Escape from Paradise Chapter 12 Study Questions

Chapter 12 Meanings

Judas Desires

Judas desires represent what the New Testament calls “the flesh” (translated “sinful nature” in the NIV). It is the part of a believer that keeps sinning because of its attachment to this world (See Romans 7 as an example).

EXCERPT

“You will encounter no fruit trees traveling westward. Only those traveling east find fruit. … The fruit always leads away from the cottage—never toward it.” –pp.99, 100

QUESTION 1

All movement away from God is sin, and all movement toward God is righteousness. What do James 4:8 and 1 Peter 2:4–5 promise to those who move toward Christ?

QUESTION 2

How does one move closer to or farther from God? See Psalm 119:176; Isaiah 29:13; James 4:8.

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