2nd week on the covenants of God
1. Covenant of Creation
2. Covenant of Adam
3. Covenant of Noah
4. Covenant of Abraham
5. Covenant of Sinai
6. Covenant of David
7. The New Covenant
We’ll learn through the O.T. covenants- Jesus is revealed in all O.T.
Jesus said, “You search the scriptures…” John 5:39
Jews thought the O.T. was about them
Christians think N.T. is about us
That’s why Jews missed Jesus
That’s why we miss Jesus
Last week Covered- Covenant of Creation
1. Man was made in the image of the Trinity
2. Man should have dominion
3. There is a Sabbath rest
4. Marriage
This week covering Covenant of Adam
Gen 2:16-17
Not a suggestion- command and promise
I’ve given you everything you could need
This is the deal Adam-
I’ll give you everything- But if you eat the tree, You’ll die
“What is the Tree of knowledge of good and evil”
Not an apple, and it wasn’t poisonous- Fairy Tales
At this point- they are totally innocent
They do not know the difference between good and evil
They have not had a choice up to this point
This tree was Adams’s and Eve’s first chance to choose
Perfect garden, perfect woman, perfect surrounding etc.
First chance for us to see- men always choose evil
The fruit isn’t what gave them the knowledge of good and evil
Their choice is what the brought knowledge
I believe they were going to know good and evil whether the ate or not
They would have come to that knowledge- only through God’s way
A person that’s had cancer, knows all about it
So does the doctor- he’s never had it
Why am I saying this? People say, I’ve never been through that
Gen 3:1-5
We think eating the tree opened their eyes, it was their disobedience
This is how stupid Christians are
Satan tell Adam and Eve they’d be like God – They already were
Covenant of Creation- We’ll listen to Satan, when he promises something we already have.
Church we gotta learn what we have, so we don’t sell out to get something we’ve already got.
God will take you farther than any promise of Satan
God said they would die- This was a spiritual death
Death means “SEPARATION”
If You die tonight- you’ll be more alive that you’ve ever been
To be “absent” from the body, is to be present with God
But if you die, there is separation between you and me
If you die, we shouldn’t prop your dead body up- try to talk to you
James 2
26As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
Here a good way to look at Adam’s &Eve’s death
When we’re saved we go from “Death” to “Life”
Why?
Because Adam went from “Life” to “Death”
Everything from then to know- God has been bringing life
Satan brings death- God brings life
God said, “By man came death, by man came life”
Romans 5:12-21
So they eat- and judgements come
Gen 3:14-15
I was always mad and Adam and Eve, If a snake’s talking- What’s up w/ that
Still in a state of innocence
Says to the serpent- you’ll eat dust forever
They obviously looked different then
God told the devil that day- all you’ll ever do is eat dust
“The devil is on my back” Supposed to be under your feet
“They’re will be hostility between her seed and yours”
Why the woman? Woman was deceived, but a woman brought deliverer
Woman got us in this mess, She got us out
Thank God for women- if men had babies- had one- hurt too bad
The people you deceived, will bring forth your conquerer
This seed is Jesus, (discuss bruising of feet)
Shaneology- I believe Satan thought Cain was that seed
Jesus was the seed- he bruised his heel- J.C. crushed his head
Gen 3:16 Pain in childbirth
Desire shall be for your husband
Women wanting to dominate men-
Godly men- stay in submission to God and bring order
Idiot men either – let the woman run the house
They rule ungodly, abusive and stupid
Vs. 17-19
Still gonna work, now you’re gonna sweat
Work is not a curse- sweat is
Bible says a man that doesn’t work, doesn’t eat
You’re gonna Die
Though this fall sin entered the world-
Their rebellion to God
But we know God sent someone, to turn this all around
