Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-01-16

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this chapter in Genesis: l. The
temptation Wv. Is; II. The Fall, w.
G, Z; III. The Trial, w. S-13; ". The
Sentence w. 14-24.
l. 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? It 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 11:1i, etc.
The point of attack was to question
the word of God; this is always the
open doorway to all sin. False the
olosy always leads in the end to false
conduct. God had forbidden to eat of
but one tree, chapter 2:17, but here
Satan takes n partial truth to make
of all the trees" v. (R. W Eve did
what Jesus did when he was tempted,
replied with the words of God Wv. 2
and g. But though she saw through
Satans Misrepresentation, she made
the colossal mistake OF parleying
Gaining that much ground Satan goes
n step further. IL is not death she
need to be fearful Of; God would rath-
or prevent her becoming like himself
hence the prohibition not to partake
Of tho fruit of the tree.
Ewes Mistake.
your eyes shall be opened d.
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 (2:1D
and of allowing herself to see the one
prohibition OF the garden rather than
the myriads OF privileges.
H. The Fall, w. 6, z. The next
step was but the entering wedge. The
appeal was to the eyes, sit was de-
light to the eyes" v. r. ", 'she took
of It," see John 2:16. When God
gave command not to eat, he knew
the danger OF touching, Cor. GIT.
There was of course a possible escape,
l Cor 1913, even yet, but scarcely
30. Eve had gone too far, hence she,
and then Adam partook.
Adams Fault.
Adams fault was that he listened to
his wife's persuasion ". ~. Their
desire for a present advantage, be
come like God" overcame the fear OF
a future displeasure and illustrates
the Hebrew word for sin, missing tho
mark" Immediately their eyes were
opened. What they saw now was not
desirable to look upon" and they
made themselves glrdles from the
leaves Of the fig trees. Man has ever
since been seeking to cover his own
shame.
III. The Trial Wv. S:13. Commit
iniquity and human nature seeks con.
ceelment. 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.
~ 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, repulslve 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 snake, all put togeth
er, is but a summary of the curse as
recorded In verses ii and Is.
Second, the everlasting conflict be
tween man and the powers of evil
One reason We know this garden story
Is true is that it squares with our eY
cry day experience. It Is as true to
life as the laws OF mathematics. The
power Of sim its appeal to pride, tc
lust, to ambition, to the pleasure oil
the eyes, to any and all of the emo
lions, and the counter pull of an out
RACED conscience are too vivid q re
atty in our lives TO be denied And
lastly there is the prophecy OF one
VINO should conquer this power and
Drlng all things subject to himself
lie who was to conquer that last en-
envy, death, 1 Cor. 1924, 26. Having
thus partaken of the tree of the
knowledge of good and eviP thereby
mourning the curse Of labor and ted
upon them God avoided the possibility
OF their partaking OF "the tree of life
and live forever by sending them out
OF the garden and effectually prevent
ing their return v. "a. But the tree OF
ilfe was not lost forever and now we
are urged TO partake Of It to our full