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a future displeasure nj 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 gfrdles from the
leaves Of the fig trees. Man has ever
since been seeking to cover his own
shame. Rom. 1913: lisa. 64:6, but God
himself had to clothe them at last
". ~ as he will also clothe us, lisa.
6l:10, Phil. $40.
III. The Trial Wv. S:13. Commit
iniquity and human nature seeks con-
cealment. Innocence never seeks COW
er. Sin makes towards Of us all. AS
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.
Sometimes the call comes In the cool
quiet of the evening and sometimes
the fierce blare Of the tempests of life.
Let us like Adams answer. There Is,
however, no Joy now in Adams re-
Spouse v. 10, the JOY of life is all gone
once we yield to sin. Adams confes-
sion Is worthy Of study e. e., that his
teal 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. 1872. God, however, drew from
each a statement of their own person
al participation in this entire affair
and judged each accordingly, Rom.
IA: 10.
w. 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 s%erpents. Everything that
is evil. repulsive and vile is summa
TlLtu III lhdl PM doC INA ~
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 a 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
is true is that it squares with our ev-
cry day experience. It ID 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 a re-
atty 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-
envy, death, / Cor. 1924, &c. 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 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
life was not lost forever and now we
are urged to partake of it to our full.
See Rev. 81.
Adam and Eve had the power of
choice and this lesson reveals how
they stood the test. The great strug.
gle between good and evil, the fact Of
sin and its awful consequences, the
relation of God to the individual man,
the condemnation Of a guilty con.
science-all these are here set before
us, and are a faithful %portraiture Of
the drama OF life.