I preached yesterday on Romans 8:18-27. One of the things that this passage deals with is the fact that all of creation is broken as a result of sin. Just as God cursed Adam (and all mankind with him) when Adam first sinned, so too was creation itself cursed.
Why would God do this? Donald Grey Barnhouse offers the following answer in his Commentary on Romans (Volume III, p. 129):
“This He did in order to bring forth the lessons that all of His spirit creatures could see, leaving the ruined creation as an object lesson to show that there is no path of blessing except yieldedness to the will of the Creator, and that every departure from that will means death.”As a result, each time we do battle with weeds and thorns and thistles, and each time we hear news of hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes, let us be reminded of our sin. And as we are reminded of our sin, let us also be reminded of the fact that Christ Jesus has offered himself as an atonement for it.
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