The Consequences of Sin

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The Consequences of Sin

Date: Jan. 10, 2015

Passage

Genesis 3:14-24 (ESV)

14 The LORD God said to the serpent,

  “Because you have done this,
    cursed are you above all livestock
    and above all beasts of the field;
  on your belly you shall go,
    and dust you shall eat
    all the days of your life.
15   I will put enmity between you and the woman,
    and between your offspring and her offspring;
  he shall bruise your head,
    and you shall bruise his heel.”

16 To the woman he said,

  “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;
    in pain you shall bring forth children.
  Your desire shall be for your husband,
    and he shall rule over you.”

17 And to Adam he said,

  “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
    and have eaten of the tree
  of which I commanded you,
    ‘You shall not eat of it,’
  cursed is the ground because of you;
    in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
18   thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
    and you shall eat the plants of the field.
19   By the sweat of your face
    you shall eat bread,
  till you return to the ground,
    for out of it you were taken;
  for you are dust,
    and to dust you shall return.”

20 The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. 21 And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.

22 Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—” 23 therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. 24 He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.

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Daily Bread

Key Verse: 3:23

therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.

First, the serpent and mankind punished (14-19). The LORD God punished all those involved in the first sin. The serpent was cursed above all animals and would remain mankind's enemy. The serpent's head would one day be crushed by the woman's offspring, perhaps a reference to Jesus. The woman would suffer in child bearing. She would desire her husband who would rule over her. Adam would suffer much to get food. Death also came into the world (19). When the man and woman gave in to the devil, life became a painful battle of survival that would end in death.

Second, present hardship and future hope (20-24). After God intervened, Adam reconciled with his wife by naming her. The LORD God killed an animal and made garments to cover them. Sin demands blood (Heb 9:22). God banished Adam and Even from Eden. But God did not destroy the tree of life, leaving hope for mankind (Rev. 22:1-5).

Prayer: Lord, help me to take sin seriously. Thank you for forgiveness we have by the blood of Jesus.

One Word: Sin has dire consequences

The Lamb Will Triumph

Revelation 17:1-18

Key Verse: 17:14

They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”

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