THE DISPENSATION OF CONSCIENCE
Genesis 3:1-13
God made man in His image and likeness. This is call the Age
or Dispensation of
Innocence. Once man disobeyed God's command not to eat from
the Tree Of Knowledge
and Of Good and Evil, he entered into The Dispensation Of
Conscience.
Satan had fallen after the creation of the Heaven, but
before the creation of the earth.
Job 38:6-7. Satan was
originally created as angel. He fell from heaven because
of his pride. Satan show up in you life to steal, kill and destroy.
We could say that
Satan came to steal your peace, kill your joy and to destroy
your relationship with
God the Father.
The choice to disobey God and eat from the tree of Knowledge
And Of Good And
Evil, introduced man to a conscience. With his conscience
came decisions of the
flesh which opposed God's commands and led to his fall from
grace.
THE FALL OF MAN: AN AGREEMENT WITH SATAN
V:1. Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the
field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, "Indeed, has
God said, 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?"
A. Why did Satan start a conversation with Eve and not Adam?
1. Why did Satan
start his conversation about the one command that God gave
Adam?
2. Let me suggest
two reasons.
a. God's
command was given to Adam before He formed Eve.
Gen 2:16
b. Eve is
the weaker sex. 1 Peter 3:7.
3. Let me also
suggest that Adam was not present when Satan talked to Eve.
a. 1 Timothy
2:13-15 states,
" For
Adam was formed first, then Eve.
And Adam
was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and
became
a sinner.
But
women will be saved through childbearing — if they continue in faith, love
and
holiness with propriety. "
b. Adam sinned
willfully.
B. The relationship between God and Adam could only be
broken if Adam
ate from the tree
He was forbidden to eat.
1. Satan would
have wasted his time talking about trees with fruit
God told Adam
to eat freely.
2. Satan didn't
show up for conversation, he came to destroy.
STUDY THE BIBLE SO YO WILL KNOW THE TRUTH
V:2 The woman said to the serpent, "From the fruit of
the trees of the garden we may eat;
3 but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of
the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will
die.'"
4 The serpent said to the woman, "You surely will not
die! "
A. It is obvious from this conversation that Adam had taught
God's command to
Eve.
1. Satan objective
was to confuse Eve's understanding of God's command.
2. 2 Cor 11:3
states. " But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's
cunning, your minds
may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion
to Christ.
3. Satan called God a liar.
a. Satan led
Eve to doubt her understanding of God's command.
b. In God's
command was the consequence of disobedience.
c. The lie was that there was no consequence for
her disobedience.
SATAN'S DECEPTION; THE FATHER OF LIES
V:5 "For God knows that in the day you eat from it your
eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
6 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, she
took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he
ate. "
A. If you can believe one lie about the Bible, you are
subject to any lie.
1. The Word of God
is the whole truth.
2. You cannot
change one word in the Bible without affecting your interpretation
of every other
word in the Bible.
3. Consider 2
Timothy 3:16-17;
All Scripture
is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for
correction, for
training in righteousness;
so that the man of God may be adequate,
equipped for every good work.
B. Eve dishonored her husband and God by making a decision
about the Word
without discussing
it with them.
1. We should find
it easier to talk to God than to a stranger.
2. We should
believe God before we believe a stranger.
3. We should
believe God before we believe ourselves.
C. Consider how the mind works.
1. Satan
introduced into Eve's belief doubt of God's command.
2. Based on the
wrong information, Eve saw with her eyes and believed in
her heart the
lie Satan placed in her mind.
3. How could Eve
know that the tree was good for food if she had not tasted it?
a. How could
Eve know tree would make her wise?
b. The
thoughts were introduced by Satan which she chose to believe
over the
Word of God.
D. It is my belief that Adam was not presence when Satan was
having his
conversation with
Eve.
1. No where in the
conversation does Adam repeat the command God
gave him about
the Tree Of Knowledge and Of Good And Evil to
Satan.
2. No where in the
conversation does Satan address Adam.
a. Satan had
no problem opposing God before his fall.
b. Satan had
no problem trying to temp Jesus in the desert after
His
baptism.
3. I believe Adam
show up after Eve ate from the tree.
a. Knowing that
the damage had already been done, Adam willingly
ate what
Eve gave Him.
b. Adam
failed to consider his responsibility as head of the marriage.
c. Adam did
not have to be a party to Eve's sin, but he chose to disobey
God's command.
d. Adam
dishonored God by not discussing Eve's sin with God
before He
ate the fruit.
e. In a way
Adam did as God commanded; to cleave to his wife.
PERSONAL REEVALUATION AS A RESULT OF SIN
V:7 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.
A. Notice Eve did not know she was naked until Adam ate the
fruit.
1. Eve was
ignorant of her sin until Adam ate the fruit.
2. The sin of
creation is not on Eve, but Adam.
B. The fall of man had noting to do with Eve.
1. Romans 5:19:
" For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were
made sinners,
so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made
righteous."
