SALVATION, THE NEW BIRTH, THE NEW YOU it had not been for the Law, I should not have recognized sin or have known its meaning. [For instance] I would not have known about covetousness [would have had no consciousness of sin or sense of guilt] if the Law had not [repeatedly] said, You shall not covet and have an evil desire [for one thing or another]”. Furthermore, it should be seen that even to Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, by God instructing them “not to” eat or touch the fruit in the middle of the garden (forbidden fruit), aroused a feeling (desire, conscience) to do what was refused of them no matter the consequence (death) [GENESIS 2:16-17]. The 36
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