fall god judges copyright © simon g. harris scripture quotations taken from the holy bible, new...
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Fall God judges
Copyright © Simon G. HarrisScripture quotations taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission
(i) The world is not as it was intended
Genesis 6:6 The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain.
The Fall means …
Genesis 1:31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.
The Rhythm of Genesis 1- 4
Gen 1: A perfect world
Genesis 2:23 - 25 The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” … man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.
The Rhythm of Genesis 1- 4
Gen 1: A perfect worldGen 2: A perfect relationship
Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”
The Rhythm of Genesis 1- 4
Gen 1: A perfect worldGen 2: A perfect relationship
Gen 3: A broken world
Genesis 4:8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
The Rhythm of Genesis 1- 4
Gen 1: A perfect worldGen 2: A perfect relationship
Gen 3: A broken worldGen 4: A broken
relationship
God’s action
Our action
(ii) It’s not God’s fault
Genesis 2:17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.”
The Fall means …
(ii) It’s not God’s fault
Genesis 3:6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
The Fall means …
Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
Looking at what happened
The devil is crafty
1 Corinthians 10:12 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!
Looking at what happened
It could have been us
Genesis 3:6 … her husband, who was with her, ….
Looking at what happened
It was the woman’s fault, wasn’t it?
Genesis 3:6 … her husband, who was with her, ….
Looking at what happened
Adam did nothing!
Genesis 3:9 But the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?”
Looking at what happened
Adam is held responsible first
Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned—
Looking at what happened
Adam is held responsible first
(iii) Alienation
Genesis 3:10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
The Fall means …
1. Alienation from God (theological)
(iii) Alienation
Genesis 3:23 So the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
The Fall means …
1. Alienation from God (theological)
(iii) Alienation
Genesis 3:7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized that they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
The Fall means …
2. Alienation from ourselves (psychological)
(iii) Alienation
Isaiah 57:20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea,which cannot rest,whose waves cast up mire and mud.
The Fall means …
2. Alienation from ourselves (psychological)
(iii) Alienation
Genesis 3:12 The man said, "The woman you put here with me--she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it."
The Fall means …
3. Alienation from others (sociological)
(iii) Alienation
Genesis 3:16b Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
The Fall means …
3. Alienation from others (sociological)
(iii) Alienation
Genesis 3:17-19 To Adam he said, …"Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. 18It will produce thorns and thistles for you,and you will eat the plants of the field.
The Fall means …
4. Alienation from creation (ecological)
(iii) Alienation
Romans 8:18-21 The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed…. That the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
The Fall means …
4. Alienation from creation (ecological)
(iii) Alienation
Genesis 2:17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."
The Fall means …
5. Alienation from life
(iii) Alienation
Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your fooduntil you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return."
The Fall means …
5. Alienation from life
(i) We must fight against it
John 11:33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
Our response …
(ii) We must be freed from it
Romans 7:19 - 21 For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.
Our response …
Unable to live right
(ii) We must be freed from it
John 8:34 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
Our response …
We are slaves to sin
(ii) We must be freed from it
Galatians 3:10 All who rely on observing the law are under a curse, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
Our response …
We are under a curse
(ii) We must be freed from it
Ephesians 5:8 For you were once darkness…
Our response …
We are in darkness
(ii) We must be freed from it
Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned—
Our response …
We are dying
(ii) We must be freed from it
Colossians 1:13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,
Our response …
We need to be rescued!
(ii) We must be freed from it
Romans 6:10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all;
Our response …
We need to be rescued!
(ii) We must be freed from it
Romans 6:22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.
Our response …
We need to be rescued!
(ii) We must be freed from it
Acts 3:19 Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,
Our response …
We need to be rescued!
(ii) We must be freed from it
1 John 3:8 …The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.
Our response …
We need to be rescued!
(ii) We must be freed from it
Revelation 22:3-5 3 No longer will there be any curse. …5 There will be no more night. …
Our response …
We need to be rescued!
