Adam

Our first lot of baggage comes from being part of a fallen race, being born separated from God. Adam and Eve had all their needs met by God. They had security, a sense of belonging, a sense of worth and felt completely loved by God. They didn’t know what it was like to be needy or rejected. At the time of the fall all these things that they had taken for granted became needs.

Man’s behaviour then became motivated to get his needs met, like our need for security, our need to belong and our need to feel of worth. Our need for food and shelter became work. This drive to get our needs met is what we inherited from Adam. Think about it – Why are you attending this course? You must see it as meeting some need for you. Why do you go to church? If it did not meet a need in you, you would not go. Why did you get married? Usually to get your own needs met. Most of what we do is to get a need met, even if it is unconscious.

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