Even while standing in the abundance of Eden, Adam coveted the knowledge of good and evil apart from God’s authority over him. Adam’s rebellious rejection of the authority of his Creator precipitated the very fall of mankind. In effect, Adam said: I will not submit to God’s rule over me in all things.
Christ came as the only one who ever fully submitted to God saying (among many other things): “I have come to do your will O God; I speak only the words the Father has given me; I do nothing on my own authority; and Nevertheless not my will but your will be done.” And yet Jesus made it clear that, ultimately, He would be rejected because the people “do not want this man to reign over us.”
Adam (with Eve’s help) was the first human to rebel against God. And all his descendants, with that same rebellious spirit within them, must answer the question: Will you have this man to rule over you? But this question is not one of faith only, but also of submission and lordship. Dr. D. James Kennedy explains in his message: “Crown Him Lord of All.”
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