Resurrection Sunday 2018

The Fall

Genesis 3:1–7 NKJV

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’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ” Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 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. 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.

At this point everything changed they went from purity to fallen

they died spiritually

at this point there was the need for a sacrificial substitute

Genesis 3:21–24 NKJV

Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them. Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”—therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

The Fall of Man So Deep and Great

The perfect world that God has created is now cursed

sin is rampart in the streets

Disease, cancer , heartache, and pain are the norm

today people are escaping reality with whatever means possible

Adam fell

The New King James Version Chapter 5

For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one

Romans 5:17–18 LEB

For if by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through the one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ. Consequently therefore, as through one trespass came condemnation to all people, so also through one righteous deed came justification of life to all people.

The New King James Version Chapter 5

18 Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation

Romans

We are all inherently sinners

For the wages of sin is death

For the wages of sin is death

because of our inherited sin and our sinful lives we are spiritually dead

we have been condemned to an eternity in Hell

God the Son Jesus entered the world

Hymn Amazing Grace