The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-05-08
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LESSON
By REV. P. q. r1TzwATER. D. D.,
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute Of 'Chicago.)
Copyright. 1919. by western Newspaper Un;on.)
LESSON FOR MAY II.
SIN AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.

SIN AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
LESSON TEXT-Genesis 3:1-24.
GOLDEN TENT-fhe wages Of sin 10
death: bpt the gift Of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.-Rom.
6:23.
DEVOTIONAL READ1NG-Psalms 81:
l-13.
ADDITIONAL MATER1AL-Rom. 1:1s-
q; James Ills.
PRIMARY fredericksburg Our
Heavenly Father.
JUNIOR TOPIC-How Disobedience
Separates Us From God.
INTERMEDIATE TOPIC - Destructive
Power of Sin.
SENIOR AND ADULT ToP1c-rhe Ma
ture and Results of Sin:
An outlook upon the world proves
that man is not what he should he.
Then. too. apart from gospel influence
there is 20 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 it.
The introduction of sin is the answer.
!. The Temptation (Gen 3:1-G).
Man possessed a free will, in the ex-
ercise Of which he turned away from
God and his commandment. This was
done ut 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,
even accusing the Almighty of ienl-
ousy and fraud. (3) Appeal to inno-
cent appetite. .(4) She gazed upon
the fruit which God had forbidden.
Looking soon begat lust. (G She
lusted after that which God had for
hidden. That which God has forbid
den should not be looked at lest the
flesh should lust for it..
u. The Fall (3:G-S).
From lusting to indulgence was n
short step. This act of disobelience
has brought on all the worlds woe and
misery. Eve not only d%isobeyed. hut
involved Adam in her sin. Aspiring
to be gods, they became the slaves of
sin. They came to know good and evil,
but by sad experience. They knew sin
without the power to free themselves
from it.
III. The Consequences. of the Fall
(3:9-24).
l.. The disturbed relationship with
God wv. Q, 10Y. The familiar inter
course which man enjoyed with the Al.
mighty was married and broken by
sin. Sin makes life ptolerable in tho
divine presence. Adam and Eve not
only hid from Gods presence, but
Adam began to make excuses and even
laid the blame on God.
9. The serpent was degraded and
henceforth became a type of sin and
Satan ". a: eff. Num- 81 %; John
3:14: Rev. 12:9). This doom was pro,
nounced without trial. In the case OF
Il it was not SO.
3. The undying enmity between u,e
two seeds ". 10; CT. John S:4U-45
Matt. 90 1888. The antagonism thus
begun reached IT'S climax in the cruci
fxiOn of Christ. Satan's seed has beer
ever since endeavoring to destroy tht
Lords work and his workers.
4. The ultimate victory of the WON
ans seed ". 15). Satan harassed the
woman's seed; bruised his heel, but
Ern11y tl,N ct,.r(., ,.,c vpn<l, xx.J>in1
crushed the serpent's head (John -
81; Heb. 2:14; 1 John 3:S). This wa!
the first CLEAN Of the glorious light o.
the gospel of Christ. The victory wa:
marvellous. but the cost was infinite
lisa. SO; 2 Cor. 5:21).
5. Judgment upon the woma "
16). This relates to her rs a wife ant
mother: also to her subordinatiOn t.
man.. This is Gods decree, and all eff
forts of freeing ones self from 1
are fightings against God.
6. Mans new relationship to til,
earth wv. 1910. The earth wa!
cursed on his account. Because Of til,
rank growth of thOrns and thistle!
man must make an increased effort tt
exist. Man with his sinful nature would
be in n bad state without the neces
sity Of toll (Rom. 8:19-22).
Z. Death ". 10). This include!
physical and spiritual death-bOth tn,
result of sin.
8. Expulsion from the garden "
PAY. This was an act of great mercy
To have p~artaken Of the tree Of If
and live forever in a sinful state wOul,
have been intOlerable.
Exercise Is Necessary.