Trinity Baptist Church

Man is the apex of God’s creation. God created man in His own image and after His likeness. God breathed life into man and immediately gave him a commission of authority over the earth. The first man, Adam, was created as a fully grown man and fully intelligent. The Bible tells us that God created woman from the man. They were placed in a wonderful garden and given the responsibility to dress and keep it. They had only one rule, and they failed to obey it, thereby giving their authority of dominion over to Satan, the tempter. They immediately came under the curse of death, suffering immediate spiritual death and later, physical death. They were expelled from the garden and sentenced to having to toil just to be able to eat.

None of this came as a surprise to God. God did not have to do any quick thinking or call any emergency meetings to determine what must be done. From the foundation of the world, God knew what man would do, and He knew what He would do. God chose certain individuals, beginning with Abraham, in order to get His Seed into the world, by which He would redeem for Himself a people from every kindred, tongue, and nation.