Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-04-15
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' Lesson v
CBy REV. r. Is FITzWATER, u. D., Dean
of the Evening School, Moody Bible In
stitute OF Chicago.)
&C. 1926. Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for April Is
THE BEGINNING OF SIN

die, even so in Christ shall all be made
alive.--I Cor. 1922.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Adam and Eve
JUNIOR "ToPIC-The Result of Dis
obedience.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
| IC-Playing With Temptation.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC-The Temptation and the Fall.
| look out upon the world proves
that man Is not what he should be.
! 1t 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.
T. Mans Probation wv 1-5).
/. The place
1T 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, il was in the
/ wilderness with the wild beasts.
2. The necessity.
Adam was created with the POSSIBLE
ity 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 a real man. Character is the
resultant of choice.
g. The means
1t was most simple-iust 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 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. Iie 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
4 Word and then to doubt His love-
c. He appealed to innocent appetite
He argued. that there would be no
harm in eating, but a great advantage
d. Eve gazed upon that which God
had forbidden and lusted after that
which God had prohibited
II. 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 9-2D.
Gods holy nature is such that when
men sin, He at once manifests Him
self on the scene.
!. A disturbed relationship with
God ". 81.
The introduction of sin married
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; cf. Mum, q %. John
3:14 and Rev. 12:9).
Satan'S doom was pronounced with
out trial. In the case of the man il
was not so, showing that this was not
Satan's first olfense.
3. The undying enmity between the
seed Of woman and the seed of the
| serpent ". 49,
This bitter ennity has continued
from that day to this
4. The ultimate victory Of the wom
ems seed ". 80.
Satan harassed the woman's seed
but on the cross the final stroke was
made which crushed his head (John
l. :3l. Heb. PA, l John 3:s). This
is the first CLEAN of the glorious COS
| pei of Christ
). The judgment upon the woman
". 49,
This relates primarily to her as a
wife and mother
6. Mans new relationship to the
earth wv. 17-19).
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 bad state
without the necessity of toll
Z Death ". 49,.
This includes spiritual and physical
death. Sin brought all
s. Expulsion from the garden W.
24).
Then mans nature was changed.
out from the beautiful garden he
Went.
Being Content