Was It Really An Apple? -- September 21, 2012

Last Sunday, Scott preached about "The Good Samaritan".  He did a great job of taking a story everyone thinks they have all figured out and finding new truths.

Our lesson this week will be similar.  It's the story of "The Fall".  No, I'm not talking about college football season.  I'm talking about the fall of man, the original sin, the first mess-up.

Normally, I give you a link to our scripture passage.  But this week, I'm just going to print it here because it is only six verses.  It's kinda funny that the first time we humans were tempted, put up a pathetic fight, and did something we weren't supposed to took only six verses.  Actually, it took only 163 words to tell the whole story.

With that, I give you Genesis 3:1-6:

Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
 
The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”

“You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

So there you have it.  Satan asked one question and made one comment.  Human nature took it from there.

You'd think this passage was fairly straight-forward.  In a way it is.  But there are some nuances we'll look at Sunday morning at 9:50 a.m.  What nuances?  You'll have to be there to find out.

And if you think this is just a children's story you'd find in Brian's 'Illustrated Bible for Kids', you're in for a treat!

Finish Friday strong.  Enjoy Saturday with your family.  See you Sunday!

Loyally yours,

Darren Bayne

“God put me on earth to accomplish certain things.  Right now, I’m so far behind, I’ll never die.”  - From Calvin and Hobbes