The Red Cloud chief., 1913-01-16
INTERNATIONAL,
SUNlNSCI1OOL
LESSON
(By u. q. SELLERS. Director OF Eve
ming Department Tho Moody Bible In
stitute OF Chicago)
LESSON FOR JANUARY 19
MANS FIRST SIN.

LESSON TEXT-Gencs,s3 3t-i2. g2-2A
GOLDEN TEXT--"Evcry one that com,
mitteth sin IL tho bond servant Of sln."
John s:34 II. v.
There are four natural divisions to
this chapter In Genesis: l. The
Temptation W. 1.5; II. The Fall, w.
90; Ill. The Trial. Wv. S.13; Nv. The
Sentence w. 14.2i.
|. The Temptation w. 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? II Is no
stretch OF imagination to believe the
tradition that ho conversod 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. 11:1i. etc.
| The point Of attack was to question
the word Of God: this IL always tho
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 mako
a lie. 'Ye shall not eat OF the fruit
,of all the trees" v. Or. W Eve did
what Jesus did when no was tempted.
replied with the words OF God w. 2
and 3. But though she saw through
rSatans misrepresentation. she made
the collosal mistake OF parleylng
Gaining that much ground Satan goes
n step further. It 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 tho tree.
Ewes Mistake.
"Your eyes shall be opened
tho woman saw" Human curiosity
and wrong ambition for q clearer
knowledge have ever been fruitful
sources OF failure. Eve made the mis-.
take Of adding to Gods words (2:1O
and Of allowing herself to see the one
prohibition Of the garden rather than
the myriads Of privileges.
II. The Fall, w. 6. Z. The next
step was but the entering wedge. The
appeal was to the eyes, ut was q do
light to the eyes" v. 6 r. ". "she took
OF It," see / 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.
NJ hnk 10
80. Eve had gone too far. hence She
and then Adam partook.
Adams Fault.
Adams fault was that he listened to
his wifes persuasion ". 10. Their
dea,rc for q present advantage, "be-
como like Cod" overcame the fear Of
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 own
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. As
the cool of the day approaches God
walks In the garden. OF course he
misses Adam and calls "Where art
thou?" From that day on his call has
resounded but man heeds not the call.
Nv. The Sentence w. 1924. Adam
sought to throw the blame upon Eve
and indirectly upon God who had Civ.
en- him Eve. No excuse but seeks to
evade 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
is evil, repulsive and vile Is summa-
rized in that phrase that old serpent
Rev. 1879. The trickery Of a serpent,
its venom, its noiselessness. its 70
sort to dark places. and mans natural
instinct to kill a snake. all put togeth-
er, Is but q summary of the curse aa
recorded In verses IL and 15.
Second. the everlasting conflict be.
tween man and tho powers Of evil.
One reason we know this garden story
is true is that 1t squares with our ev'
cry day experience. It is as true to
life as the laws of mathematics, The
power of sin. its 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-
ality in our lives to be denied. And
lastly there is the prophecy Of one
who should conquer this power and
bring all things subject to himself.
He who was to conquer that last en-
emy. death, Cor. 1924. 26. Having
thus partaken of the "tree OF the
knowledge OF good and evil" thereby
In ~, ,rrinp tha curaa ~ labor md toll