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This sin in Adam, moreover, is relative to His station: Although this worldly attachment produced substantial results, yet in relation to attachment to the spiritual realm it is nonetheless regarded as a sin, and the truth of the saying, "The good deeds of the righteous are the sins of the near ones" is established. Again, it is like the power of the body, which is imperfect in relation to the power of the spirit- indeed, it is sheer weakness in comparison. Likewise, material life, compared to eternal existence and the life of the Kingdom, is regarded as death. Thus Christ referred to this material life as death and said, "let the dead bury their dead".[98] Although those souls enjoyed material life, yet in His eyes that life was even as death. (30:12) com1 This is but one of the meanings of the biblical account of Adam. Reflect, that you may discover the others
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