2. Notice, Adam
and Eve decided together to cover their sin.
3. Together, Adam
and Eve eyes were open to their sin.
C. God is showing us that Adam and Eve should have decided
together to
to obey His
command.
1. Problems in the
marriage began, when the two can't agree.
2. It may feel good
to make decisions independent of others.
3. God made us dependant beings.
4. 1 Corinthians
11:11
In the Lord,
however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of
woman.
5. There should be
one voice in the marriage.
a. The two
should be come one flesh.
b. There is no
me or I, but we or us.
c. Amos 3:3:
" Can two walk together, except they be agreed?"
THE GUILT OF SIN
V:8 "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. "
A. After eating from
the forbidden tree, Adam and Eve began to act as sinful beings
before God.
1. It take
considerable more effort to be in a sinful state than to be innocence.
2. They began to
see themselves differently.
3. They saw the
difference between the center part of their bodies.
4. They became ashamed
of their bodies which God made perfect.
B. Mentally, they put themselves on a guilt trip.
1. They had to
find something to cover their gentiles.
2. As far as I
know, there was no store to buy thread and needles.
3. As far as I
know thread and needles didn't exist yet.
4. Fig leaves are
small.
a, It would
take many fig leave sown together to make a
covering
for each of them.
b. They had to
find something in the garden to serve as thread.
c. They had to
find something in the garden to serve as a needle.
d. They had to
learn how to sew.
5. Eating from the
tree of knowledge and of Good and Evil gave
them knowledge
they didn't need before in their state of innocence.
6. In their sinful
state, Adam and Eve became creative to cover their
sin.
C. The concept of hiding from God was not in their previous
state
of innocence.
1. The fruit from
the Tree of Knowledge and Good and Evil awaken
in them the need to hid from God.
2. The knowledge
in sin is never complete.
3. Sin operates
in the flesh which lead you to a state of being irrational.
4. It is
irrational to think you can hide in the trees from an all knowing
and all seeing God.
5. Knowledge
without the Word of God is foolishness.
GOD'S INVESTIGATION
V:9-10. " Then the Lord God called to the man, and said
to him, "Where are you?"
10 He said, "I heard the sound of You in the garden,
and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself."
A. Notice the judgment call from God is to Adam and not Eve.
1. Adam was the
responsible party, He was the head of Eve,
2. 1 Corinthians
11:3:
"Now I
want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the
woman is
man, and the head of Christ is God."
3. We need to
remember that Satan's conversation was with Eve and not the
head of the
marriage.
a. Lucifer the
Arch Angel, now called Satan had dishonored his head, God
the
creator.
b. Satan's
first objective was to get Eve to dishonor her head, Adam her husband.
c. Satan
understood that by talking to Eve, that he was in violation of God's
covenant
for marriage.
d. Satan's objective was to destroy the
marriage and the relationship with God.
B. God's call to us is not that He needs knowledge, but He
wants us to show
our knowledge and
ignorance of Him.
1. Notice sin puts
the fear of God into our lives.
2. Sin causes us
to make up excuses for our actions.
a. Adam's
first excuse for hiding was his nakedness.
b. Adam's
second excuse for hiding was his fear.
3. Notice, Adam
had never hid from God before his eating the forbidden fruit.
a. Adam's
eating from the Tree of Knowledge and Good And Evil gave
him
knowledge about good and evil.
b. God's question
to Adam was for Adam to show his sin
through
conversation.
c. All God had to
do is hear Adams response to His question
to confirm
that Adam had gotten this knowledge from
Tree of
Knowledge.
d. God's question
was for Adam to verbalize his sin.
ADAM'S SIN: BLAME YOUR SIN ON SOMEONE ELSE
V:11-13, " And He said, "Who told you that you
were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to
eat?"
12 The man said, "The woman whom You gave to be with
me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate."
13 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."
A. The question from God to Adam require a yes or no answer.
1. God's question
did not require an explanation.
2. Adam was quick
to blame God for his sin.
3. Adam did not
take responsibility for his sin.
4. He was quick
give up his wife as the problem.
5. Adam was quick
to forget that God's command
was given to
him.
B. Eve followed Adam by blaming her disobedience on the
serpent.
1. Eve did not take
responsibility for her sin.
2. She followed the
advice of Adam to cover up her sin.
3. She did not
consult with Adam before she sinned.
C. To those who are married, you have a help mate.
1. Important
decisions should be made together.
2. The husband and
his wife are not perfect.
3. A married
couple is better together imperfectly.
4. The head of a
married couple is Jesus who
should be
consulted in making a unified decision.
D. To those who are not married, you have a help mate.
1. Your help mate
is Jesus,
2. You are the
bride and Jesus is the bridegroom.
3. Consult with
Jesus through prayer before you make
any decision.
THANK GOD FOR CHOOSING US.
Rev. M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor of Greater Macedonia
Church
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