Holiness
T3
Fruit Pie
I want to do what’s right
But my flesh calls out for more
I reach for the good of looks and feel
To satisfy what my mind thinks I need
Back and forth the thoughts do race
Playing games with freely given grace
Closer to the fire saying
I’ll not get burned
I’ve been here before and I’ve learned
Surely it no longer affects me
I ride on the waves of promises
I fully intend to keep
But undermine, the real-truth denied
Negating the principles I speak
But later-on during the upcoming days
The rope gets thinner
And beings to fray
I’m hanging by a thread
Of which I’ve carved my way to dangling
Oh how miserable unrighteousness is
The holiness quickly denied
I look at the tree
In the middle of the garden
And say this will go in my fruit pie
ADAM – ADAM – WHERE ARE YOU?
The Knowledge of good and evil - This is knowledge they didn’t need
Adam and even were no longer comfortable in the presence of God after eating the fruit
This is the first time they felt fear
God would have explained it to them later (what sin was, how it came about, and the knowledge of good and evil)
Genesis 3:7-10
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
Who told you you were naked?
Done been beguiled!
You’ve been had!
God I’m only human
Got no other reason!
Blame anyone but me!
The woman you gave me!
Genesis 3:11-15
11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Gave it all up for a moment of pleasure
There was a group of flies – they were out seeking dinner. They had been warned that certain sweet nectars would trap them. As they cruised through the air on their hunt, they saw a plate of honey. Score they shouted – dive in. The group of flies quickly descended on the honey and ate their fill. When they went to fly off, they couldn’t move. They had consumed to much and they were to heavy to fly. It was then they realized, they gave up there whole life for 1 hour of pleasure.
In the case of Adam and Eve, it much less than an hour – perhaps minutes at most. Sin is never worth it. It always make you stay, longer than you want to and it costs more than you want to pay.
Genesis 3:16-20
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Locked out of the Garden – Holiness Lost
An act of or a life-style of unholiness will hinder your faith!
Animals had to be sacrificed to make clothes for them when there had been no need for them before
Genesis 3:20-24
20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.