redemption of man, showing clearly what he will meet, must conquer and pass on his way to freedom.

These articles are quoted from a book entitled “Soul and Spirit,” by Jessie Penn-Lewis, published in England; but because of the terminology used being at variance with our own and which would but confuse our readers, we have taken the liberty of changing same and using words that will make plain the powerful truths contained therein and which every follower of Christ needs to know.

THE “FALL” apparently began in the intellectual department of the soul, for it is said that when Eve saw that “The tree was to be desired to MAKE ONE WISE she took of the fruit thereof and did eat.” (Gen. 3:6). The appeal of the serpent then was not made to the vessel of clay or to the outer man, for the body was at that time perfectly dominated by the spirit; but it was directed to the intellect and understanding of man, and based on a lawful desire to advance in knowledge and power in the unseen realms of another world.

“I shall be as God,” said the serpent; not “ye shall be as the beasts,” created by God! The temptation was KNOWLEDGE, and the very knowledge which God probably meant to give in due season; but which man grasped before its time, and therefore in disobedience to God’s will.

The words of the Apostle Paul in 1 Cor. 1:19, are therefore very significant in connection with this aspect of the Fall, for the “word of the Cross” is said by the Apostle to be the power of God to “destroy the wisdom of the wise.” Since sin entered through the avenue of the intellect, salvation comes only by the Cross, which destroys the “fallen” wisdom by the very acceptance of its message; for the preaching of “Christ crucified” is to the wisdom of men “foolishness” (1 Cor. 1:18-25).

Thus God, in His wisdom, provides salvation in a way which deals with the cause by which the Fall came about. Therefore Paul writes, “If any man thinketh that he is wise among you . . . let him become a fool, that he may become wise; for the WISDOM OF THIS WORLD IS FOOLISHNESS WITH GOD” (1 Cor. 3:18-19).