ALWAYS CHASE AFTER THAT WHICH IS GOOD

SIN AND DEATH UNLEASHED

(Gen 3:17-19) Then to Adam He said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat from it'; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life. "Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the plants of the field; By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return."

Let us open in prayer:

Father God, bless us as we study your word. Open our hearts and our minds as we bathe ourselves in scripture, Amen.

When we last met we saw how one man ADAM allowed himself to open the gates of Hell into the lives of all mankind. Certainly it was Eve who disregarded what Adam had instructed her [Adam shared with her what God had told him] and she ate of the fruit. Adam, however, had one rule given him. This command was delivered directly, face to face from God. Adam was the only man on earth, and before eating of the fruit, he was perfect, sinless, without blemish.

It was ONE RULE! Just ONE!! Don't eat the fruit of that specific tree. Adam allowed pride to enter him and thereby his actions unleashed SIN and DEATH upon all mankind. (Gen 3:13-19) Adam was THE first man on earth and through his actions, sin and death is now passed, through his seed, to all other men who follow.

I cannot begin to tell you how big of a deal this event truly was and is. From the moment of Adams transgression, we who follow are automatically condemned to the fires of Hell. We are under a mandatory death sentence. Unless something changes, we face a horrible and eternal punishment.

I beg you to study the book of Genesis well. It is the foundation and recorded evidence of why we must look to the second Adam, a sinless man, without blemish to right the wrong that befell us in the Garden of Eden.

Pray with me, Almighty God, thank-you for your word, for your mighty vision and mercy. Thank-you for blessing us with the record of why we fell into sin and into death, but also for your wondrous love in also showing us the path to overcome that which has befallen us. You are our Creator, we are Your created. You are God, we are your people, and we revere you as Master of all. Grant to us the understanding of Your plan that we might all be saved through the blood of Your precious Son, Christ Jesus, Amen and Amen.

HAVE YOU READ YOUR BIBLE TODAY?