Bible Question: How come if God created everything in this world, then it says in the Bible- we are not of this world? Didn't Paul say something like, therefore brothers and sisters, because ye are of God, then ye are not a part of this world, or He that is in you is greater than he that is in the world?I don't quite understand this. |
Bible Answer: In Ge. 3:17 and Romans 8:20 it explains how the earth was cursed when man Adam sinned in the garden. The earth was originally made perfect (Ge. 1:31) So originally we "belonged" as part of the sinless earth, because there was no sin existing at the time. When sin came we and the earth were cursed. When/if we became believers in the gospel, we were then no longer part of the earth, because we are no longer under the curse of sin. The earth is still cursed (Rom. 8:22) and those who have not recieved God's gift of salvation. (John 3:36) This is what I see from scripture as the explanation. |