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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

I was a sinner, less perfect than God. By conviction of the Holy Spirit I learned that my condition would incur the eternal condemnation of God if I did not submit to His grace. I acknowledged myself a sinner and threw myself on His mercy and grace, recognizing that He had brought salvation to earth through His Son Jesus Christ. After God the Father put God the Son to death on the cross, He could proclaim grace and pardon to all who would submit to Him. I came to the cross, believed His promise about His Son, and God declared me righteous even while I was ungodly and gave me authority to become His child. I ceased to be a child of wrath and became a child of God, justified from all things. Simultaneously, I was declared to be an heir of God, joint-heir with Jesus Christ. I received eternal life, and shall never perish. I was accepted in the Beloved; my body became the temple of the Holy Spirit; I was born of the Spirit into the family of God, baptized by the Holy Spirit into the body of Christ, and sealed by the Holy Spirit unto the day of redemption. I have an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that fades not away, reserved in Heaven for me. Although I know myself to be a sinner, I am not concerned about the penalty for sin, since the Lord Jesus Christ bore the penalty and declared me righteous. The love of Christ becomes the constraining factor in my life, and I seek to glorify Him as Lord. I know Him as my Creator and so have peace of mind. I know Him as Savior and so have peace of conscience. In the measure that I enter into the second rest, I know Him as Lord and find the peace that passes all understanding.
Donald Grey Barnhouse

Genesis 3:6 tells us that after Eve was tempted by the serpent that “she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.” Both were guilty, but I’d say the fall was primary Eve’s fault. But who did God blame? According to verse 9, “Then the LORD God called to the man.” Adam was held responsible. The fall is not known as “Eve’s Sin”, but throughout the Bible as “Adam’s sin.” And Jesus came to be the “second Adam” to fix the mess that the “first Adam” created. God expects the man to provide leadership.
Randy Smith

Bible – russian – Синодальный перевод Второе послание к Тимофею 3

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Знай же, что в последние дни наступят времена тяжкие.
Ибо люди будут самолюбивы, сребролюбивы, горды, надменны, злоречивы, родителям непокорны, неблагодарны, нечестивы, недружелюбны,
непримирительны, клеветники, невоздержны, жестоки, не любящие добра,
предатели, наглы, напыщенны, более сластолюбивы, нежели боголюбивы,
имеющие вид благочестия, силы же его отрекшиеся. Таковых удаляйся.
К сим принадлежат те, которые вкрадываются в домы и обольщают женщин, утопающих во грехах, водимых различными похотями,
всегда учащихся и никогда не могущих дойти до познания истины.
Как Ианний и Иамврий противились Моисею, так и сии противятся истине, люди, развращенные умом, невежды в вере.
Но они не много успеют; ибо их безумие обнаружится перед всеми, как и с теми случилось.
10 А ты последовал мне в учении, житии, расположении, вере, великодушии, любви, терпении,
11 в гонениях, страданиях, постигших меня в Антиохии, Иконии, Листрах; каковые гонения я перенес, и от всех избавил меня Господь.
12 Да и все, желающие жить благочестиво во Христе Иисусе, будут гонимы.
13 Злые же люди и обманщики будут преуспевать во зле, вводя в заблуждение и заблуждаясь.
14 А ты пребывай в том, чему научен и что тебе вверено, зная, кем ты научен.
15 Притом же ты из детства знаешь священные писания, которые могут умудрить тебя во спасение верою во Христа Иисуса.
16 Все Писание богодухновенно и полезно для научения, для обличения, для исправления, для наставления в праведности,
17 да будет совершен Божий человек, ко всякому доброму делу приготовлен.