What Are The Effects Of The Fall That Affect Human Enterprise

The fall of humans was the introduction of sin into the world, and our separation from God. This does not mean that the world is corrupted, it just means that sin has caused pain and death to God’s goodness that was life-giving. Everything about the fall on mankind has changed our life on earth as well as our spiritual life. Romans 5:19 says, “For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.” Man was separated from God, taking away our oneness with Him. The Fall brought the reality of death into the world and the need for redemption. There are three results of the Fall that affected human enterprise. The three effects are communicative
It took place in the garden of Eden while Adam was engaged in the enterprise that was given to him by God. In Genesis 2:15 states, “And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.” So as Chou states, “and sin happened in the work world.” We see here that there is a barrier-free of communication left in creation, but there are some barriers that are intended, one would be the serpent who demonstrated the guile toward Eve and then how Adam showed guile to his Creator. There is also a loophole that was introduced by the serpent that resulted in a world full of excuses that Christians use today. Just as James 3:2 states, “For in many things we offend all. If any man offends not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.” Then there is God’s curse that Chou states, “toil for the serpent (crawling on his stomach), toil for the woman (pain and danger in childbirth), and toil for the worker (a working environment which now required relentless, strategic, frustrating effort).
2) The second effect was the area of economic
God gave Adam and Eve everything they needed to survive in the garden of Eden. He made the conditions to be comfortable. They had food to sustain life directly and provided a way that Adam and Eve would have food available to them in abundance. Genesis 2:16 says, “And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden”.” God provided all the resources they would need. The fall has caused the ground to be cursed. Then the abundance became scarce. Life has begun to become a struggle. It was hard to get what you needed and keep it. This also started the competition for domestic leadership, caused by genetic imbalances. The world is still dealing with these affects today. We must remember that God is totally sufficient and only He can restore the abundance and cooperation while having a relationship with Him. We know that God is totally sufficient and if we have a life with Him, we will not have these