Genesis 2 and 3 Message By Alyssa Morauske shows us that God gave us complete freedom including the choice not to obey. You can listen to her message on my Sound Cloud channel by clicking the link below:
Genesis 2 and 3 Message
Genesis 2:16-17
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
Genesis 2 and 3 Message By Alyssa
God gave complete freedom to Adam to eat of every tree except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Adam was given a choice to obey or not obey. Every single human being born has that choice today.
Satan comes with limited choice. There is power in freedom of choice.
1. Choice
2. Consequence
Parenting style God gave man was there is a consequence to our choices. If we choose to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, the consequence is death.
Let us look at Genesis 2:25:
They were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. At this point before the fall of man in Genesis 3, Adam and Eve had no knowledge of feeling guilty or feeling ashamed. Adam and Eve were exposed and open.
1. Choice
2. Consequence
3. Freedom
Turn in your Bible to Genesis 3:1.
The Temptation and Fall of Man
Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”
Satan challenges God’s Authority and Word. Satan was very deceptive as he twisted God’s Word. Eve was by herself. If Adam had been next to Eve during Satan’s temptation, the outcome may have been different.
Satan introduces restriction and limitation. Instead of God’s parenting style of Choice and Consequence, Satan introduces:
- Manipulation
- No Consequence
Turn in your Bible to Psalms 16:11.
You will show me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Now let us look at Genesis 3:7.
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.
Alyssa has been married to Mike for several years. When Alyssa was dating Mike, she shared about some past problems in her life with her then boyfriend Mike.
Genesis 3:6-8
So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.
8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
Alyssa had a deep spiritual experience while she was working at a summer camp that the Seventh-day Adventist church holds each year. Now turn in your Bible to Jeremiah 23:24:
Can anyone hide himself in secret places,
So I shall not see him?” says the Lord;
“Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the Lord.
Now turn to Psalm 139:7-8:
Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.
God comes looking and asks, “Where are you?”
Genesis 3:9-10
9 Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?”
10 So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.”
Human beings have been given a fight or flight response when exposed to fear or fearful events. Our brain will make a choice to fight or leave (flight) when we encounter a fearful situation.
Every single one of us has a sin problem. God gives us a choice. Turn to Genesis 3:21 now.
Genesis 3:21
Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin and clothed them.
Something had to die to cover Adam and Eve’s newly discovered nakedness. It was the first animal sacrifice for sin in the history of humanity.
Is there something in our lives today that we need to give to God?
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