Romans 11:32 used to take the fall out of human hands entirely. The first so-called disobedience in Genesis 3 was not Eve's and not Adam's: it was God's. God commanded himself, and then disobeyed his own command, because that was the only way to bring his dream into full bloom - he entered into every one of us. He knew in his heart that he could not die, and knew equally that he would have the illusion of death in the world of flesh, and he did it anyway. So the consignment is universal and deliberate, and the mercy is its purpose rather than its remedy: all were consigned so that mercy could be had upon all. Neville draws the practical consequence in the same lecture through Paul's confession - I blasphemed and persecuted and insulted him, but I received mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief - and turns it into an instruction: if mercy was extended to the one who did not know, you who do know are to extend it to whoever does not, without their knowledge and without their consent.
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Romans 11:32 | And God consigned all men to disobedience that he may have mercy upon all
1 Timothy 1:13 | I blasphemed, I persecuted, I insulted him; but I received mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief
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It was God who disobeyed.
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LectureThe Original Sin
As we are told in the 11th chapter, the 32nd verse of the Book of Romans, “And God consigned all men to disobedience that he may have mercy upon all.” So don’t think for one moment any Eve or any Adam disobeyed. It was God who disobeyed.
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