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Tuesday: Hiding Before God
Read Genesis 3:7-13. Why did Adam and Eve feel the need to hide before God? Why did God ask the question “Where are you?” How did Adam and Eve seek to justify their behavior?
After they sinned, Adam and Eve felt naked because they lost their garments of glory, which reflected God’s presence (see Psalm 8:5, compare with Psalm 104:1-2). The image of God had been affected by sin. The verb “make” in the phrase they “made themselves coverings” (Genesis 3:7, NKJV) was so far applied only to God the Creator (Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:25, etc.). It is as if they replaced the Creator as they attempted to cover their sin, an act that Paul denounces as righteousness by works (Galatians 2:16).
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When God approaches, He asks them the rhetorical question “Where are you?” (Genesis 3:9, NKJV), the same kind of question that God will ask Cain (Genesis 4:9). Of course, God knew the answers to the questions. His questions were asked for the benefit of the guilty, to help them realize what they have done and yet, at the same time, to lead them to repentance and salvation. From the moment humans sinned, the Lord was working for their salvation and redemption.
In fact, the whole scenario reflects the idea of the investigative judgment, which begins with the judge, who interrogates the culprit (Genesis 3:9) in order to prepare him for the sentence (Genesis 3:14-19). But He does it also to prompt repentance, which will ultimately lead to salvation (Genesis 3:15). This is a motif seen all through the Bible.
At first, as so common with sinners, Adam and Eve both try to evade the charge, seeking to blame others. To God’s question Adam responds that it was the woman whom God had given to him (Genesis 3:12) — she led him to do it. It was her fault (and, implied, it was God’s as well), not his.
Eve responds that it was the serpent who deceived her. The Hebrew verb nasha’, “deceive” (in Genesis 3:13, NKJV), means to give people false hopes and makes them believe that they are doing the right thing (2 Kings 19:10, Isaiah 37:10, Jeremiah 49:16).
Adam blames the woman, saying that she gave him the fruit (some truth to this), and Eve blames the serpent, saying he deceived her (some truth to this, too). But in the end, they both were guilty.
| Trying to blame someone else for what they have done? Why is it so easy for us to fall into the same trap? |
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Going to the Source of Light
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. Psalm 119:130.
It is sometimes the case that men of intellectual ability, improved by education and culture, fail to comprehend certain passages of Scripture, while others who are uneducated, whose understanding seems weak and whose minds are undisciplined, will grasp the meaning, finding strength and comfort in that which the former declare to be mysterious or pass by as unimportant. Why is this? It has been explained to me that the latter class do not rely upon their own understanding. They go to the Source of light, the One who has inspired the Scriptures, and with humility of heart ask God for wisdom, and they receive it. There are mines of truth yet to be discovered by the earnest seeker.
Christ represented the truth as treasure hid in a field. It does not lie right upon the surface; we must dig for it. But our success in finding it does not depend so much on our intellectual ability as on our humility of heart and the faith which will lay hold upon divine aid.
Without the guidance of the Holy Spirit we shall be continually liable to wrest the Scriptures or to misinterpret them. There is much reading of the Bible that is without profit and in many cases is a positive injury. When the Word of God is opened without reverence and without prayer; when the thoughts and affections are not fixed upon God or in harmony with His will, the mind is clouded with doubt; and in the very study of the Bible, skepticism strengthens. The enemy takes control of the thoughts, and he suggests interpretations that are not correct.
Whenever men are not seeking, in word and deed, to be in harmony with God, then, however learned they may be, they are liable to err in their understanding of Scripture, and it is not safe to trust to their explanations. When we are truly seeking to do God’s will, the Holy Spirit takes the precepts of His Word and makes them the principles of the life, writing them on the tablets of the soul. And it is only those who are following the light already given that can hope to receive the further illumination of the Spirit.—Testimonies for the Church 5:704, 705.
Ye Shall Receive Power p. 103
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Prayer Requests
—-Please pray for Kerrien who is having surgery tomorrow. Pray also for Lorna who fell and has a concussion. Rose
—-Please continue to pray for E and family that God will miraculously guide and protect. R
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Dear Friends,
What a good invention text messaging is! A message that would have taken days to reach the addressee, takes only a matter of seconds to reach them. Often sending or receiving texts from friends and family who live far away or chatting with them over video messaging helps with the loneliness we feel because we cannot be with them.
