Adam: Right after creation, he sinned against God by eating the forbidden fruit.
Noah: Right after the flood (a kind of new creation), he sinned against God by getting drunk.
Abraham: Right after God promised him that his very own son would be the son of promise (Gen. 15), he sinned against God in unbelief by sleeping with Hagar to have a son.
Isaac: Right after God promised him the blessings of Abraham (Gen. 26), he sinned against God by lying to Abimelech about his wife being his sister.
Jacob: Right after God promised him the blessings of Abraham and changed his name to Israel (Gen. 35), he sinned against God by favoring Joseph over all his other sons, causing great family strife and division.
Moses: Right after God used Moses to deliver God's people out of slavery in Egypt and bring them to the boarders of the promised land (Exodus; Num. 13-14), he sinned against God by striking the rock and failing to honor God.
Joshua: Right after he renewed the covenant with God by reading the law (Josh. 8), he sinned against God by not asking counsel from the LORD about the peace treaty with the Gibeonites.
Saul: Right after God anointed Saul to be the first King of Israel and he began to fight God's enemies (1 Sam. 10-13), he sinned against God by offering an unlawful sacrifice.
David: Right after God made a covenant with David and he won several victories over God's enemies (2 Sam.7-10), he sinned against God by committing adultery with Bathsheba and murdering her husband.
Jesus: Where Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, Saul, and David failed - Jesus succeeded and was totally and absolutely victorious! He never sinned! He trusted perfectly, loved perfectly, lived perfectly and died on that cross and rose again from the dead so that all who repent and believe in Him shall be saved!
Noah: Right after the flood (a kind of new creation), he sinned against God by getting drunk.
Abraham: Right after God promised him that his very own son would be the son of promise (Gen. 15), he sinned against God in unbelief by sleeping with Hagar to have a son.
Isaac: Right after God promised him the blessings of Abraham (Gen. 26), he sinned against God by lying to Abimelech about his wife being his sister.
Jacob: Right after God promised him the blessings of Abraham and changed his name to Israel (Gen. 35), he sinned against God by favoring Joseph over all his other sons, causing great family strife and division.
Moses: Right after God used Moses to deliver God's people out of slavery in Egypt and bring them to the boarders of the promised land (Exodus; Num. 13-14), he sinned against God by striking the rock and failing to honor God.
Joshua: Right after he renewed the covenant with God by reading the law (Josh. 8), he sinned against God by not asking counsel from the LORD about the peace treaty with the Gibeonites.
Saul: Right after God anointed Saul to be the first King of Israel and he began to fight God's enemies (1 Sam. 10-13), he sinned against God by offering an unlawful sacrifice.
David: Right after God made a covenant with David and he won several victories over God's enemies (2 Sam.7-10), he sinned against God by committing adultery with Bathsheba and murdering her husband.
Jesus: Where Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, Saul, and David failed - Jesus succeeded and was totally and absolutely victorious! He never sinned! He trusted perfectly, loved perfectly, lived perfectly and died on that cross and rose again from the dead so that all who repent and believe in Him shall be saved!
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