GOD'S COVENANT WITH ADAM
GOD'S COVENANTS LEADING TO THE RESURECTION • Sermon • Submitted
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GENESIS 2:15-17
GENESIS 2:15-17
15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.
16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden,
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.”
WHAT IS A COVENANT?
WHAT IS A COVENANT?
A COVENANT IS A CONTRACT BETWEEN 2 PARTIES.
A COVENANT IS A CONTRACT BETWEEN 2 PARTIES.
1-GOD’S PROMISE
1-GOD’S PROMISE
9 And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
2-GOD’S REQUIREMENT
2-GOD’S REQUIREMENT
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.”
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
7 But like Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me.
3-GOD’S GRACE
3-GOD’S GRACE
21 And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.
15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”
2 through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
God demanded obedience of Adam, and He demands obedience of us. However, our obedience as sinners is not what secures for us the new covenant blessing of eternal life. Instead, the obedience of Christ on our behalf is why we will live forever when we believe in Him. We are still called to obey, but now it is in order to thank the Lord for eternal life, not to earn it. Let us thank God for the gift of heaven by serving Him faithfully.