The key to any relationship is frequent contact. Without that contact, the relationship suffers. So it is with our relationship with our Great Redeemer. If we “pray without ceasing,” our walk with Him will grow closer and richer and deeper. 1 Thes 5:17 Keeping our mind uplifted to the One Who is our Advocate, helps us to turn from sin, and do that which is lawful and right in His sight.
Yet, what little time we spend communing with the All-Powerful King of the Universe. One time I read about a survey of the amount of time spent in prayer. The average was three minutes a day! Unbelievable! How lonesome God must be to hear from His children! How His Great Heart of Love must ache with sadness to watch us go about our daily duties with scarcely even a thought of Him.
Our Blessed Saviour felt a strong need to pray. In fact, he sometimes spent all night in prayer and supplication. “And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.” Luke 6:12 If He, Who is one with the Father, had need of constant communion with His Heavenly Father, should we not spend more time in communion with Him? Paul says, “Continue
in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving.” “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” Col 4:2; Phil 4:6
Jesus reminds us, “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?” Matt 7:11 Our Heavenly Father answers every prayer. Because of His great love for us, He does not always answer our prayers the way we expect Him to, but He answers in the way He sees is best. He does not always give us what we want, because we often ask amiss. (James 4:3)
Just as a parent is overjoyed by the sincere love of their child, so our Heavenly Father loves to have us praise Him for His Goodness and Mercy to us. Yet, how often our prayers are full of more “give me’s” than “thankyous.” Just as we want our children to confide in us, to come to us when they have a problem, to tell us all their joys, to talk to us about what is going on in their life; so God longs to have us tell Him all these things.
He is standing there waiting to guide us through our problems, waiting to help us carry our burdens. He says, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” Matt 7:7 Therefore, let us keep our hearts uplifted to Him in praise and petition. Let us walk in constant communion with God just as Enoch did so long ago. Let us so live that it be said of us, as it was of Abraham, that we are the friend of God.
Rose
Source: https://rosesdevotional.org/going-to-the-source-of-light.html
2: The Fall – Teaching Plan
Key Thought: The warning God gave Adam and Eve against eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil shows us that, though they were to know good, they were not to know evil..
April 9, 2022
1. Have a volunteer read Genesis3:1,2 ; Rev 12:7-9..
- Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
- Who is the serpent and how does he deceive Eve?
- Personal Application: How much more vulnerable are we now than Eve was then? What is the best defense against Satan’s deceptions? Share your thoughts..
- Case Study: One of your relatives states, “I believe we are all born with immortality. God meant for us to live forever. Satan told the truth about death. We don’t sie; we just pass from one level of our lives to another level. The body may die, but the spirit lives on after death.” How would you respond to your relative?
2. Have a volunteer read Genesis 3:7-13.
- Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
- Why did Adam and Eve feel the need to hide from God? How did they seek to justify their behavior?
- Personal Application: How often do we blame others for what we have done? How do we keep from doing this? Share your thoughts.
- Case Study: One of your friends states, “Why does God allow so much evil to exist on this earth now? My son was killed by a stray bullet. My husband has cancer. We have been robbed. Why did God allow all these things to happen? Couldn’t He stop these things from happening?” How would you respond to your friend?
3. Have a volunteer read Genesis 3:15..
- Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
- What did the Lord say to the serpent here, and what hope is implied in these verses?
- Personal Application: Why is it comforting and hopeful to see God begin to open up the plan of salvation to humankind when sin began? Share your thoughts.
- Case Study: One of your relatives states: “Why did Eve think that eating from the tree would give her wisdom? Did she think she could get something better than God had already given her?” How would you respond to your relative?
4. Have a volunteer read Genesis 3:15-24..
- Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
- What happened to Adam and Eve as a result of the fall?
- Personal Application: In what ways could knowledge not always be a good thing? Share your thoughts.
- Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.
(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).
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