New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-05-09
LESSON FOR MAY II.
SIN AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.

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DEVOTIONAL READINoLPsalms 81:
lib.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL-Rom. lis.
PRIMARY ToP1c-Di.obeyins Our
Heavenly Father.
JUNIOR TOPIC-How Disobedience
Separates Us From God.
INTERMEDIATE TOPIC - Destructive
Power of Sin.
SENIOR AND ADULT ToPIC-rhs Ma.
ture and Results Of Sin.
An outlook upon the world proves
that man is not what he should be.
Then. too, apart from gospel influence
there is no sign Of improvement. The
only way Of accounting for the discrep-
ancy between what man Is and what
he should be is by the Fall. This Is
the way that the Bible accounts for 1t.
The introduction Of sin is the answer.
l.. The Temptation (Gen 3:1-8).
Man possessed a free will, in the ex.
ercise Of which he turned away from
God and his commandment. This was
done at the instance of the devil
working through the serpent. He did
not appear as he really was, but in dis
guise. The method employed was ~
finding the woman while alone; (2) in
sinuating doubt into her mind as to
Gods word and love. At his sugges-
ton she began to believe that God did
not mean what he said, and that he
was unkind in placing restrictions upon
them. In this the devil slandered God,
accusing the Almighty Of zeal.
ousy and fraud. (3) Appeal to limo
cent appetite. ~ She gazed upon
the fruit which God had forbidden.
Looking o o begat lust. (5) She
lusted after that which God had for.
hidden. That which God has forbid.
den should not be looked at lest the
should lust for 1t.
u. The Fall e 1879.
From lusting to indulgence was a
short step. This act of %disobedience
has brought on all the worlds woe and
Eve not only disobeyed. but
Involved Adam in her sin. Aspiring
be gods, they became the slaves Of
sin. They came to know good and evil,
but by sad experience. They knew sin
the power to free themselves
from It.
III. The Consequences Of the Fall
e :9-24).
l.. The disturbed relationship with
God wv. 8, 10Y. The familiar inter.
course which mar. enjoyed with the AL.
was married and broken by
sin. Sin makes life intolerable in the
1ivine presence. Adam and Eve not
only hid from Gods presence, but
Adam began to make and even
aid the blame or God.
2. The serpent was degraded and
lencefOrth became a type Of sin and
Satan ". IA; Ct. Mum. p 20; John
IA; Rev. 12:9). This doom was pro-
bounced without trial. In the case of
nan 1t vas not so.
3. The undying enmity between the
wo seeds ". IS; CT. John 8:4O-45;
Matt. % 1887. The antagonism thus
,egun reached its climax in the cruel
ixiop Of Christ. Satan's seed has been
,yer since %endeavOring to destroy the |
IOrd's work and his workers.
4. The ultimate victory Of the wom-
ms seed ". 15). Satan harassed the
voman's seed; bruised his heel, but
inally the stroke vas made which
the serpent's head (John ~:
Il Heb. 2:14; 1 John 3:8). This was
he first CLEAN Of the glorious light of
he gospel of Christ. The victory was
marvellous, but the cost was infinite
lisa. So; 2 Cor. 5:21).
5. Judgment upon the woman ".
81. This relates to her as a wife and
also to her subOrdinatiOn to
IAN. This is Gods decree, and all ef-
orts of freeing ones self from 1t
re fghtings against God.
6. Mans new relationship to the
arth wv. 17-19). The earth was
ursed on his account. Because of the
ank growth of thorns and thistles
must make an increased effort to
xist. Man with his sinful nature would
e in a bad state without the neces-
Ity Of toll from. 8:10-22).
l.. Death ". 1917. This includes
and spiritual death-both the
esult Of sin.
8. Expulsion from the garden ".
y. This was an act Of great mercy.
have partaken Of the tree Of life
nd live forever in a sinful state would
ave been intolerable.