Genesis Chapter 3
As I said before, I love this book. It is so powerful how G-d took the time to teach us everything by way of the example in the first family.
The model for sin is here in the text. It gives us clue of what to look out for. The devil was subtle, any instance of temptation is hidden in subtlety. That means there is an element of truth hidden in it. When G-d instructed Moses in the writing of the text he was sure to show us that. Now, if only we would remember that.
The serpent is added into the picture at this point. Now he was there all the time, but it’s now that he is mentioned for the first time. The reason why the sin occurred is because a relationship between the woman and the serpent was formed. She was given to Adam, not the serpent. This is the cause of relationship failures even today. Ill-formed alliances. People have an effect on everything in your life. (But that’s another post.)
Now the tree was always there. It was sort of a test. We face the same things every day. We have the ability to choose which direction we plan to go in.
He first tests her knowledge of what G-d has said to her and Adam. **We have to be rooted and established in G-ds word in order to fight the Enemy. That’s how he destroys us--ignorance.
He uses word-play, she’s deceived and therefore convinces Adam, who incidentally knew better but because nothing happens when she eats, he decides to eat as well, which is when all hell breaks loose.
V9 God establishes how he deals with those in a marriage--he addresses the head first, then later he asks the woman. Ultimately the man is responsible for the spiritual activities of a home. Of course it has to be a marriage established by him and also it has to pertain to who he has the deepest relationship with. (surely some will disagree, but I am willing to listen to any comments as they come)
Now running from G-d is due to guilt that they had done what he told them not to do.
**It’s a trick of the enemy--condemnation. Conviction occurs before we sin to keep us from sinning--it’s G-d’s protection to us. Condemnation happens after to keep us from G-d. It’s the devils tool used to destroy fellowship and relationship.
V13 G-d never addresses the woman as Eve. Adam gave her that name. Prior to that they were both called Adam because the scripture says that they were one. I think its clear that neither one of them accepted responsibility for what they had done. If they had they would have been forgiven and therefore restored. The tree of life was in the garden. Nothing has changed since the beginning. If you confess and ask for forgiveness, it’s available, if you don’t you have to experience hardship until you do.
V18 God did not give us meat. He gave us herbs of the field.
V19 Sweat…Life was not designed to be hard. They were in the garden and they had work to do yet it never mentions that they had to sweat to do it. There was also no resistance to producing what they wanted needed or desired in the garden. But they failed to repent.
V21 our thoughts of what is sufficient is not like G-ds. They chose leaves, he chose fur and no doubt the very best fur. Their sin even there caused the first blood shed and sacrifice.
V24 because they failed to repent they were put out and blocked from being able to partake of repentance that would cause redemption.
The model for sin is here in the text. It gives us clue of what to look out for. The devil was subtle, any instance of temptation is hidden in subtlety. That means there is an element of truth hidden in it. When G-d instructed Moses in the writing of the text he was sure to show us that. Now, if only we would remember that.
The serpent is added into the picture at this point. Now he was there all the time, but it’s now that he is mentioned for the first time. The reason why the sin occurred is because a relationship between the woman and the serpent was formed. She was given to Adam, not the serpent. This is the cause of relationship failures even today. Ill-formed alliances. People have an effect on everything in your life. (But that’s another post.)
Now the tree was always there. It was sort of a test. We face the same things every day. We have the ability to choose which direction we plan to go in.
He first tests her knowledge of what G-d has said to her and Adam. **We have to be rooted and established in G-ds word in order to fight the Enemy. That’s how he destroys us--ignorance.
He uses word-play, she’s deceived and therefore convinces Adam, who incidentally knew better but because nothing happens when she eats, he decides to eat as well, which is when all hell breaks loose.
V9 God establishes how he deals with those in a marriage--he addresses the head first, then later he asks the woman. Ultimately the man is responsible for the spiritual activities of a home. Of course it has to be a marriage established by him and also it has to pertain to who he has the deepest relationship with. (surely some will disagree, but I am willing to listen to any comments as they come)
Now running from G-d is due to guilt that they had done what he told them not to do.
**It’s a trick of the enemy--condemnation. Conviction occurs before we sin to keep us from sinning--it’s G-d’s protection to us. Condemnation happens after to keep us from G-d. It’s the devils tool used to destroy fellowship and relationship.
V13 G-d never addresses the woman as Eve. Adam gave her that name. Prior to that they were both called Adam because the scripture says that they were one. I think its clear that neither one of them accepted responsibility for what they had done. If they had they would have been forgiven and therefore restored. The tree of life was in the garden. Nothing has changed since the beginning. If you confess and ask for forgiveness, it’s available, if you don’t you have to experience hardship until you do.
V18 God did not give us meat. He gave us herbs of the field.
V19 Sweat…Life was not designed to be hard. They were in the garden and they had work to do yet it never mentions that they had to sweat to do it. There was also no resistance to producing what they wanted needed or desired in the garden. But they failed to repent.
V21 our thoughts of what is sufficient is not like G-ds. They chose leaves, he chose fur and no doubt the very best fur. Their sin even there caused the first blood shed and sacrifice.
V24 because they failed to repent they were put out and blocked from being able to partake of repentance that would cause redemption.
