The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-01-18

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this chapter in Genesis: L. The
Temptation Wv. 1-5: II. The Fall, Wv.
6, Z; Ill. The Trial, Wv. S-13; Nv. The
Sentence Wv. 1924.
l. The Temptation Wv. is. En-
vironment certainly did not cause our
parents in the garden. to fall. How
long after the creation Of man this
event occurred no one knows. Was
it real serpent? Why not? Did not
Adam name all the animals? 1t Is no
stretch of imagination to believe the
tradition that he conversed with them
till driven from the garden. True Mil
ton and not Genesis says this was Sa-
tan, yet Milton had Scripture author
ity, Rev. 1873. We are also taught
that Satan can assume DISCUSSES. 2
Cor. 11:14, etc.
The point of attack was to question
the word of God; this is always the
open doorway to all sin. False the
ology always leads in the end to false
conduct God had forbidden to eat OF
but one tree, chapter 2:17, but here
Satan takes a partial truth to make
a lie. "Ye shall not eat of the fruit
of all the trees" v. Or. W Eve did
what Jesus did when he was tempted.
replied with the words of God Wv.
and 8. But though she saw through
Satans misrepresentation, she made
the collosal mistake of parleying.
Gaining that much ground Satan goes
a step further 1t is not death she
need to be fearful Of; God would rath-
er prevent her becoming like himself
hence the prohibition not to partake
of the fruit of the tree.
Ewes Mistake.
Your eyes shall be opened 8.
the woman saw" Human curiosity
and a wrong ambition for a clearer
knowledge have ever been fruitful
sources of failure. Eve made the mis-
take Of adding to Gods words GID
and of allowing herself to see the one
prohibition of the garden rather than
the myriads Of privileges.
ii. The Fall, Wv. 6, Z. The next
step was but the entering wedge. The
appeal was to the eyes. 1T was de-
light to the eyes" v. r. ", "she took
Of it." see l John 2:16. When God
gave command not to eat, he knew
the danger Of touching. 2 Cor. 6:17.
There was Of course possible escape.
/ Cor. 1913, even yet, but scarcely
so. Eve had gone too far, hence she.
and then Adam partook. The result
was death ". 10 and Rom. 8: 12-1D, but
not immediate death. That sentence
was carried out when Adam died. In
that day" rather, in his day. just as
we speak of the days of Lincoln or
Washington.
But physical death was not all.
Death means separation. Adam and
Eve were separated from God because
of this disobedience. Death in every
sense is the result of sin, Rom. 1928
| and came upon the entire race because
of the sin Of one man, Rom. 6:12 r. v.
But Christi the second Adam brought
back life 1 Cor. 1922.
Adams Fault.
Adams fault was that he listened to
his wife's persuasion ". ID. Their
desire for q present advantage, be
come like God" overcame the fear OF
a future displeasure and illustrates
the Hebrew word for sin, missing the
mark" Immediately their eyes were
opened. What they saw now was not
desirable to look upon" and they
made themselves girdles from the
leaves Of the fig trees. Man has ever
since been seeking to cover his OWL
shame.
III. The Trial w. S:13. Commit
iniquity and human nature seeks con
cealment. Innocence never seeks GOV
er. Sin makes towards Of US all. Al
the cool of the day approaches Goo
walks in the garden. OF course he
misses Adam and calls Where ar
thou?" From that day on his call hal
resounded but man heeds not the call
Sometimes the call comes in the coo
quiet of the evening and sometimes
the fierce blare of the tempests Of life
Let us like Adams answer. There il
however, no Joy now in Adams re
Spouse v. 10. the Joy of life Is all gon'
once we yield to sin. Adams comics
sion is worthy of study 9. g., that hi
fear arose from his nakedness. Whel
will men realize that in the sight o
God they are naked, and that no cloal
of self righteousness, nor any othe
garment of mans philanthropy ca
cover his sin. Notice how each sough
to pass responsibility on to another
Rom. 1872. God, however, drew fror
each a statement Of their own person
al participation in this entire anal
and judged each accordingly. Ron
1910.
Nv. The Sentence Wv. 14-24. AdaI
sought to throw the blame upon Ev
and indirectly upon God who had gi'
en- him Eve. No excuse but seeks
evade responsibility. We see, hov
|, ever, in the words Of this section thre
great facts presented. First, the r
lation between the human race an
the race of serpents. Everything ths
! is evil, repulsive and vile is summ
rized in that phrase that old serpent
Rev. 1879. The trickery Of a serpen
its venom, its noiselessness. its +
sort to dark places, and mans natur'
! instinct to kill snake, all put toget
.. er, Ia but summary of the curse &
recorded In verses IA and Is.
Second. the everlasting conflict
tween man and the powers Of evt
One reason we know this garden stol