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I’ll never forget one of the most important lessons I learned as a kid.
It had to deal with owning my mistakes.
We were playing a game outside that entailed throwing a large plastic golf club head over the house.
The kids on the other side had to see if they could catch it before it hit the ground.
Our house was unique as it had a vaulted ceiling in the living room.
At the peak were two very large windows that faced the front of the house… where I was stationed to play.
I was successful at each throw.
Until… I wasn’t.
And I’ll never forget hurling the object, turning around with a smile on my face, only to hear the unmistakable sound of glass shattering.
I nailed it.
I annihilated it.
I destroyed one of the largest windows on the house!
Immediately my first thought was… mom will not notice.
I could say someone drove by and shot it with a BB gun.
And as I was spinning the tale in my mind, the front door opened and there stood my mother.
The gold head was on the porch surrounded by broken glass.
She just happened to be in the living room and I was.... BUSTED.
I explained the situation to my mom and it went over better than I thought… but dad would be home soon and then I knew it was game over.
I was finished.
So… I hid.
And my sister hid with me.
She knew my fate was sealed.
But dad… he did something unexpected.
Yes, I was in trouble but… he told me a story about how he once broke a window at his house when he was a kid.
The window got fixed… I learned my lesson… but in the moment… fear came over me.
If I had to give our study a title tonight I think I would simply call it… BUSTED.
We pick up where we left off in Genesis.
Adam and Eve have now sinned.
They know they have messed up BIG TIME.
They are doing all they can to cover their mistakes… but ultimately, they would have to face God.
There was no escaping their new reality.
I often refer to this passage as the most tragic verse in all of Scripture.
It highlights the damaging effects of sin.
It shows the destructive consequences of sin.
BEFORE they disobeyed God, all was… PERFECT.
No sin, no blemish, no corruption, no heartache, just perfection.
They had a beautiful and wonderful fellowship with God.
AFTER sin entered the picture… things began to change… RAPIDLY.
The separation is clear.
Their shame caused them to run from God.
Their fellowship had been broken.
For me, there is nothing more sad than this verse.
Sin had been fully realized.
Hiding from God would not change their reality… it would only expose it.
They panicked.
They knew the word God had given them… and now, they would face the consequences of their actions.
How many people are hiding today?
How many feel the weight of their sin and shame?
How many choose to go a different direction when they hear God call their name?
HIDING in sin only delays the INEVITABLE.
All will have to FACE God.
We can either choose to come out of hiding and acknowledge our sin now… or acknowledge it when we stand before God.
We will briefly talk about what that looks like in a moment.
There are two points that follow I want us to see in Genesis.
These points reveal the aftermath of sin - and there is a lot that happens here.
It begins with a bit of dialogue between God, Adam, and Eve.
Adam answers God’s question, “Where are you?”
Adam’s answer exposed their disobedience.
It was clear they did what they were not supposed to do.
Then… the blame game begins.
“It’s not my fault, the woman YOU PUT HERE WITH ME did it.
It’s her fault.”
Eve echoes her husband’s response.
She points fingers too.
“It’s not my fault, the serpent deceived me.”
So God starts where the dialogue had finished.
He looks to the serpent and the curse is spoken.
The Curse
Ouch.
No doubt sin came with great consequence.
God addresses the parties involved in the reverse order of the blame game.
To the serpent:
It will now crawl on the ground.
it will eat dust.
It will not get along with the woman.
Enmity defined is the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.
But then… God drops a hint of what is to come.
The serpent will strike the heel, but the offspring of woman will crush his head.
God just told the serpent what?
HIS DAYS ARE NUMBERED!
To the woman:
Childbearing just became very painful and laboring.
Did God cause her pain OR is God informing her of what is coming as a result of sin?
Sin brings destruction and death.
Sickness and pain are symptoms of death.
Secondly, God drops something interesting, you will desire your husband and he will rule over you.
What was their relationship like prior to sin entering the picture?
The two, had become one.
Now, the two who once reigned as one attempt to rule each other.
The relationship between husband and wife will now feel the weight of sin.
To the man:
Work will become hard and toilsome
Notice God said the work would be painful.
It’s going to be hard to provide for his family.
Weeds will now attempt to spoil the harvest.
Food will come by hard work.
Death is looming over you.
You will return to the ground you are working… the ground from where you came.
Sin… had hit them in EVERY aspect of life.
The effects of SIN can be felt in every AREA of life.
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