This sermon explores the profound transformation in human nature following the fall, tracing humanity's descent from innocence and communion with God in Eden to a state marked by shame, fear, and separation due to sin. Rooted in Genesis 3, it emphasizes how Satan's subtle deception—challenging God's goodness, authority, and word—led to disobedience, resulting in spiritual death, physical decay, and expulsion from the garden, symbolizing the loss of eternal life and dominion over creation. Yet amid judgment, the sermon highlights God's enduring grace through the proto-evangelism of Genesis 3:15, pointing to Christ's ultimate victory over sin and death, and underscoring that redemption is not earned but received through faith in Christ. The believer's new identity is portrayed as a radical re-creation: no longer defined by the old nature of Adam but by a new standing in Christ, marked by eternal life, divine favour, and a present spiritual warfare between the flesh and the Spirit. Ultimately, the doctrine of man reveals both the depth of human ruin and the boundless scope of God's redemptive grace, calling all to repent and be born again into the eternal life offered through Jesus Christ.
