One day, however, man sinned against God by disobeying His command (Genesis 2:16-17; 3:1-7). The result of this sin was broken fellowship between God and man, as well as guilt, curse, and death—physical and spiritual (Genesis 3:8-24). 1 John 3:4 says, “Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.” Romans 3:23 says, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” What is more, Adam is the representative head of all mankind; therefore, when he sinned, we all sinned in him. In other words, we are all born into sin, having sinful natures, and are therefore spiritually dead at birth (Romans 5:12; Ephesians 2:1-3). This spiritual deadness is characterized by alienation from the life of God and a hard heart toward God (Ephesians 4:18). The wickedness of mankind is great in the earth, and the thoughts of his heart are only evil continually (Genesis 6:5). Due to sin, the wrath of God in righteous judgment will come upon the world (Ephesians 5:3-5; Colossians 3:5-8). God is holy and righteous, and therefore cannot be indifferent toward sin or simply forgive us of sin without the due penalty paid. An earthly judge would not be good if he was indifferent toward criminals or let guilty criminals go free. How much more the Judge of the universe!
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