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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
* Dearest Lord God, please humble our hearts today as we read Your word to us.
“But the LORD God called 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 for rejecting His order in relationships.
The serpent goes to Eve, not to Adam, and tempts her to disobedience. Eve yields to this temptation, Adam 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) and stays 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.
God though shows us the right order.
He comes to Adam first.
“But the LORD God called to the man …”
It is Adam that 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.
We see wrong decision-making again in 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 of our relationships we have and situations we find ourselves in.
* Holy God,
Your judgements are right and true, for You are a just God.
Your grace and Your mercy are to us salvation!
Thank You Lord God!
Amen.