Our Relationship With God

Before the fall, Adam and Eve lived in total harmony with God. Adam and Eve did not need to pray. They did not need to pray because their relationship with God was perfect and unbroken. For Adam and Eve, there was perfect unity with God. Adam and Eve had the power of choice. However, their power of choice was used to disobey God. When Adam and Eve fell from the Garden of Eden, their separation from God was both physical and spiritual. Sin always diminishes life and separates us from God. Murder, lying, stealing, greed, lust, immorality, and all the other sins became a part of us. Human beings started to love possessions, things, and even the darkness after our fall from grace. To repair our broken relationship with God the Father, God sent Christ into the world. Our relationship with Christ is the most important relationship we will ever have. However, our relationship with Christ is often a struggle because of our sin. How well our relationship with God is repaired depends on how much of our sin-based selves we are willing to surrender to Christ hanging on the Cross.