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SAA Notes
The desire to be like God is a fount of sin and of much evil. The Bible teaches that we are creatures – created ones. The desire to be something else – grander, higher, less inhibited by our finitude, is the old temptation that lies behind some of our most cherished beliefs – as exampled by re-incarnation and evolution. When you come to Christ you accept that your final future is as a creature – a created one. Resurrection of the human body is that future.
SJA Notes
* Lord God, please humble our hearts today as we read Your word to us.
“But the LORD God call to the man …”
God’s order that He has laid down for us is important. Order across all of life.
In this passage today we see the consequences of rejecting His order in relationships.
The serpent goes to Eve, not to Adam, and tempts her to disobedience. Eve yields to this temptation, Adam right there by her side.
Eve then gives the fruit to Adam and he takes it, disobeying God’s order.
Adam rejects God’s order, the responsibility given to him, staying quiet during the interaction with the serpent.
Adam yields to temptation at many points, from the approach of the serpent to the last bite of the fruit.
However.
God shows us the right order.
It’s important to realise that God wasn’t taking a casual walk to drop by on a neighbour, wondering what they might be up to today.
God knew what they had done.
God comes to Adam first.
“But the LORD God called to the man …”
It is Adam God created first, then Eve. God’s word tells us that the husband is the head of the household as Christ is the head of the church.
God speaks first with Adam. Then Eve.
At this point we see wrong decision-making again, blame-shifting.
Adam blames Eve. Eve blames the serpent.
God knows the full truth of our hearts, and His response shows that none of our excuses can trick Him.
Let us be exhorted today to submit under God’s order for us, in all our relationships we have and the situations we find ourselves in.
* Holy God,
Your judgements are right and true, for You are a just God.
Your grace and Your mercy to us are salvation!
Thank You Lord God!
Amen.