Sin and Love - Addison Zanda

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Book 10 caught my attention to the aspect of the proceedings of sin. Milton uses a strong usage of this towards Adam and Eve by saying, "Both have sinned, but thou against God only, I against and thee..." (lines 930-931). Eve comes to the realization that she has sinned, but also notices how she has "lost" Adam. Adam and Eve"s disobedience lets God put his mercy in their wrongs and we see he does this to us as humans. The love from God was given to them as a gift. Though they had fallen from their sins, there's always that wonderful feeling of forgiveness and redemption. Those two lines become very important not only for the story within the book, but the story within our lives because we all sin and fall short and we long to make it right. In the book of Hosea, Chapter 14 shows a main point of the being or feeling of restoration. Verses 1-2 say, "Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for your sins have brought you down. Bring your confession and return to the Lord. Say to him, "Forgive all our sins and graciously receive us, so that we may offer you praises." We can pray Hosea's prayer and know our sins are forgiven because Christ paid the penalty for them on the cross. Forgiveness begins when we admit our need for it. We cannot save ourselves; our only hope is in God's mercy. What do you believe?

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Kayla Gill said…
Of course, I believe that God washes away each sin, and no one is too big for him to handle. I do like how you bring in that peace for Adam and Eve both. I think that this story portrays a wakeup call to the modern world of Milton's time. Adam was so distracted by the beauty of Eve that he was not focused on his general purpose, which was to glorify God. Because of this, he fell to the sin of man. This foreshadows the destiny of the people in Milton's time with them being too fascinated with freedom that they were not focused on the orginal purpose of this desire of freedom--the wish to worship how they please. But, he assures them the satisfaction of repentance and forgiveness through God.

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September 9, 2019 at 3:37 PM
Cade Wood said…
I agree! God is a loving God abundant in grace and in mercy and we do not deserve his love. There is no sin too big for Him or too bad for Him. I really liked the bible verse you put in from Hosea because it displays those characteristics of love and grace and mercy.
September 9, 2019 at 7:26 PM
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