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' Lesson '
(By REV, p b FITZwATER. DID,, Dean
Of the Evening School. Moody Bible In
stitute Of Chicago.)
t0. 1925. Western Newspaper Union)
Lesson for April Is
THE BEGINNING OF SIN

LESSON TEXT-Genesis 3:1-24
j GOLDEN TEXT-For as in Adam all
die. even so In Christ shall all be made
| alive.-I Cor. 1922.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Adam and Eve
JUNIOR ToP1c-The Result of Dis
] obedience.
| INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
| IC-Playing With Temptation.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
| TC-The Temptation and the Fall.
A look out upon the world proves
that man Is not what he should he.
Il is not reasonable to suppose that
man is now what he was when he
came from the hands Of the Creator.
much less an Improvement. The only
way Of accounting for this is by the
historic fall Of man as given In the
Bible. The Introduction Of sin is the
only answer.
I. Mans Probation wv. 1-5).
1. The place.
It was the beautiful garden Of Eden.
Mans environment was suited to his
nature. The testing Of the second
/ Adam was quite In contrast Instead
Of In the garden Of Eden with COM
panion suited unto him. 1t was in the
wilderness with the wild beasts.
2. The necessity.
Adam was created with the possibil-
fty Of character. but not with char
acter. This he could get only through
testing. Alternative choice makes char
acter possible. Free will Is what made
Adam real man. Character is the
resultant Of choice.
8. The means.
1t was most simple--Just one pro.
hibition. The tree Of the knowledge
Of good and evil was forbidden.
4. The method.
Satan, a personal malicious being,
appeared in the guise Of a serpent. He
did not appeal directly to the man.
He chose to appeal to the woman
through the serpent and through the
woman to the man.
a. He found the woman while alone
b. He insinuated doubt into Ewes
mind as to Gods Word and love.
Satan's method is the same today. He
tries to get people to doubt Gods
Word and then to doubt His love.
c. He appealed to innocent appetite.
He argued that there would be no
harm In eating. but great advantage.
d. Eve gazed upon that which God
had forbidden and lusted after that
which God had prohibited.
u. Mans Fall wv. 6-S).
The steps In the fall seem to have
been rapid. From doubling Gods love
Eve went to doubling His word. From
gazing upon and lusting after that
which God had prohibited there was
but short step to indulgence.
III. The Consequence Of the Fall
wv. 9-24).
Gods holy nature is such that when
men sin, He at once manifests Him.
self on the scene.
1. A disturbed relationship with
God ". 81.
The introduction Of sin marred
mans familiar intercourse with the
Almighty. Adam and Eve not only
hid from Gods presence, but when
summoned by Him they began to
make excuse, and Adam even laid the
blame on God.
2. The degradation of the serpent
henceforth becoming the type of sin
and Satan ". IA; CT Mum, p %. John
8:14 and Rev. 10y.
Satan's doom was pronounced with
out trial. In the case Of the man II
was not So showing that this was not
Satan's first offense.
8. The undying enmity between the
seed Of woman and the seed Of the
serpent ". 15).
This bitter enmity has continues
from that day to this.
4. The ultimate victory of the wom-
ems seed ". 15).
Satan harassed the woman's seed.
but on the cross the final stroke was
made which crushed his head John
IL 81, Heb. 2:14, John 3:S). This
is the first CLEAN Of the glorious Cos
pei of Christ.
8. The judgment upon the woman
". 18).
This relates primarily to her az a
wife and mother.
9. Mans new relationship to the
earth wv. 17-10).
The earth was cursed on his ac-
count. Man must make an increased
effort to exist. With his sinful ma
ture, man would be In a bad state
without the necessity Of toll.
| z. Death ". 10).
This includes spiritual and physical
death. Sin brought all.
8. Expulsion from the garden ".
24).
Then mans nature was changed
out from the beautiful garden he