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Episode Synopsis
In Genesis 3:1-7, Adam and Eve bought the lie of the serpent that God wasn't really good and he didn't really know what was best for them. They ate of the tree expecting it to be far better than their current state, but they found it to be far worse.
For the first time in Genesis 3:8-24, God enters the scene as more than a mere byword. He is not accused by the serpent or doubted by Eve now, but He takes over. There are three ways in which God works throughout this chapter. 1) He enters the garden interrogating, 2) he responds to their sin by declaring, and 3) he ultimately responds to it by doing. We see God interrogating in 8-13, declaring in 14-20, and doing in 21-24.
Eating of the tree wasn’t worth it. Adam and Eve bought the lie, but it wasn’t worth it. They knew good and evil, but they didn’t become gods. Their eyes were opened, but they now knew the shame of being naked. We have been examining the glory in creation, but this is not glorious. This is absolutely tragic.
By the way, this is not some distant even in the past that doesn’t really matter today. This is the very reason we are in the mess we are in today. This is why people die because, as Romans 5 teaches, in Adam all men die. It is because of this original sin and you and I coming from Adam and Eve that we die. We will die physically and we are dead spiritually. There is death, decay, famine, war, shame, suffering, and so much more, all because of sin.
If you ever ask, “Why is there so much bad in the world?” you must simply remember Genesis 3. It is because of sin. The ramifications of this event were not just personal, they were universal. They didn’t just affect Adam and Eve, but every person born thereafter.
But this is not the end of the story. God could have wiped the slate clean, but He didn’t. He is not a God who restarts, He is a God who redeems. And He promised to redeem and He has redeemed. It is because of this event that sin entered into the world and it is also for that very reason, that a Savior was needed and God came as Jesus Christ to do that.
For the first time in Genesis 3:8-24, God enters the scene as more than a mere byword. He is not accused by the serpent or doubted by Eve now, but He takes over. There are three ways in which God works throughout this chapter. 1) He enters the garden interrogating, 2) he responds to their sin by declaring, and 3) he ultimately responds to it by doing. We see God interrogating in 8-13, declaring in 14-20, and doing in 21-24.
Eating of the tree wasn’t worth it. Adam and Eve bought the lie, but it wasn’t worth it. They knew good and evil, but they didn’t become gods. Their eyes were opened, but they now knew the shame of being naked. We have been examining the glory in creation, but this is not glorious. This is absolutely tragic.
By the way, this is not some distant even in the past that doesn’t really matter today. This is the very reason we are in the mess we are in today. This is why people die because, as Romans 5 teaches, in Adam all men die. It is because of this original sin and you and I coming from Adam and Eve that we die. We will die physically and we are dead spiritually. There is death, decay, famine, war, shame, suffering, and so much more, all because of sin.
If you ever ask, “Why is there so much bad in the world?” you must simply remember Genesis 3. It is because of sin. The ramifications of this event were not just personal, they were universal. They didn’t just affect Adam and Eve, but every person born thereafter.
But this is not the end of the story. God could have wiped the slate clean, but He didn’t. He is not a God who restarts, He is a God who redeems. And He promised to redeem and He has redeemed. It is because of this event that sin entered into the world and it is also for that very reason, that a Savior was needed and God came as Jesus Christ to do that.
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