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6 Salvation Through BORN AGAIN 5 When they were brought be- fore Him at the time of clearing the debts; they did not have any- thing 1 but stood empty handed. 6 Then the rich man had condi- tional mercy and brings both to a judge 2 and claimed their crime. 7 The judge tied up their hands and legs with chains 3 and beaten them. He decided to keep them In the eternal prison. 8 But He gave them some time for clearing their debts and sent them away. So they tried to clear Their debt. They even started to beg but there was no use. 9 At last, they went to the door post of the rich man’s son and knocked, who is with full of gr- ace 4 . They explained their con- dition to the servants with Him. They said that the gracious one (rich man’s son) should save us from the upcoming judgment. 10 They requested the servants fell upon His feet and shall open the gate. Finally the door was opened to meet the gracious one. When they asked for help, the servant had mercy and took them to the gracious one. 11 They prostrated before Him and confessed every transgre- 1 Deut 16:17; 6 2 Cor 7:10; 2 1 Pt 4:17; 7 Mt 18:32; 3 The Salvation Is The GIFT Of GOD ssion they committed. They said that they will not sin any more 5 but asked Him to be gracious. They pleaded Him to save them from the upcoming judgment. When the gracious one saw them, He understood that they had true repentance 6 which leads them to the New Birth and sal- vation for entering into God’s kingdom. 12-13 He told them that He for- gave them and showered His grace upon them. He forgave all their debt 7 . In fact, He canceled their crime before the Judge and allowed them to work again in His father’s garden. In the same way, the entrance into the kin- gdom of God takes place”. He who has ears, let him ear. CHAPTER 4 WE read that God made one man 8 as every nation of men ac- cording to His plan so that they may inhabit the whole earth, and He determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. 2 Moses said regarding this that - God blessed them. 3 God blessed them and said to them, -“Be fruitful and multiply 9 , 4 Acts 16:24; Eph 1:7; 8 Acts 17:26,27; 9 Gen 1:28. 5 Josh 5:14; 7 Salvation Through BORN AGAIN fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves on the earth.” 4 Before men had the children, God conducted a test in the beg- inning so that His will may be acc- omplished through His children? 5 To speak about this allegory – as our children are sent to the schools and colleges today, the teachers take classes for them. Finally, they conduct exams for them! 6 In the same way, God created the Garden in Eden for first men and He kept them there. He wa- nts to conduct a test for them and He said – 7 “of every tree of the garden you may freely eat, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, 8 for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die 1 .” 9 They did what God did not wish. They broke the command of God in the test and finally they were defeated as they copied in the exams. 10 It is said regarding this – ‘she took of its fruit and ate. She also 1 Gen 2:16,17; 6 Isa 5:2. 2 Gen 3:6; 3 The Salvation Is The GIFT Of GOD gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it 2 .’ 11 When they broke the com- mand of the Lord, they were defeated by enemy and became sinners. Though more than twe- nty generations are over, yet ma- ny of us are not understand that lawlessness is sin 3 and they live with groaning. 12 It is written for this - ‘the wages of sin is death 4 .’ 13 God said to Adam-’because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I co- mmanded you, ‘You must not eat of it,’ “Cursed is the earth because of you 5 .’ 14 Moreover, they were the law breakers, committed sin and were cursed. Finally they were handed over to death. 15 The will of God expanded towards men but the crop is mi- xed with the wheat along with the weeds through a first man. 16 The mankind spread like the fruitful wine but the Holy Spirit said through Isaiah prophet – 17 ‘Then He (the owner) expe- cted for a crop of good grapes, but it brought forth wild gra- pes 6 .’ 1 Jh 3:4; 4 Rom 6:23; 5 Gen 3:17;