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Grace in Old testament
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Old Testament (A) Mike Goddard Assignment 1 Words: 2295 Lecturer: Sharon Richardson Essay number 1 Gods’ grace, I once thought was shown through Jesus, and just in Jesus. But I have grown to realise that Gods grace is continuos. It started at he beginning of creation and continues even today. Throughout the Old Testament God continues to show his grace in many different ways to, a creation that has rebelled against him. Gods’ grace is shown through the law given to Moses on Mount Sinai for the people of Israel and he still shows his grace to us today. God grace in the Old Testament Gods grace is shown continuously throughout the Old Testament. Although mankind through Adam and Eve chose a nature of sin God has shown his grace through acts of kindness and mercy ultimately redeeming mankind from sin through the death of his son Jesus Christ on a Roman Cross. He sent a pure sacrifice for an impure world. The key points of the story of Adam and Eve are shown in Genesis 3:7-8 and Genesis 3:21. After Adam and Eve disobeyed God and sampled the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil they realised their mistake. Genesis 3:7-8 (NIV) says “then the eyes of both of them were opened and they realized they were naked, so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the tree of the garden.” It was obvious that Adam and Eve were ashamed of their sin. Arnold & Beyer (1999) notes that… “After the first sin in Chapter three (of Genesis), humanity changed in a number of ways. First Adam and Eve lost their original innocence. Their opened eyes and the sudden awareness of their nakedness signify their shame and guilt (p.82).” But God showed his grace towards Adam & Eve by clothing them. Genesis 3:21 states “The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.” God also deferred death over Adam and Eve. This seems to be a precedent for mankind. Although as a race we chose sin God still does not abandon us but shows his favour to cover our sin, as he clothed Adam and Eve from there nakedness. The second example of God grace comes in the story of Cain and Abel. In an act of jealousy Cain kills his brother Abel. Cain then starts living in fear that others would endanger his life saying in Genesis 4:14 (NIV)… “Whoever finds me will kill me.” But God in another act of grace says… “Not so, if anyone kills Cain he will suffer vengeance seven times over. Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him (NIV, Genesis 4:15).” In this act of grace God put on a protecting mark. His grace was his protection of Cain.. The third showing of sin seems abstract but important none the less. Sons of God were having sexual relations with the daughters of men. There are different possibilities of who this could refer to.
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