The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-01-18
Comment and Suggestive Thouqh,.

Comment and Suggestive Thought.
Man In His Eden Home, IT Mar
was placed In the most favorable cir
cumstances for his development and
growth; in a beautiful garden, with all
the influences of noble nature around
him, in natural communion with God
with plenty of work in taking care of
his home farm. in gaining and exercis.
ing dominion over il. with a perfect
family life; all of which we're educa
tional forces. * that Eden was the
great school OF man.
The Tree OF knowledge OF Good and
Evil was not the tree OF knowledge
but only OF the knowledge OF good and
evil. IL was not to prevent them from
knowing good and evil. Its purpose
was TO teach them that knowledge in
the divine way through knowing the
good by possessing 1t, and evil only
by contrast. Not knowledge OF
good bought dear by knowing ILL.,"
The Tempter. V. /. Now the ser
pent was more subtitle" Crafty. cum
ming. wise in gaining It's ends. insidious
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that would use II for its crafty ends
This speaking serpent is either CD
a tool used by that old serpent
called the Devil. and Satan. which de
ceiveth the whole world" (Rev. 12:9)
because IL was the most fitting instru
ment for his purpose. This Is plain
from the fact that the New Testament
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ton OF Jesus makes IL quite certain
that the serpent and Satan are in
some way Identical. John SAL. 2 Cor
l1;3 (compare 14) Rom. 16: 20; Rev.
1879; O.2."-Delitzsch.
There are two ways OF knowing
good and evil. One is Satan's way.
by knowing evil through experience.
and good by contrast. a faron dim
vision of good. The other IS the divine
nature. having escaped the corruption
that is in the world through lust" q
Pet. 1:4).
The First Consequence was that
they were ashamed. self-conscious.
Without sin there is no shame. The
consciousness OF nakedness was an
expression and figure Of their naked
ness of soul. They had nowhere 10
hide from one another or from God
Hitherto they had not wished to hide
The Second Consequence was that
they were afraid OF their heavenly
It would seem that God by
some manifestation was accustomed
TO speak to his children as was most
natural.
Third Consequence.-Moral De
.%erioration. l.. When God asked
Where are thou? he was un-
truthful. in evading the real aso
FOR his hiding. and refusing to &C.
knowledge his sin.
Fourth Consequence.-The Injury
10 Others. While each child that
INTO the world makes his own
choice as really as Adam did. yet
sin brought unfavorably in.
herited tendencies and environment.
Fifth Consequence ". 16).-A
double sorrow TO woman. She would
suffer in bearing children. and she
would suffer through the oppression
IF man, who would. as a result of his
sinful nature. exercise his natural
strength and authority TO Cypress her.
Sixth Consequence.-Upon man
here was inflicted the curse of hard
md bitter toll. instead OF the work
hat was like the exercise OF play in
eden.
Seventh Consequence death. eve .
not think hat if man had not
iinned his body would not have
lassed away. that death would not
rave been. No. but that death. by
I'm. became death. otherwise II
have been simply a transition !
o a higher state OF being. Robert
on. Tho meaning is suggested by !
he translation Of Enoch. Moses and |
elijah. and the Transformation OF the ?
rody at the resurrection. )
Eighth Consequence.-Banishmen
their Eden home. (,
Ninth Consequence.-A Perpetual !
V. 10. Il will put enmity I
between thy seed and her J
eed.' This was a perpetual symbolic r
presentation of the conflict between
he Satanic being who made use Of
he serpent, and the children of men,
warfare not yet ended. but raging
s intensely as ever. OF the final vic.
Dry Of man over evil, by Jesus Christ.
couN have been known TO :
ar.y man. but he could see victory
" himself and descendants. with
ich comfort Of hope as we look for. r
ard to the final triumph OF the mil a
'nnial days. g
Practical Points.
The tempter gains power over the
Inocent by first undermining their
18th In God. He sowed doubts in
leir hearts. "a.
Every one must fight the battle OF W
Re, and gain the victory. Il he would S
a true man and good. No one can en- Oh
# upon the great world of life and "a
'efulness without first being tempted m
I'd tried. Thus at the beginning OF T
lie Christian life comes the great
mptation-the battle as 10 who shall
lie the soul. its success is CONVEX.
on. the entrance upon the new and I,
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