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NASB	Genesis 2:21 So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.
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Subject: Why did God allow Polygamy?

Bible Note: Hello Steve
I do respect your opinions on Falling from Grace, Everything else we seem to be tracking pretty good. Maybe baptism
I fully agree with Pauls example of falling from Grace,
Acts 15:11 Some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brethren, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."
These men were trying to justify salvation with the old law,
Jesus Planly states that circumcision didn’t matter.
Galatians 5:6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love.
So Galatians 5:4 says: You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law ; you have fallen from grace.
That is just one example. Lets take Paul for an example,

We are going to be looking at three points, the first of which is that it is pos¬sible to fall from God’s grace.
In 1 Corinthians 9:27 Paul was writing to the church in Cor¬inth. He knew that he had to discipline his own body, spiritually speaking. He was a preach¬er of the truth, yet he realized that he could become a castaway. Paul was an apostle. He was someone who we know was converted to the truth. Formerly, he had been a persecutor of Christianity, but now was one who is preaching Christianity. There is no doubt that he was a faithful member of the Lord’s church, yet he realized that he had to make sure that he continued to discipline his body because he did not want to become a castaway. Think about this for a moment. If an apostle like Paul realized that he could become a cast¬away, err, and fall from the grace of God, how much more, then, must we understand that we, too, can become castaways. It is vital that we take Paul’s warning and see how it is possible for us to fall from God’s grace. In 1 Corinthians 10 Paul explained his purpose for writing this portion of his letter to the church in Corinth. In verses 1-4 Paul says,
“Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.”
What is the context of these comments? Paul makes it clear that he is talking about Israel¬ites who were God’s people under the Old Law. Paul was giving some background about them. Notice, however, what he says in verse 5. “But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.” Most of the Israelites had erred, and with most of them God was not pleased. Paul explains why in verses 6 and 7 when he says, “These things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted. And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, ‘The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.’” He is referring to what happened in Exodus 32 when Moses was still on the mountain receiving the Ten Commandments from God. The people said, “Let us build an idol.” They begged Aaron to make them a golden calf so that they would have a physical idol to lead them. That is what Aaron did, and the people erred by doing that. In verses
8 Paul went on to write, “Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.” Twenty-three thousand fell. People today say, “You cannot fall from God’s grace. Yet Paul himself said that twenty-three thousand fell in one day. He continues in verses 9-11 by saying,
“Nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents; nor complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer. Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.”
Paul tells us that the reason he is writing these things is to offer us an example so that we can turn back and use this information. We can learn from that since it is for our admonition. Why is Paul writing to people under the New Law about people who fell away under the Old Law? If it is impossible for people to fall away, then why would Paul be warning them about that? His reasoning is that it is possible for people to fall away. I want us to look at 1 Corinthians 10:12 very carefully. Notice the warning that Paul offers. “Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.” Those are not my words. They are the words that Paul was writing to the church. He said, “Make sure that you do not fall away like those under the Old Law fell away. You need to learn from them so that you will not fall away as well.” Paul proved that is possible for a Christian to fall away.
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In Christ Fmp