THE PESQUK1ANS WEEKLY. HERTFORD; Ni ?., FRIDAY, APKX 6, 1661.
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THE BEGINNINGS OtF SIN
International Sunday School Lesson
for April 8th, 1951.
j Memory Selection: "(For the wages
of sin is death; ibut .the free gift of
God is eternal life in IChrist Jesus our
Lord." Romans 6: 23.
Lesson Text: Genesis 3: 1-6, 9-15, 24.
Last iweek we studied the beginning
or .tnings (the creation of the world
and of man. The lesson Ifor this week
explains the beginning of sin, or what
sin is and does. ; :'
.... It will ibe helpful in studying this
' lesson to remember that our Bible
;, was written by an Oriental people and
that God was teaching his children in
" the infancy of the race Iby means of
simple, ipictorial language.: lateral in
terpretation of every detail is not
; necessary nor always helpful. In the
story, related in the third chapiter of
: Genesis, we Bee a picture painted by
an early - Henrelw author, depicting
the revelation from God which had
come to him.
Profound spiritual (truths are in
''this story the choice between good
and evil, the fact of sin and its con
sequences, Ithe existence of and the
. pricking of conscience, and the indi
vidual's relationship to his Creator.
The story of Eden pictures a glorious
paradise, or Eden, (which means de
light), inhabited by the first man and
woman, Adam and Eve. They enjoyed
great Tiiappiness, living in such close
intimacy with Mieir Creator, God, that
. we read that God walked and talked
w5th them. ".
However, God had (forbidden Adam
to eat r ithe "tree of ithe knowledge
of "good and evil" and this command
was relayed o Eve. - ISatan, in the
guise of a serpent, brought to Eve
the Krst choice in .the exercise of her
God-given freedom of wilL His ap
proach was shrewdly planned. . First,
he misrepresented Godls command,
(then, when Eve included ibhe toughing
of the tree in the divine prohibition
(according lo Jewish taJadStfon); he
pushed her hand against the tree.
When nothing happened, the serpent
denied -the truth of God's statement
that eating 'of itihe fruit of the tree
would bring delathrEve jthen"' more
closely examined the fruit, finding it
good for food, most attractive to the
eye, " and, with bhe added power of
making one wise, if partaken of. - Eve
yielded to the temptation and partook
of the fruit Not being satisfied to
have disobeyed herself, she persuaded
Adam (to partake also, which be did.
: "How directly this speaks to our
day! The same old temptation lis re
peated! iSo many want too taste of
life. They will be denied on experi
ence. Into the Eden of youth, the
serpent creeps today. It neeeds too be
thundered forth! There are things
, which are Wrong, eternally' wrong,
: therefor forbidden!"' i(iR. C. Gillie).
Shame and a desire Ifor secrecy im
mediately " followed this act of dis
obedience and sin. Realizing their sin,
they attempted to hide from God.
. When God called, Adam responded: "I
!, beard thy voice in Ithe garden and was
afraid, because I atm naked; and I hid
myself." His answer betrayed his
guilit, but . Adam tried to pass ' the
Iblame for his sin to Eve and also to
; God, who had given Tiim bis eompan
; ion. .Eve, when Questioned, blamed
the serpent. Guilt for our sins can
not .be passed on to others we alone
are called upon to pay the penalty..
In passing sentence in punishment
for ithis sin of disobedience, God did
not punish the "serpent alone for
; tempting Eve, nor Eve Ifor yielding to
. (the temptation and then persuading
Adam to eSn also.. Each received bis
own punishment! IFor Ithe serpent,
: He decreed degraduation; Ifor the wo
man, pain and sorrow, Ifor the man,
bitter toil; and for both, exclusion
from the Paradise he bad given them.
They could .'aolonger enjoy the close
intimacy of God's presence and fel
lowship. (From a life of ease, where
everything mas provided for them,
(hey were turned out to work for itfojeir
own livelihood. This is a fact which
everyone discovers that disobedience,
whether lit be' to .parents, to 'law, to
nature, or to God spoils everything,
takes all the real joy out of living
and turns happiness to disaster.
It might be Well for us to ramem-
. ber the toying of Plato, ithe philoso(
pher: Sin and penalty go through
the. world with their heads, tied to
gether."
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Sunday School, 9:45 A. M.
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R. M. Gradeless, Pastor '.
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