What each of us experiences on a small scale, humankind experienced on a large scale: the battle between spirit and flesh, reason and passions. God had made us one: sin has divided us. Since then, there are two men within us, a Cain and an Abel; one carnal, the other spiritual; one earthly, the other heavenly; one of man, the other of God. Often, in His merciful justice, God afflicts the dominating flesh to free the enslaved spirit; He strikes the body to save the soul.
So it is with all humanity. God had made it one: sin divided it both from God and from itself. Since then, in human society, there have been two societies: one of the good, the other of the wicked; one of the just, the other of sinners; one of the children of God, the other of the children of man; the first, represented by Abel, Seth, Enoch, Noah; the second, by Cain and his descendants. When the corrupted part of mankind came to corrupt almost all the rest, God struck the flesh to save the spirit.
What each of us experiences on a small scale, humankind experienced on a large scale: the battle between spirit and flesh, reason and passions. God had made us one: sin has divided us. Since then, there are two men within us, a Cain and an Abel; one carnal, the other spiritual; one earthly, the other heavenly; one of man, the other of God. Often, in His merciful justice, God afflicts the dominating flesh to free the enslaved spirit; He strikes the body to save the soul.
So it is with all humanity. God had made it one: sin divided it both from God and from itself. Since then, in human society, there have been two societies: one of the good, the other of the wicked; one of the just, the other of sinners; one of the children of God, the other of the children of man; the first, represented by Abel, Seth, Enoch, Noah; the second, by Cain and his descendants. When the corrupted part of mankind came to corrupt almost all the rest, God struck the flesh to save the spirit.
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