Narnia: A Deeper Magic Series

4. Edmund is really separated from Aslan even before he hears about him.

And that is how it works with you and me. No tale from a faun or from a beaver can keep us from sinning, we all start out wrong.

The apostle Paul wrote in Romans 3:23 “All have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God.” We start out on the wrong side, and we need to find ourselves on the right side before it’s too late.

Paul wrote in 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9 those who do not know God...will pay the penalty of eternal destruction away from the presence of the Lord.”

D. There comes a time when we grow weary of our sin.

1. This happened to Edmund. Once he left the Beaver Hut and found his way to the Witch’s castle. He thought that now he could enjoy the pleasures of Turkish delight.

2. He is in for a rude awakening. The Witch wants him as nothing more than bait to lure the others into her grasp. Insteaf of candy he is given dry bread and water.

3. He soon finds himself bound and wet and cold. Edmunds misery knows no bounds. He is appalled at the witch’s cruelty.

4. And so he is beginning to learn a little about himself until finally Edmund has an awakening of sorts.

They come across a family of squirrels and other creatures celebrating the coming of Christmas, this of course infuriates the Queen and she turns them to stone. For the first time, Lewis notes in his narrative “Edmunds feels sorry for someone other than himself.

Paul wrote to in his second letter to Timothy (2 Timothy 2:25-27) Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.

Edmund was at last on the right road in his heart but there was still a large wall between him and salvation. He is still enslaved by his sin. Edmund has become aware of his sinful condition and that is a start.

Because there is another factor in this drama… The Deep Magic.

II. The Deep Magic represents the Law.

Knowing that her power is weakening the witch decides that if she kills Edmund the prophecy of four thrones being sat upon by the Sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve cannot be fulfilled. But just as she is about to do the deed, Edmund is rescued by a troop of Narnian creatures and brought to Aslan. (What a picture of evangelism.)

Edmund is repentant and a changed person but he is not out of the woods yet there is still the matter of the Deep Magic.

A. The Bible teaches us that it is the Law that condemns us.

James 2:10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.

I John 3:4 Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.

1. The Law like the Deep Magic was written at the beginning of time.

2. When we think of the Law primarily we think of the Ten Commandments and that is the formal written law but the law goes further back than that it was there from the beginning.

Gen 2:17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."