8. After man had sinned, how did God show His love, and His willingness to forgive? “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16. NOTE.—Inasmuch as God, who is love, who delights in mercy, and who changes not, offered pardon and granted a period of probation to man when he sinned, it is but reasonable to conclude that a like course was pursued toward the heavenly intelligences who first sinned, and that only those who persisted in sin, and took their stand in open revolt and rebellion against God and the government of heaven, were finally cast out of heaven. Rev. 12:7-9. [Illustration.] Cain And Abel--The First Murder. "Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother." 1 John 3:12. The Fall And Redemption Of Man [Illustration.] Sin And Its Remedy. "The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Rom. 6:23. 1. What is sin declared to be? “Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for _sin is the transgression of the law_.” 1 John 3:4. 2. What precedes the manifestation of sin? “Then when _lust_ hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin.” James 1:15. 3. What is the final result or fruit of sin? “And sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth _death_.” Same verse. “The wages of sin is _death_.” Rom. 6:23. 4. Upon how many of the human race did death pass as the result of Adam’s transgression? “By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so _death passed upon all men_, for that all have sinned.” Rom. 5:12. “In Adam _all die_.” 1 Cor. 15:22. 5. How was the earth itself affected by Adam’s sin? “_Cursed is the ground_ for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; _thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee_.” Gen. 3:17, 18. 6. What additional curse came as the result of the first murder? “And the Lord said unto Cain, ... And _now art thou cursed from the earth_, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand; _when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength_.” Gen. 4:9-12. 7. What terrible judgment came in consequence of continued sin and transgression against God? “And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth.... The end of all flesh is come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence.” “And Noah was six hundred years old when _the flood of waters_ was upon the earth.... The same day were _all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened_.” Gen. 6:7-13; 7:6-11. 8. After the flood, what came in consequence of further apostasy from God?