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mitteth sin is the bond servant Of SIN"
John 1854 r. ".
There are four natural divisions to
this chapter In Genesis. l. The
Temptation w. 1-5; II. The Fall, w.
6. 4; III, The Trial, w. S-13; Nv. The
Sentence w. 1924.
I. 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
1t 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 NIL.
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 q partial truth to make
q 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 w.
and g. But though she saw through
Satan's 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 partaks
of the fruit OF the tree.
Ewes Mistake.
Your eyes shall be opened
the woman saw" Human curiosity
and a wrong ambition for 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, 7. The next
step was but the entering wedge. The
appeal was to the eyes, ut was de-
light to the eyes" v. 8 R. ", she took
of It," see | John 2:16. When God
gave command not to eat, he knew
the danger of touching, 2 Cor. GIT.
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 ". 19and Rom. s: 1914. but
not immediate teath. That sentence
was carried out y hen 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 we're separated from God because
Of this disobedience. Death In every
sense is the result of sin. Rom. 6:23
and came upon the entire race because
of the sin of one man, Rom s: IL R. v.
But Christ the second Adam brought
back life Cor. 1922.
Adams Fault.
Adams fault was that he listened to
his wife's persuasion ". III. Their
desire for q present advantage. be
come like God" 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. STA Commit
iniquity and human nature seeks con-
cealnent. Innocence never seeks COW
or. Sin makes towards Of us all. Al
the cool Of the day approaches God
walks In the garden. OF course he
misses Adam and calls where art
thou?e From that day on his call has
resounded but man heeds not the call.
Sometimes the call comes In the cool
quiet of the evening and sometimes
the fierce blare Of the tempests OF life.
L.st US Ike Adams answer. There II.
however, no Joy now in Adams re-
Spouse '. 10. the Joy Of life Is all gone
once we yield to sin. Adams comics.
sion is worthy Of study 9. g.. that his
fear arose from his nakedness. When
will men realize that in the sight Of
God they are naked, and that no cloak
of self righteousness. nor any other
garment Of mans philanthropy can
cover his sin. Notice how each sought
to pass responsibility on to another.
Rom. 14:12. God. however. drew from
each q statement Of their own person.
al participation in this entire affair
and judged each accordingly. Rom.
14.10.
Nv. The Sentence w. A-a4. Adam
sought to throw the blame upon Eve
end 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, repulsiye and vile is summa-
rized In that phrase that old serpent"
Rev. 1879. The trickery Of a serpent,
It's venom, Its noiselessness, its re.
sort to dark places, and mans natural
instinct to kill a snake, all put togeth-
er, is but summary of the curse as
recorded in verses IA and Is.
Second. the everlasting conflict be-
tween man and the powers OF evil
One reason We know this garden story
IL true Is that it squares with our ev-
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