Last week we talked about the perfect Adam, this week the fallen adam. We went over the spirit soul and body of the fallen man and the conversation between the devil and Eve. Coming up the conversation between God, Adam and Eve.
In last week’s lesson we covered the spirit, soul, and body of the 1st and 2nd Adam. By the 1st Adam we all were birthed with a sin nature. By the second Adam (Jesus Christ) we can receive life in our spirit. Jesus indeed is a life giving spirit! This next phase is to cover the fall of man.
In the 1st and second Adam you will remember there was life in spirit soul and body. FALLEN MAN SPIRIT sin consciousness gained; Innocence Lost. The spirit of man is no longer in perfect union with God. Spirit to spirit connection with God broken! The death is spiritual separation from God
Genesis 2:15 Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 "but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die."
The Lord commanded the man not to eat of the “Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil” for the day you eat of it you will surely die. Adam and Eve partook and the word of God came true! That day they suffered loss of spirit to Spirit connection with God.
Fallen Man Soul; Alive to sin nature; Will, emotions intellect ruled by sin nature; Self Centered.
Ephesians 4:17 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, 18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; 19 who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lewdness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
Ephesians 4 leaves a vivid picture of fallen man. Man living in the futility of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God. The fallen man has blindness in their heart and out of that blindness they live their life.
Jeremiah 7:24 "Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but followed the counsels and the dictates of their evil hearts, and went backward and not forward.
Israel indictment was they followed the counsels and dictates of their evil heart. The law came to make sin exceedingly sinful and show man they were powerless against the sin nature’s control. Only the second Adam could bring remedy to it; one needs to partake from the tree of life!
Psalm 51:5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.
We all came from the seed of 1st Adam; we have been birthed in sin and brought forth in iniquity; we have all been birthed with the sin nature ruling. Have you ever notice you don’t have to teach a 2 year old to lie? It is in their nature!
Fallen Man Body; Condemned to receive the wages of death; Alive to sin nature
John 3:19 "And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Romans 3:10 As it is written: "There is none righteous, no, not one; 11 There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. 12 They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one."
Many know this passage as part of the Romans road to salvation. Man in our fallen state has no good in them. Why? One good act does not make a man good; a thousand good acts does not make a man good! There is none good but God; righteousness imputed is the only solution. That is found exclusively in Jesus Christ alone; oops jumping ahead.
Revelation 21:8 "But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."
All who remain in their fallen state will be partakers of the second death. The wages of sin is death!
John 8:41 "You do the deeds of your father." Then they said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father; God." 42 Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. 43 "Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. 44 "You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.
Jesus made a clear dividing line. Those who truly love Jesus have God as their Father though faith in Jesus. Those who do not become children of God already have the devil as their father. There is not an in-between category!
Matthew 7:22 "Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name? 23 "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'
This Matthew passage strikes my heart! Here is a group of people who will say to Jesus, we have prophesied in Your name, and done many wonders in your name. Jesus words to them are “I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!” This group is trusting in their doings, even to the casting out demons. Jesus words “I never knew you, you who practice lawlessness.” Wow they considered themselves to be doing the work of God and Jesus perspective was it was lawlessness. We can not skip over the genuine confession of faith as the point of salvation. We must trust in what Jesus did and not in our own religious works.
Remember the “Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil”? Jesus said many will say to Him look what I have done… Yes, living from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil can not bring life to man. We must partake of Jesus, the bread of life.
Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Has God indeed said, 'You shall not eat of every tree of the garden'?"
This passage of Genesis 3 is amazing; it is up front and personal conversation first with the snake and then with God. This week we visit the snake; next week we will cover the conversation with God. Here in verse one the devil begins a conversation with the Eve. Notice His tactic is to question what God has said. It is the same tactic he used when he tempted Jesus. If you are the Son of God… If the enemy of your soul can get you to doubt the word of God he can have open season in that area of your life.
Genesis 3:2 And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; 3 "but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.'"
The scripture says God commanded Adam not to eat from the tree. It seems that Eve got the word of truth second hand. Her second hand revelation added to what God spoke.
Genesis 3:4 Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. 5 "For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
Now the devil pours the lie on thick “You will not surely die.” God is withholding His best from you is the implication of the enemy. Then the devil wraps the lie in semblance of the truth, “your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.
Genesis 3:6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.
The devil had now stirred up desire for the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil”. Eve looks with desire on the forbidden tree for the first time! She took of its fruit and ate! She gave some of the fruit to Adam and he too ate! They ate and their eyes were indeed opened to a sin consciousness. They knew they were naked; the first reaction of man was to make cover themselves with fig leaves. Self covering is one of the symptoms of sin.
Genesis 3:8 And they heard the sound 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 among the trees of the garden.
Even though Adam and Eve had made a covering it did not suffice; they heard the sound of God walking in the garden and they hid. This was part of the ramifications from eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. How many times had Adam and Eve heard the sound of the LORD and ran to greet Him? Sin separates
After the second Adam (Jesus) came and died on the cross the sound from heaven came again! Acts 2 suddenly a sound came from heaven as a rushing mighty wind filled the house and tongues of fire set upon each one of them. Then they were all filled with the Holy Ghost. Jesus bring reconciliation.
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