The Holt County sentinel., 1913-01-17

GOLDEN TEXT-"Everv one that com.
mitteth sin 10 tho bond servant Of sin"
John $50 IT, v.
There are four natural divisions to
this chapter Ia Genesis: I. The
! Temptation w. i.5; II. The Fall. w.
/ 8. I: III The Trial. w. si3: w. The
/ Sentence w. 1924
!. The Temptation w. 10. 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 II Is no
/ stretch OF Imagination to believe the
tradition that he conversed with them
/ till driven from the garden. True NIL.
/ ton and not Genesis says this was Sa.
tan. yet Milton had Scripture author.
/ ity. Rev. 1919 We are also taught
that Satan can assume DISCUSSES. 2
Cor. MA. 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:l7. but here
! Satan takes a partial truth to make
u lie "Ye shall not eat OF the fruit
. Of all the trees" | tR W Eve did
what Jesus did when he was tempted.
replied with the words of God W. =
and g. Hut though she saw through
Satans misrepresentation. she made
the colossal mistake OF parlcying.
Gaining that much ground Satan goes
a step further It Is not death she
need to be fearful Of. God would rath.
rr prevent her becoming like himself
hrnc" the prohibition noI to partakc
OF the fruit OF the tree.
/ Ewes Mistake.
/ your eyes shall be opened ..
/ the woman saw" Human curiosity
and q wrong ambition for a clearer
knowledge hay" ever been fruitful
! sources Of failure. Eve made the mis-.
| take of adding to Gods words l2:l1j
and Of allowing herself to So. the on"
prohibition Of III" garden rather than
the myriads OF privileges
u The FAN. w. q. :. The next
appeal was TO the eyes. 1t was . de-
light to the eyes" v. 6R. ". she took
/ Of H." see John 2:i6. When God
gave command not to eat. he knew
d the danger Of touching. = Cor. 6:I7.
There was Of course possible escape.
, Cor :i'. even yet. but scarcely
80. Eve had gone too far. hence she,
and then Adam partOOk
Adams Fault.
Adams fault was that hs listened to
his wires PERSUASION ". 10. Their
desire for q present advantage. be
come like God oyercame the fear OF
"a future displeasurr and illustrates
the Hebrew word for sin. missing the
mark immediately their eyes were
opened. What they saw now was not
"desirabl" to look upon" and they
made themselves sirdles from the
leaves Of the fg trees. Man has ever
since been seeking to cover his own
shame,
III. The Trial w. s;l3. Commit
iniquity and human nature seeks con.
cealment. Innocence never seeks GOV.
err Sin makes towards OF MS all. A
the cool Of the day approaches God
walks IN the garden, or course he
misses Adam and calls Where art
thou" From that day on his call has
resounded but man heeds not the call.
~. The Sentence w. 1874. Adam
sought TO throw the blame upon Eve
and indirectly upon God who had Civ.
en- him Eve, No excuse but seeks to
rvade responsibility. We see. how.
ever. In the words OF this section three
great facts presented. First, the re-
lation between the human race and
the race Of serpents Everything that
IL evil. repulsive and vile IL summs.
} rized In that phraHe that old serpent"
Rev. 1888, The trickery Of . serpent,
its venom, its nOiselessness. It's re-
sort to dark places. and mans natural
instinct to kill snake, all put toGsth-
er, II but . summary Of the curse ~
recorded In verses ~ and Is.
Second. the everlasting conflict be.
! tween man and the powers Of evil.
One reason we know this garden story
| 10 true 10 that It squares with our ev.
cry day experience, II 10 a. true to
life - the laws OF mathematics. The
power OF sin. It's appeal to pride. to
lust, TO ambition, to the pleasure OF
! the eyes. to any and all Of the emo
tions. and the counter pull Of an out.
ragged conscience are too vivid . re.
sllty In our lives to be denied. And
lastly there 10 the prophecy Of one
who should conquer this power and
bring all things subject to himself,
lie who was to conquer that last en-
envy. death, Cor. 1874. Is. Having
thus partaken Of the tree Of the
knowledge Of good and evil' thereby
mourning the curse Of labor and toll
upon them God avoided the possibility
Of their psrtaking OF the tree Of life
and live forever" by sending them out
: Of the garden and sRectually prevent.