THE DAY GOD CREATED FREEDOM!

Genesis 2:7-17

WHAT DOES FREEDOM MEAN…

*TO A MOTHER OF FOUR ALL UNDER SIX?*TO A PERSON IN PRISON?

*TO A PERSON IN AUTHORTIY?*TO YOU, TODAY?

WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY

A. THE STATE OF BEING FREE WITHOUT CONSTRAINT (SLOWED) IN CHOICE OR ACTION

B. THE STATE OF INDEPENDENCE -WITHOUT RESTRAINT (STOPPED)

THE PROBLEM OF FREEDOM

BEWARE OF THE FREEDOM THAT IS FALSE!

A FALSE FREEDOM IS A PERSON THINKING HE/SHE IS FREE TO DO WHATEVER ONE WANTS TO DO – BUT THAT FREEDOM BECOMES THEIR BONDAGE/PRISON.

GENESIS 2:7-9

“Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. And the Lord God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. And out of the ground the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

GENESIS 2:10-14

“Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four rivers. The name of the first is Pishon; it flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. And the gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there. The name of the second river is Ghion; it flows around the whole land of Cush. And the name of the third river is Tigris; it flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

GENESIS 2:15-17

“Then the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you shall surely die.”

GARDEN QUESTIONS

“And the Lord God planted a garden toward the East, in Eden…”

(Genesis 2:8)

GARDEN QUESTIONS

#1: WHERE WAS THE GARDEN OF EDEN THEN AND WHERE IS IT TODAY?

“Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four rivers.” Gen. 2:10-14

• Pishon (flows around the land of Havilah)

• Ghion (flows around the land of Cush)

• Tigris (flows east of Assyria)

• Euphrates (flows south of the Tigris)

GARDEN QUESTIONS#2. WHAT WAS THE GARDEN OF EDEN LIKE?

vs. 8 PLACE OF BEAUTY

vs. 9 PLACE OF PLENTY (nourishment)

vs. 10 PLACE OF WEALTH

GARDEN QUESTIONS#3. WHY DID GOD PLACE MAN IN

THE GARDEN?

“Then the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of

Eden to cultivate it and keep it…” v. 15

a. To have purpose

b. To have provision

c. To have freedom

Genesis 1:29-30

“Then God said to them, ‘Look, I have given to you…

EVERY plant yielding seed on the face of the earth

EVERY tree yielding fruit…

EVERY beast of the earth…

EVERY bird of the sky…

EVERYTHING that moves on the earth that has life…

EVERY green plant for food….’”

THE DAY GOD CREATED FREEDOM:THE WARNING!

“And the Lord God commanded man saying, ‘From any tree of the garden you may

eat freely; BUT FROM THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL YOU

SHALL NOT EAT, FOR IN THE DAY THAT YOU EAT FROM IT YOU SHALL SURELY DIE.’”

Genesis 2:16,17

WHY?

QUESTION: WHY DID GOD WITHOLD THIS ONE TREE?

ANSWER:TO GIVE TO MANKIND TRUE FREEDOM!

There is no such thing as freedom with out free-will

and

There is no free-will if there is not a true choice!

WHAT IS

FREEDOM IS THE POWER TO DO WHAT YOU OUGHT TO DO, NOT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, WHEN THE OUGHT AND THE

WANT ARE IN CONFLICT!

FREEDOM AND YOU

ARE YOU TRULY FREE?

WHAT MAKES YOU FREE?

WHAT CHOICES HAVE YOU MADE IN YOUR FREEDOM?

HAVE ANY OF THOSE CHOICES PUT YOU IN BONDAGE?

THE BIBLE AND FREEDOM!

“AND YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE.” (John 8:32)

“JESUS ANSWERED THEM, “TRULY, TRULY, I SAY TO YOU, EVERYONE WHO COMMITS SIN IS IN BONDAGE TO SIN.”

(John 8:34)

“IF THEREFORE, THE SON SHALL MAKE YOU FREE, YOU SHALL BE FREE INDEED (truly free)” (John 8:36)

TRUTH FOR TODAY

ADAM AND EVE WERE NEVER TRULY FREE UNTIL GOD GAVE TO THEM THE CHOICE TO OBEY OR DISOBEY. THEIR CHOICE

TO DISOBEY BROUGHT BONDAGE TO THEIR LIVES AND OUR LIVES.

TRUTH FOR TODAYTRUE FREEDOM IS RESTORED TO EVERY PERSON THROUGH SALVATION IN JESUS CHRIST, AND UNTIL THEN, WE CONTINUE TO LIVE IN BONDAGE, ONLY THINKING WE ARE FREE!

“If therefore the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.” (John 8:36)

TRUTH FOR TODAY

YOU CAN LIVE EVERY DAY ENJOYING TRUE FREEDOM BY MAKING CHOICES THAT HONOR GOD!