Tuesday, January 4, 2011

January 2, 2011

Genesis 3:1-4:26
Satan is sneaky for sure.  He knew that God had commanded Adam and Even not to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  His question to Eve “Did God really say….” Is a trick I believe he continues to use…  “Did God really say…”  We need to know the answer to this!  And we need to not exaggerate the answer like Eve did!  (She added “or even touch it” which wasn’t part of God’s command)  In spite of Eve knowing the truth of God Satan uses his craftiness to cause Eve to be discontented with all God provided for her and to focus on the one thing he denied her.  How often do we get so distracted by what we don’t have that we do not appreciate or even notice all that we do have!
Adam is soooo not off the hook on this one. Yes Eve took the fruit, but Adam was right there! (2:6)  He neglected his leadership role and it all goes south from there.  Next the blame game:  Adam blames Eve, but ultimately he blames God (the woman that you gave me) Eve blames the serpent, and the pattern for not taking responsibility for our mistakes, and sin in general has plagued mankind ever since! 
And so what was “good” and perfect is now forever broken until Christ returns.  It is in this brokenness that we live and it is this brokenness that is responsible for all the heartache and sadness and problems we face.
God’s questions:  “Where are you?”  & “What have you done?”  are clearly for Adam and Eve’s benefit.  God knew the answers to these questions, but he wanted them to ponder those answers!  I heard a speaker once talk about the question “Where are you?”  he said that there really are only two answers to that question for us, we are either ‘in Christ’ or ‘in trouble’!   
I also read Matthew 2:13-3:6, Psalm 2:1-12 and Proverbs 1:7-9 to complete today’s readings.

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