SUNDAY-THURSDAY
Rebellion in the Garden (Change of Feelings)
1. Read Genesis 2:25. What was the description of their emotional condition before sin?
Gen. 2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
ANSWER:
They were not ashamed. “Ashamed” also means “to be in confusion” according to the Hebrew definition.
2. What was the emotional condition of Adam and Eve after they sinned?
Gen. 3:7 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.
ANSWER: Shame.
3. What were Adam and Eve trying to do with their shame?
ANSWER: Cover their shame
OBSERVATION: Adam and Eve were trying to cover their nakedness or shame from each other. Therefore, the human solution for visible shame is to cover it.
APPLICATION QUESTION: Do you have any shame that you are trying to cover in your life before others?
4. How did Adam and Eve react to the voice of God after they sinned?
Gen. 3:8 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.
ANSWER: They hid themselves from Him.
5. How did Adam feel about God emotionally after his sin?
Gen. 3:10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
ANSWER: He was afraid.
OBSERVATION: Before and after sin, there was a definite change in man’s emotion toward themselves and God. It is the work of God’s atonement to bring us back to right thoughts and feelings.
Slave to Sin (Deceptive Feelings)
1. Read 1 Tim 2:14. What happened to Eve that led her to transgression?
1Tim. 2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
ANSWER: She was being deceived.
2. Read Genesis 3:6. What deceptions were accepted by Eve?
Gen. 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
ANSWER:
- Good for food.
- Pleasant to the eyes.
- Desired to make one wise.
OBSERVATION: Eve was deceived to believe that the tree was good for food, pleasant to the eyes and desired to make one wise.
3. Out of the three deceptions, which one was from the serpent?
Gen. 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
ANSWER:
The serpent gave the idea that the fruit will make one wise.
4. Which ones were from Eve?
ANSWER:
- Pleasant to the eyes.
- Good for food.
5. How did she feel about the tree of knowledge of good and evil?
Gen. 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise
ANSWER: Good, pleasant, desirable.
NOTE: Definitions:
- Good – beautiful, best, better, favour, fine, glad, good, graciously, joyful, pleasure, precious, sweet
- Pleasant – a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm):—dainty, desire, x exceedingly, x greedily, lust(ing), pleasant.
- Desired – to delight in:—beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, (x great) delight, desire, goodly, lust, (be) pleasant (thing), precious (thing).
CONCLUSION: We became slaves to sin because we think sin is good, pleasant, and
desirable. Thus we became one mind with the serpent.
God’s Reaction to Human Sin (The Promise of New Feelings and Thoughts)
1. What promise did God give to Adam and Eve for their sins?
Gen. 3:15 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.
ANSWER: God will put enmity between them and the serpent.
2. What is the meaning of enmity?
ANSWER: hostility, hatred.
OBSERVATIONS:
- Hatred will be placed between “woman”(God’s people) and “the serpent”(Satan).
- There was one mind between man and Satan before God put the enmity between them.
- “Enmity” is a word that expresses strong feelings of hatred. Therefore putting “enmity” feelings toward sin is a great part of the plan of salvation.
- In the work of the atonement there is a work of transforming our thoughts and feelings.
3. How do we naturally feel about the law of God?
Rom. 8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
ANSWER: Enmity against God and His law.
4. How does Jesus feel about iniquity and righteousness?
Heb. 1:9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity
ANSWER: Loves righteousness and hates iniquity.
5. Read Ezekiel 36:26, 27. What is God’s promise for us?
Ezek. 36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
Ezek. 36:27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
ANSWER: God can give us a new spirit and a new heart, new thoughts and feelings so that we can love righteousness and hate iniquity.
6. How can we renew the spirit of our mind?
Eph. 4:22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Eph. 4:23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
Eph. 4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
ANSWER: Put off the old man and put on the new man.
7. How can we put off the old man?
Rom. 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
ANSWER: The old man must be crucified with Jesus.
OBSERVATIONS:
- Without the cross of Jesus it is impossible to renew our thoughts and feelings.
- Without the cross of Jesus it is impossible to crucify our old man.
- Without the cross of Jesus it is impossible to love righteousness and to hate sin.
APPLICATION QUESTION: Which thoughts and feelings would you like to change today? Which thoughts and feelings need to be changed in order for you to be ready for the coming of Christ?
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