Multiplication Methodologies

The Bible records the creation of the world and the first man and woman (Genesis 1).
The first command given by God to these newly created people was to multiply:


So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him;
male and female created He them.

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply,
and replenish the earth, and subdue it...(Genesis 1:27-28)




This process was not only to be physical multiplication, it was also to be spiritual. As
Adam and Eve multiplied physically they would fill the earth with others like themselves;
people who knew God and walked in fellowship with Him. They would be reproducing
spiritually as well as physically.
The fall of man into sin interfered with this process (Genesis 3). Sin resulted in physical
death which hindered physical multiplication (Genesis 2:17). It also caused spiritual
death which is the spiritual separation of sinful man from a righteous God. This hindered
spiritual multiplication.
Because God loved man so much, He made a special plan to save people from this terrible
spiritual death. God sent Jesus Christ to die for the sins of all mankind. Jesus paid the
penalty of death in our place, then He overcame death by rising again from the dead (John
20).
Each individual must choose to accept God's plan of salvation by asking forgiveness for
sin and accepting Jesus as Savior.* As a believer in Jesus with sins forgiven, you are
saved from spiritual death.
Although the physical body will someday die, you will continue to live spiritually and
will receive a new body which will live forever: