The Bible is a wonderful gift, and should always be the basis of all doctrine and teaching. However, the Lord does not just relate to His people as the Teacher. He is also our Shepherd, and the sheep follow Him “because they know His voice” (see John 10:4). He is also the Prophet, and He […]
The Voices And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” (Gen 3:11) Those who do not know God believe that it is a form of insanity to think that you have heard the voice of God. However, the Scriptures
Fear- And he (Adam) said, “I heard the sound of Thee in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself ” (Gen 3:10). Jesus was the Lord of glory and yet He emptied Himself to become a frail human child. He made Himself utterly vulnerable, even allowing corrupt, fallen
The Voices And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” (Gen 3:11) It is interesting to note that Adam and Eve did not think it was strange that a serpent spoke to them. From this we can deduct that
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Fear And he (Adam) said, “I heard the sound of Thee in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself ” (Gen 3:10). The first mention of fear in the Bible is in the above verse. There is a pure and holy fear of God, and there is an
The month of June is the fourth (4th) Jewish sacred calendar month called Tammuz (Ezekiel 8). It is also reckoned as the tenth (10th) month following the Jewish civil calendar. According to the Gregorian calendar, June is the sixth (6th) month. The spring season has come to an end and the summer is beginning to
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The Covering (iii) We read in Eph 1:7-8: In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace, which He lavished upon us. In Eph 2:13 we are told, “But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by
The Covering Now the man called his wife\’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them (Gen 3:20-21). This is considered the first prophecy of the atonement sacrifice of Christ. Adam and Eve had tried to
Authority is exercised in love All relationships are built on trust. In our fallen nature, we exercise authority for our own selfish reasons. As we are changed, and begin to grow in the love of God, authority is exercised for the sake of others. As authority is exercised in love, the bridge of trust is
The Curse on the ground because of Man We also see that the ground was cursed because of the man. He had been given authority to rule over the earth, so when he fell, all that was under his authority fell. Disharmony and death spread to all because of the man. Because of this, he
The Curse on the Man Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you shall eat of it all the days
The Curse on the Woman (iii) Eph. 5:22-28. Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body. But as the church is subject to Christ, so also
The Curse on the Woman (ii) It is apparent that the man did have a leadership role before the Fall because the command to not eat from the Tree of Knowledge was given to the man. But there is a difference in “leading” and “ruling.” Even though they were to rule over the creation, it
The Curse on the Woman To the woman He said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth, in pain you shall bring forth children; yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you” (Gen 3:16). The Lord created the man and woman to procreate, but childbirth was not intended
The Curse on the Serpent (ii) Because the devil feeds on the carnal nature of man, when we fall into carnality we are feeding and strengthening his domain in our lives. We must learn to feed our spirits, not our carnal nature. We feed our spirits by keeping what we read, watch, or even think
The Curse on the Serpent And the LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you more than all cattle, and more than every beast of the field; on your belly shall you go, and dust shall you eat all the days of your life; and I will put enmity
The Fall Deepens (iii) The environment is not the problem. The Lord put man in a perfect environment and he still sinned. If the environment was the problem, then the Lord would have needed to just redeem the environment and not man. The Lord gave authority over the environment to man. When man is redeemed,
The Fall Deepens (ii) The Lord does not forgive excuses; He forgives sin. He is always ready to forgive us if we repent. To repent is to acknowledge that it is our fault, and we made a mistake. Blame-shifting instead of repentance is to further build the barriers between ourselves and God, and ourselves and
The Fall Deepens And the man said, “The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate.” Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate” (Gen 3:12-13). The three major
The Voices (iii). He is also the Bridegroom. The quality of any relationship can be measured by the quality of its communication. What bride would like to hear from her bridegroom that he has written a book for her, and the only way he is going to communicate with her again is for her to
The Voices (ii) The Lord did not say that the lambs knew His voice, but rather the sheep. Sheep will follow their shepherd while the lambs will follow the sheep. Likewise, the spiritually young usually do need to follow more mature believers until they have grown to know the Lord\’s voice for themselves. However, it
The Voices And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” (Gen 3:11) It is interesting to note that Adam and Eve did not think it was strange that a serpent spoke to them. From this we can deduct that
Fear (ii) And he (Adam) said, “I heard the sound of Thee in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself ” (Gen 3:10). Unholy fear is rooted especially in the fear of rejection. Because man was created to have fellowship with God and one another, rejection is one
Fear And he (Adam) said, “I heard the sound of Thee in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself ” (Gen 3:10). The first mention of fear in the Bible is in the above verse. There is a pure and holy fear of God, and there is an
The Delusion And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. Then the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, “Where
The Cover-Up Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings (Gen 3:7). Here the sin goes a little deeper. As we have studied, Adam and Eve\’s first response to sin was for them to look at
The Fall She took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate (see Gen 3:6). If we listen to the devil, and give serious consideration to what he says, we will almost surely fall into his trap and sin. Those who fall into sin almost never
The Deception (iii) We read in Phil 4:8: “Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things.” In 2 Cor 10:5 it says, “We
The Deception.(ii) When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise (see Gen 3:6). The deadly tree is called the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil for a reason. The “good” side
The Deception (i) God has established guidelines for our lives. If we insist on bending the rules, it will result in our own destruction. These rules were not made just to frustrate us, but rather to keep us safe. Sin kills. Disobedience is sin, and it will always result in tragedy. Let us establish in
