and sins of omission.)

8. HOW ARE MEN SAVED FROM THE RUINOUS CONSEQUENCES OF THE FALL?
THE BIBLE SAYS -

(a) Gen 3:14, 15. The Lord God said unto the serpent... * 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.
(b) Acts 10:43. To Him (Jesus Christ, the Woman's Seed) give all the prophets witness, that through His name whosoever believeth in Him shall receive remission of sins.
*(c) Rom. 1:16. I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION TO EVERYONE THAT BELIEVETH.

FROM THIS WE LEARN -
(A) Immediately after the fall God promised our first parents a Savior who would deliver them and their descendants from the power of the devil.
(B) The Old Testament prophets continually pointed their people to this coming Redeemer in order that they might have forgiveness of sin and heaven by believing in Him.
(C) The Gospel (good news) of Christ is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth.

BEFORE THE NEXT LESSON FILL OUT Work Sheet No. 5.
MEMORIZE the Bible passages marked with an asterisk (*).
READ Genesis, chapters 29-35.

Work Sheet No. 5
ONE (A) Good angels are the various influences for good in this world. [_]
(B) Good angels are invisible personal beings who protect God's children. [_]
(C) Good angels are kind thoughts. [_] (Check the correct statement.)

TWO (A) The devil is a real personal being who seeks to lead us into a real hell. [_]
(B) The devil is everything that is evil in this world. [_] (Check the correct statement.)

THREE Adam and Eve fell into sin when they listened to ..................... ate of the forbidden.................. and thus transgressed God's ................................ (Fill in the missing words.)

FOUR (A) infants are born without sin; they become sinful through the bad example of others. [_]
(B) Infants are born sinful. [_] (Check the correct statement.)

FIVE (A) Our inherited sinfulness condemns us before God. True [_] False [_]
(B) Only the actual deed is sin, not the desire to commit it. True [_] False [_] (Check whether true or false.)

SIX (A) We are saved from sin and damnation by trying to live a good life. [_]
(B) We are saved from sin and damnation by trusting in Christ, our Savior. [_] (Check the correct statement.)