After a busy day at the Action Summit to End Malaria in Washington, DC, I rushed back to Gaithersburg, Md., for the second week of Introducing God. After a yummy dinner of lemon chicken and potatoes, CLC pastor Robin Boisvert, gave tonight’s talk, “Our Declaration of Autonomy.” Referencing Genesis 2:15-17 and Genesis 3, Robin spoke about how Adam and Eve were deceived in the Garden of Eden by the serpent into eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, the one tree God told them not to eat from. Why did they allow the “crafty” serpent to trick them? The serpent told them they would “be like God,” which was appealing to them.
After they ate, God approached Adam and Eve. He asked Adam if they had eaten from the forbidden tree. Adam immediately blamed Eve, and Eve blamed the serpent. Thus, the first case of blame-shifting was born. Sin had entered the world.
Man declared his independence from God; man declared that he wanted to control his own life. The consequences of this assertion were very serious. God punished the devil, the woman and the man. Not only were Adam and Eve expelled from the Garden of Eden, but their lives and the lives of their descendents (which is EVERYONE on Earth!) would be cursed with pain and difficulty.
However, the story did not end there. Next Wednesday’s session will focus on how God fixed the problem.
After they ate, God approached Adam and Eve. He asked Adam if they had eaten from the forbidden tree. Adam immediately blamed Eve, and Eve blamed the serpent. Thus, the first case of blame-shifting was born. Sin had entered the world.
Man declared his independence from God; man declared that he wanted to control his own life. The consequences of this assertion were very serious. God punished the devil, the woman and the man. Not only were Adam and Eve expelled from the Garden of Eden, but their lives and the lives of their descendents (which is EVERYONE on Earth!) would be cursed with pain and difficulty.
However, the story did not end there. Next Wednesday’s session will focus on how God fixed the problem.
