The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-01-15
LESSON FOR JANUARY 10
MANS FIRST SIN.

MANS FIRST SIN.
LESSON TEXT-Genesis 3:1-1z. z-A.
GOLDEN TExTL"Every one that conn
mitteth sin is the bond servant OF sin
John 1874 r. v.
There are four natural divisions to
this chapter In Genesis: 1. The
Temptation wv. is; II. The Fall, w.
8, a; III The Trial. w. s-13; ". The
Sentence Wv. 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
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. 1879. We are also taught
| that Satan can assume DISCUSSES,
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 or
but one tree, chapter AIT, but here
Satan takes partial truth to make
| a lie. "Ye shall not eat of the fruit
of all the trees" v. / (R- VI Eve did
| what Jesus did when he was tempted,
replied with the words Of God w. 2
and 8. But though she saw through
Satan's Misrepresentation, she made
the colossal 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
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 (2:17]
and of allowing herself to see the one
prohibition Of the garden rather thai
the myriads Of privileges.
II. The Fall, Wv. 6, Z. The mex
step was but the entering wedge. Th'
appeal was to the eyes, ''it was de
!. light to the eyes" " 6 r. ", she tool
/. of it." see / John 2:16. When CO.
gave command not to eat, he knew
the danger of touching, Cor. GIT
There was of course a possible escape
l Cor. 13. even yet. but scarcef
30. Eve had gone too far, hence she
and then Adam partook.
Adams Fault.
Adams fault was that he listened t
his wife's persuasion ". I'D. Thei
o desire for a present advantage, "b'
y come like God" overcame the fear {
a future displeasure and illustrate
the Hebrew word for sin, missing tn
mark" Immediately their eyes wer
# opened. What they saw now was NJ
10 desirable to look upon" and the
u made themselves girdles from tn
leaves Of the fig trees. Man has eve
since been seeking to cover his ov
shame.
~ III. The Trial Wv. 8:13 Comm
iniquity and human nature seeks CO
cealment- Innocence never seeks co
err Sin makes towards of US all. 4
a the cool of the day approaches Gt
walks In the garden OF course
misses Adam and calls Where a
= thou?" From that day on his call hi
resounded but man heeds not the ca
". The Sentence w. 14-24. Ada
sought to throw the blame upon q
and indirectly upon God who had q
en- him Eve. No excuse but seeks
evade responsibility. We see, no
ever, In the words OF this section thr
great facts presented. First, the ]
lation between the. human race a.
the race of serpents. Everything tn
is evil, repulsive and vile is SUNNI
rized in that phrase that old serpen
Rev. 1873 The trickery of serpel
its venom, its noiselessness, its !
sort to dark places, and mans natul
instinct to kill snake, all put togei
er, is but summary Of the curse
recorded in verses IA and Is.
Second, the everlasting conflict
tween man anu Liz pOWcIS VI CIV
One reason we know this garden ste
is true is that it squares with our I
cry day experience. 1t is as true
life as the laws of mathematics. T
power of sin, its appeal to pride.
lust, to ambition, to the pleasure
the eyes, to any and all OF the en-
lions, and the counter pull of an o
iu ragged conscience are too vivid
atty In our lives to be denied. A
'au lastly there is the prophecy OF q
~ who should conquer this power q
:. bring all things subject to hims'
He who was to conquer that last
envy, death, Cor 1924, rs. Havi
thus partaken of the tree of
~. knowledge of good and evil there
mourning the curse of labor and
upon them God avoided the possibil
of their partaking of "the tree of
and live forever" by sending them
of the pardan and effectuaIly preve