The First Prayer In The Bible - A Prayer Of Acknowledgement And Acountability Series

Introduction:

Genesis is the book of beginnings.

It is the beginning of all things as we know them.

We read of the beginning of light – Genesis 1:3-5

We read of the beginning of the firmament – Genesis 1:6-8

We read of the beginning of the land, seas, and plants – Genesis 1:9-13

We read of the beginning of the lights in the sky; the sun, moon, and the stars – Genesis 1:14-19

We read of the beginning of fish, fowl, beast, and cattle – Genesis 1:20-25

We read of the creation of mankind – Genesis 1:26-28

God was pleased with His creation and concluded and summarized it with these words:

Genesis 1:31

31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

God placed Adam and Eve in a garden, the Garden of Eden.

This garden was good, or to use the words of God, it was “very good.”

The first recorded prayer is found in Genesis, the first book of God’s Word, in the Garden of Eden.

Prayer is talking with God.

The Bible has many examples of prayer and exhortations.

We read:

Luke 18:1

1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

Romans 12:12

12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

Ephesians 6:18

18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

Understand:

Talking with God is the most important thing anyone can do before they can do anything else of importance.

With that in mind, we consider in this message The First Prayer of the Bible – A Prayer of Acknowledgement and Accountability

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Sermon Content:

1. THE COMMITMENT OF SIN (GENESIS 3:2-6)

Genesis 3:2-6

2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of 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 hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 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. 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.

As we begin to consider this, we understand that Eve knew that she wasn’t supposed to eat of the tree in the midst of the garden.

The tempter entices, and then the woman bites at his bait and swallows his line.

She tells Adam, and he, too, falls as they both eat the forbidden fruit.

She could either listen to God or listen to the serpent.

She could either obey or disobey.

We know what happened.

Adam and Eve listened to the serpent and disobeyed God.

There are three areas in which we see Adam and Eve were drawn to sin.

Note 1 John 2:15-16:

1 John 2:15-16

15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Everything that we see in the world or those things that are worldly are these:

The Lust of the Flesh

The Lust of the Eyes

The Pride of Life

We see all of these things in their sin.

The Lust of the Flesh – Doing Something Outside of God’s Will

The Lust of the Eyes – Desiring Something Outside of God’s Will

The Pride of Life – Being Someone Outside of God’s Design

Adam and Eve Took, Tasted and Was Transformed

Genesis 3:6

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.

Eve Saw that the Tree Was Good for Food – The Lust of the Flesh

It was Pleasant to the Eyes – The Lust of the Eye

Make One Wise – The Pride of Life