Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-07-10
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Le.s"" I'm tho International series
for July IA. IooI-Beginning OF
Sin and Redemption.
prepared by II. &, LenlnKsonl
THE LESSON TENT.
Genesis s;l-lS)

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Ye shall not surely die;
5. For God doth know that In the day We
eat thereof then your eyes shall be opened.
and We shall be as gods. knowing good and
evil.
8. And when the woman saw that the
tree was good FOR food. and that Il was
pleasant TO the eyes. and a tree tn be de-
sired TO make one wise, she took OF the
fruit thereof. and did eat. and gave also
unto her husband with her: and he did eat.
q. And the eyes OF them both were opened.
and they knew that they were naked: and
they sewed Tx leaves together. and made
themselves aprons.
S. And they heard the voice OF the Lord
God walking In the garden In the cool OF
the day; and Adam and his wife hid them
selves from the presence OF the Lord God
amongst the trees OF the garden
y. And the Lord God called unto Adam
and said unto him. Where art thou?
10. And he said. heard Thy voice In the
garden, and i was AFRAID, because l was
naked: and hid myself.
II. And lie said. Who told thee that thou
vast naked? Hast thou eaten OF the tree,
whereof l commanded thee that thou
Shouldcst not cat2
- And the man said. The woman whom
Thou gavest TO be with me. she gave me OF
the tree. and did eat
IL. And the Lord God said unto fhe wom-
an. What Is this that tSou hast doneP And
the =. oman said. The serpent begiilled me
and | did eat.
a. And the Lord God said unto the SER
pent, Because thou hast done this. thou
art cursed above all cattle. and above
every beast OF the field: upon thy belly
shalt thou go. and dust shalt thou eat all
the days OF thy life
70. And | Will put enmity between thee
and the woman. and between thy seed and
her seed: Il shall bruise thy head and thou
shalt bruise his heel.
GOLDEN TENT.-Whcre sin abound
ed, grace did much more nbound.-
Rom. $40.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The lesson of to-day presents pic
ture in sad contrast TO that OF our last
lesson. Then we read Of God and the
wonderful works of His hands; we
read of the creation Of man I'm the inn
age of God with Eve. his wife. placed In
the Garden of Eden. surrounded by
everything that was beautiful. pure
and calculated To make them happy.
The picture of this lesson is the great
black blot of sin and its accompanying
misery and desolation. The story is
familiar TO all. an outline is sufficient
To recall al its essential points.
The Serpent Tempts Eve...........C CHI. 3:i-6
Adam and Eve Yield to Temptation. VS. q
The Results OF Sin....................Vs 1924
Life Apart from God. Oh. 4:1-2G
The Serpent Tempts Eve-In the
story of the temptation notice careful
~ three points: % The power OF evil
suggestion. The serpent Tor. we may
say Satan, speaking through the ser
penD made no bold assertion at first.
nor did he pluck fruit from the forbid
den tree and offer il to the woman.
That means would have been an invita-
ton to defeat. He put question:
Cd 10 q
every tree OF the garden?" The subtle
suggestion is at once apparent. OF all
evil things the most evil is the evil sug-
gestion. and the more subtle the sug-
gestiOn the more powerful the evil.
GU The spirit of discomfort as the
opening wedge for sin. The serpent's
evil suggestion created In the womnn's
mind the spirit OF discomfort 1t is
possible that there is such thing as
noble discomfort which spurs one on
10 endeavor that will enable him rise
from lowly surroundings and TO mount
the ladder OF aspiration TO higher
things; but discomfort, in and of itself
considered, is n thing to he despised. IT
regards neither ways nor means, ask
ing only that It's object be attained.
and that object is usually one not
worth the attaining. Have your aspira-
tions, but keep down the spirit OF dis
content The sin Of discomfort is the
more clearly realized when we recall
that it il ever awakened al the call OF
an evil suggestion. CD Satan follows
up his own evil suggestion. and the
consequent spirit of discomfort awak-
ened in the woman's mind by denying
the word Of God. God had said: EYE
shall surely die" Satan said: aye
shall not surely die"
The Results OF Sin.-AT; the rest Of
the Bible. beginning with the seventh
verse Of the third chapter Of the first
book. and all the history Of the world.
is the story Of the consequences OF sin.
The immediate result was Punishment
from the paradise originally intended
for man. God had said the penalty
would be death. "The wages Of sin Is
death" Separation from God is death.
Sin drove Adam and Eve from the gar
den. and put flaming sword which
turned every way 20 guard the way to
the tree Of life. Only through re.
pentance and the death ~ the physical
body does man now find his way back
TO the paradise ~ Cod
incidentally. we have here hint
Of the redemption through Christ.
Among .the seed" or descendants. Of
the woman vas 10 be- the Messiah.
Jesus Christ By Him has the head Of
the serpent been crushed.
Life Apart from God.-Bead the
fourth chapter ~ Genesis for hint as
10 the results Of sin. and Of separation
from Odd. u is the beginning Of the
story OF man taking the life Of man.
" IS picture d9rkly drawn. but crime
has been rampant ON the face Of the
earth from the fal! Of man 10 the pres.
emf hour. Cain killed Abel, and Lamach
Killed Cain. 81 have s.ain n man TO my
wnmndinR. and Nnnnp man To my