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Learn to Read the Bible Effectively Genesis Seminar Section # 2

Sin Entered the World

Adam and Eve  Created in the image of God (Gen 1:27, 9:6)  Formed of the dust of the ground and the breath of life (Gen 2:7)  Naked and unashamed (Gen 2:25)  Given dominion over other creatures (Gen 1:28)  Placed in the Garden to tend and keep it (Gen 2:15)  They did not know good and evil (Gen 3:22)

The Serpent  A beast of the field (Gen 3:1)  The Most cunning/subtle/crafty (Gen 3:1)  Had the power of speech (Gen 3:1)  Could reason (Gen 3:1-5)  Knew of God’s command (Gen 3:1)

The Reasoning of the Serpent  Reasoning was purely on an animal level  The Serpent had no relationship with God, and no laws of God were over him it’s morality was devoid of scripture Led him to conclusions that were opposite the truth

The Mind of Flesh vs. The Mind of Spirit  “For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.”Romans 8:5

The Source of Temptation  “Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death. Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren.”James 1:13-16

The Source of Temptation 1st John 2:15,16 Lust of the flesh Lust of the eyes Pride of life Genesis 3:6 Good for food Pleasant to the eyes Desired to make one wise

Consequence of Sin  Their eyes were opened !  To make one wise? Not in the sense Eve imagined.  The eyes of Adam and Eve were now full of themselves.

Consequence of Sin  Genesis 2:17 & 3:19  Death  Romans 5:12 “Sin entered into the world” “and death through sin” “and so death passed upon all men” “for all have sinned”

Death: A State of Hopelessness  Cessation of life, thought, action Psalm 6:5; 30:9; 88:10-12; Ecclesiastes 9:5-10; Isaiah 38:18,19  A state of silence Psalm 115:17  A condition of corruption Acts 13:36  Life & immortality revealed not possessed 2 Timothy 1:10  Apart from resurrection, the dead have perished 1 Corinthians 15:1-19

Edenic Covenant  Genesis 3:15  And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.

Edenic Covenant

The Mind of Flesh vs. The Mind of Spirit  “For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.” Romans 8:5  “because the fleshly mind is enmity against God…” Romans 8:7

Adam vs. Christ  “For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous” Romans 5:19

Faith and Murder

Cain and Abel  “ABEL”  Name means: “Vanity”  Occupation: Keeper of the sheep  Keeper = to tend as a shepherd, to pasture  He learned to lead the sheep with love and care  His eyes were ever upwards seeking lush pastures for them

Cain and Abel  “CAIN”  Name means: Gain or acquired  Occupation: tiller of the ground  Tiller = To serve as a bond servant or slave  He became enslaved to his labour  His eyes were constantly centred on the earth

Cain and Abel  ABEL  Means: Vanity  Keeper of the sheep  Keeper = to tend as a shepherd, to pasture  He learned to lead the sheep with love & care  His eyes were ever upwards  CAIN  Means: Gain or acquired  Tiller of the ground  Tiller = to serve as a bondservant or slave  He became enslaved to his labour  His eyes were centered on the earth

Righteous Abel  “By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.” Hebrews 11:4

Cain and Abel as Types  Cain: type of Israel  They hated Jesus with- out cause  They killed Jesus bec- ause of jealousy  Taken out of the land  To wonder among the nations  Abel: type of Christ  Christ the good shepherd  Hated without cause  Desire was to God  Christ was also killed by his brethren

A Divine Principle  It is not enough that man wants to worship God, but that man must worship God in accordance to how God has instructed him.  “God is spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” John 4:23

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