Propheft Column
The First Man, Adam
By J. M. Little
8pecl»l To The Post
Now, we have seen the
creation of roan, both male
and female. How are they
to live? Or, what shall they
eat? I want you to listen
closely tonight. I’m going
to point out something here
you may not have throught
about. "And God said,
Behold, I have given you
every herb bearing seed,
which is upon the face of all
the earth, and every tree,
in the which is the fruit of a
tree yielding seed; to you it
shall be for meat.” (Gen.
1:29). Right here is where
God appointed man to eat
of trees, they were his
meat. So God appointed
man to be a vegetarian at
this point. He didn’t tell
him to slay one animal for
meat. Then again in verse 9
of Gen. 2, “And out of the
ground made the LORD
God to grow every tree that
- is pleasant to the sight, and
good for food; the TREE
OF LIFE also in the midst
of the garden, and the tree
of KNOWLEDGE OF
GOOD AND EVIL.’’ There
again God tells man to eat'
■of the trees. Then again in
verse 16; “And the LORD
God commanded the man,
saying, Of every tree of the
garden thou mayest freely
eat." Now, this is the third
time the Lord told the man
to eat pf the trees for meat,
but on this occasion he
gave him a different
command in that He
restricted him from eating
from a certain tree there in
•the Garden.
• Verse 17, “But of the free
of KNOWLEDGE OF
•GOOD AND EVIL, THOU
SHALT NOT EAT OF IT:
far in the day that thou
eastest thereof thou shalt
surely die.” So God
placed man under a co
venant of works, to do one
.thing; “ DON’T EAT OF
THE TREE OF THE
KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD
AND EVIL.” Will the man
obey God’s command? At
this point Adam is walk
ing In perfect fellowship
with God, knowing the
mind of God and is faith
ful to God in every
respect. But why did the
Xord tell Adam not to eat of
this particular tree? To test
man’s faithfulness to Him.
Here is a whole world of
frees for man to eat from,
and he only was forbidden
to eat from one tree. All on
the restored earth is peace
ful at this time. AD the
animals are at peace with
one another. Man could
walk among and talk to the
animals with all ease. Not
one would think of fighting
man. A lion or snake would
not think of attacking their
king, man. Can you
imagine a world like that?
Where all is sweet and
peaceful from one corner of
the earth to the other? We
can’t, can we? But there is
one man who rules the
entire world, he is king
over an the earth. Wouldn’t
you think he’d like to keep
all this peacefulness and
walking with and talking to
the Lord? What would you
do?
But there was someone
watching this whole scene
; that we have wltneaeed. He
was watching it with
hatred and jealousy, and
envy in his heart. He was
planning all the while to
wreck everything that God
had done. Who is this
someone and why did he
want to wreck such a
peaceful world and state of
affairs? He was a fallen
angel, Lucifer.
Lucifer had lost the earth
»» his throne in his
rebellion when the Lord
kicked him out of Heaven.
He declared In his heart; “I •
WILL GET EVEN WITH
THE LORD.” Remember,
H was he who said, “I
WILL ASCEND ABOVE
THE HEIGHTS OF THE
IDS; I WILL BE
THE MOST HIGH.”
Yes, the Lord had defeat
ed Lucifer, but Lucifer
planned in his heart of
hatred to get even with, or
get back at the Lord How
many times have hearts
laid they were going to get
even with some child of
God? Or, I’ll get Mm. A
tpen said some years ego in
reference to this ssrvant
of the Lord, "I just want to
get Mm.” But he couldn’t
Ml ooe thing I bed done to
Mm. Every loot person Is s
child of the devil and
carries a heart of hatred
fw the child of God.
• Whet did Lucifsr do?
Chapter $: “Now the ear
pent was more subtil then
any beast of the field wMch
»
the LORD God had made.
And he said unto the
woman, Yea, hath God
said, Ye shall not eat of
every tree of the garden?”
(Verse 1). “And the woman
said unto the serpent, We
may eat of the fruit of. the
trees of the garden.”
(Verse 2). Right here is
where Lucifer, through the
serpent, succeeded in
getting the woman to
question God. Once the
Devil gets you to question
God, he has succeeded in
turning you away from de
pendence upon God. As
Eve began to question
God, what did she do? She
lied on God. Listen to what
she said, "But of the fruit of
the tree which is in the
midst of the garden, God
hath said, Ye shall not eat
or it, neitner mail ye touch
it, lest ye die.” Right here
is where she lied on the
Lord. He didn’t command
them not to touch the tree,
Just to not eat of it. But the
Devil succeeded in Ms
getting her to question her
Maker, and he kept feeding
her his poison.
Let’s listen in as he feeds
her his next bait of poison
as she listens to the VOICE
OF THE DEVIL: “And the
serpent said unto the
woman, YE SHALL NOT
SURELY DIE: For God
doth know that in the day
ye eat thereof, then your
eyes shall be opened, and
ye shall be as gods, know
ing food and evil,” (Verse
4-5). What will the woman
do? What would you do?
Here, is the saddest thing
and the most awful thing a
human being could do.
“And when the woman saw
that the tree was good for
food, and that it was plea
sant to the eyes, and a tree
to be desired to make one
wise..." What a tragedy)
She has now disobeyed
God. Lucifer has succeeded
in part in getting back at
the Lord. He has gotten the
woman to break God’s
command. The woman has
eaten of the tree of know
ledge of good and evil.
What will she do next?
“She took of the fruit
thereof, and did eat, and
gave also unto her husband
with her; and he did eat.”
(Verse •). Lucifer now has
succeeded in getting both
the man and his wife to
disobey God. Adam ate of
the tree with his eyes wide
open. He knew if he
partook of the forbidden
tree he would die. He
sinned willingly. Adam had
a free-will. He was not a
slave of the Devil as Is
every lost person today. He
was the only man who had
a free-will.
When he disobeyed God
and obeyed the Devil, he
became a devilish soul, a
child of the Devil The light
went out of his soul on the
road to Hell. No longer does
he have fellowship with the
Lord. He Is now a sinful
being When he partook of
the forbidden tree he fell
from a state of Innocency,
to one of guilt. He willing
ly broke God’s command
ment. Yes, he had a free
will. but he decided to give
allegiance to the Devil, he
sold the entire race into
slavery to the Devil. When
he died, spiritually, death
pmed upon all men.
Every offspring of his
would be bom dead spiri
tually. a child of the
Devil. When you and I were
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