0236 Life in the Garden

Life in the Garden

Life with God is a prison with a fence – lie of the devil

Life in religion is a life of prison, behind the fence

Are you in the fence or the sin is in the fence?

Life in the garden is not a prison life but it does have fences (Genesis 2:8-17)

The word of God puts a fence over dangerous zones to protect us

Deceiver lied by saying that the fence is keeping good things from them

The purpose of the fence is not restriction but safety

Eve climbed over the fence of God’s word & her conscience

Humanity could never climb back to the Garden from that fence

Relationship with God; marriage; family; work is effected by that fence

Life behind the fence is life of being dominated instead of dominion

Covering is the way of escape

Clothing was the reason he was disqualified (Matthew 22:1-14)

Adam’s clothes were not good enough (Genesis 3:7-10)

If fig leaves were enough he wouldn’t be hiding and we wouldn’t need the cross

They were made of fig leaves – outward performance

Fig tree that had leaves but didn’t have fruit was cursed by Jesus

It’s much easier to please perfectionist mom then to try to please holy God

Our righteousness is like filthy rags

The story of shameful and stinking rags

God’s designers clothes (Genesis 3:21)

Cow’s skin makes nice leather shoes, and tiger’s fur makes warm coats

Many animals are not killed for meat but for clothing

You can’t wear the skin of the animal is the animal is alive

Jesus was skinned the cross so that you could wear His coat (2 Corinthians 5:21)

When you come God treats you like He would treat Jesus because of His coat

No body can be more righteous then Jesus

Prodigal son come home because the Father has the best robe