Friday, 2 January 2015

The Fall & the beginning of civilization

The temptation and fall
Genesis 3:1-7

God’s judgment and curse
Genesis 3:8-19

Expulsion from Eden
Genesis 4:1-15

Seth and his descendants
1Chronicles 1:1, Genesis 4:25 – 26, 5:3, 4:26, 5:6 & 9, 1 Chronicles 1:2, Genesis 5:12,15 & 18

Cain and his descendants
Genesis 4:16 – 24

Adam’s descendants continued
1 Chronicles 1:3, Genesis 5:21 -26, 5:4-5, 5:22-24, 5:7-8, 5:28 -29, 5:10 – 11, 5:13 -14, 5:16 – 17, 5:19-20

Genesis 3:1-7
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’?”
(2) The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, (3) 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.’”
(4) "You will not surely die, “ the serpent said to the woman. 5”For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
(6) WheThe Fall & the beginning of civilizationn 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 ate it.(7) Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized that they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

Thought for the Day:
Satan has a well worked-out strategy with which he tempts humanity. He appeals (1) to the lust of the , flesh, (2) to the lust of the eyes and (3) to the pride of  life. Are you able to discern this strategy at work in your life? And are you overcoming it?

CONTEMPLATION
“For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.” (1 Cor. 15:21)

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