Jonathan Parnell:
Sin is not a thing we can just sweep under the rug. It's not a little this or that. Oh no. Sin is most fundamentally our acting like Satan instead of reflecting the glory of God. . . .
Fudging on the truth, spinning things a bit, ignoring God's word, elevating our reason above what he's said — these are neither struggles nor foibles, they are Satanic. It is to deny the most fundamental purpose we exist: to glorify God and bear the imprint of his holiness.
Read the whole thing, which includes G.K. Beale's exposition of how Adam, in his fall, began to resemble the Serpent.
Published on March 22, 2012 06:48