When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took some of its fruit, and ate. Then she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate it, too.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.And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.
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… Let's go to Genesis chapter 3, a singular verse this morning. verse number 6, Genesis chapter 3, verse 6. Amen. Genesis 3, verse 6. Won't you say, I got it? Let's read it together. When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food. Amen. You may be seated in the presence of the Lord. I want to preach today using as a subject saying the quiet part out loud look at the person beside you and tell them today you gotta say the quiet part out loud saying the quiet part out loud. I am not going to rest until the family of Nolan Wells gets justice. Thank you. somebody is hiding something. Somebody saw something. An 18-year-old black boy on the 4th of July went to Horn Island on a boat with so-called friends and he's the only one who didn't return. For the prosecutor to never name a person of interest or to name a cause of death doesn't sit well with me. …
I'm in Genesis chapter 3, verses 5 through 7. I have to tell you, I gave them a different text this morning at 7 a.m. Then at 8.30 a.m., God gave me something different. And under normal circumstances, that would stress me out. But I only got four hours of sleep, and sometimes you got to choose between stress and standing up to it. So we're going to stand up to it. God's been speaking to me about this and I think I think it may actually be a series but I'm going to see what happens in the time that I've been given this morning but God's been speaking to me specifically about identity and I know it has a lot to do with what I am experiencing on the identity level but I've looked at it from so many different angles New Testament, Old Testament. So I'm going to just ask that you all would pray with me as I attempt to articulate what God has placed in my heart as it relates to our identities. For those of you who take notes, my subject is take another look. Take another look. I'm going to start in Genesis 3. …
… The scene is the Garden of Eden. The woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes and that the tree was desirable to make one wise. She took from its fruit and ate. There's the first occurrence of sin among man. She ate of the fruit. She gave to her husband and he with her ate. There's another occurrence. At this juncture, sin has come. Drop down to verse 8. They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. The Lord God called to the man and said to him, Where are you? As if to say, Why are you where you are, Adam? God wasn't really in need of knowing where he was. He wanted Adam to realize why he was there. Where are you, Adam? And now Adam's response is of interest to us. …
… and you will be like God, knowing good and evil. So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her and he ate. And the eyes of both were opened and they knew that they were naked and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths. And they heard the sound of the Lord walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, Where are you? And he said, I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, and I hid myself. He said, who told you? …
wow look at that wow look at that real quick I gotta teach it but look at that God immediately is connecting his dysfunction to his disobedience Thank you. He doesn't even litigate all of the confusion. He's saying there's a one-stop shop for your confusion, and it's disobedience. and your disobedience has opened now a Pandora's box, and more specifically, not just your disobedience, but your disobedience to the word I spoke. then the man said it gets even more dysfunctional then the man said the woman who you gave to be with me now he's blaming the lord he's so dysfunctional he is now accusing god of being dysfunctional it was a bad idea god you giving me that woman was a terrible idea god you ought to be look at how crazy we get how insane we get when we disconnect from the word. And the man said to the woman, the man said, the woman whom you gave to me with me, she gave me of the tree and I ate. …
… and they fall in verse 6. When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. And she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. The eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were naked, their innocence gone. Verse 8 says, They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. Listen to verse 9. But the Lord God called to the who? To the man and said to him, Where are you? I mentioned earlier that obviously we each have responsibility before God for His image in us and our sin against Him. But I want you to notice when God comes to confront His creation for the first time in sin, He goes directly to man. …
… knowing good and evil. So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, number two, that it was pleasant to the eyes, so pretty, bling. It tastes really good. it's very sparkly and a tree desirable to make one wise wow that means I'll be greater than Adam I don't know if that's true or not. I just made that up. She took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her and he ate. Now, some scholars say Adam was there. Some say he wasn't there. I don't believe he was there. First of all, I want to believe he was not there. Because if Adam was there, if Adam was there, it's like, step up, boy. Adam, any moment now would be good to step in and kick the snake right in the tail, punch his nose, something, Adam. Are you hearing me? So in my mind, Adam was out plowing the field somewhere, I hope. But if he was a spectator to the destruction of his wife, ah! …
… And Genesis 3, 6 says, When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, it was a delight to the eyes. The tree was to be desired to make one wise. She took of its fruit and ate. And she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. feel the weight of what's happening here up until this point everything in all creation responded to the good voice of the creator who said to the stars you go there and they obeyed said to the oceans you stop there and they obeyed to swarming creatures of all kinds responding with complete peace and obedience to god until you get to man and woman and man and woman have the audacity to look at God in the face and say, no, we're doing things our way. And man and woman experienced conflict with God. They chose it over peace with God. And watch what immediately happened. The very next verse, the eyes of both of them were open. …
… You trust yourself instead of God. So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, it was a delight to the eyes, the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. And she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. And thus sin and death were introduced into the world. and it all revolved around God's word. The devil and his demons are actively and always working to destroy your life and the way they work is by keeping you from hearing, believing, and obeying God's word. And the rest of the Bible is the story of this spiritual war. In our church's Bible reading plan, we just finished walking through the whole story of the Old Testament And over and over again, it's Satan pulling people away from God's Word. And then when you get to the New Testament, which we're starting today, so let me show you two places where we hear this straight from the mouth of Jesus. …
… and you will be like God, knowing good and evil. So when the woman saw the tree was good for food, that it was a delight to the eyes, that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. So what's the action here? She and her husband took of the fruit and ate. Oh, it's not showing there. Okay, that says action. Sorry. Action. So that's what they did. They took of the fruit and ate. But don't miss the root. That worldly action was based in worldly what? Desire. she saw that the tree was good for food, that it was a delight to the eyes, that the tree was to be desired, to make one wise. Worldly desires that were grounded in worldly thinking, a lie from the devil that said God and his word are not good, and they believed it. So what did they do? …
… You will be like God, knowing good and evil. so when the woman saw the tree was good for food that it was a delight to the eyes the tree was to be desired to make one wise she took of its fruit and ate she gave some to her husband who was with her and he ate do you see it where did sin start not when they took a piece of fruit and ate it it was when they doubted the word of god in their minds when they thought i won't die if If I do this, I'll actually be better off if I do this. This is an anatomy of all of our minds. Sin starts with thinking our way is better than God's way. Or maybe choosing not to think about God's way at all. Either way, spiritual battle begins in your mind. How about one more example? How about the battle with worry and anxiety in this world? How do you fight that spiritual battle? …
… said to the woman, for God knows that when you eat from it, your eyes will be open and you will be like God, knowing good and evil. When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye and desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and she ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were open and they realized they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to them, where are you? And he answered, I heard you in the garden and I was afraid because I'm naked. So I hid. And he said, who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from? And the man said, the woman you put here with me, she gave me some of the fruit from the tree and I ate it. And the Lord God said to the woman, what is this you have done? And the woman said, the serpent deceived me. And so I ate. …
… So when the woman saw, verse 6, let me go to verse 6. So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. And she also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. Now listen to this. She maximized the benefits and minimized the consequences. She said, it's good for food. It's pleasant to the eyes. It'll make me wise. She took of its fruit, and she ate it. And here's the trouble. Here's where I have a challenge. She gave it to her husband. He was right there while the devil was talking to her. And guess what? He didn't say nothing. Men, the worst thing you can do is to know that something's wrong and don't say anything to your family about what they're doing that's wrong. Y'all notice how the claps are getting lower and lower and lower. I'm trying to press you. …
… And so in a very flawed way, He had restricted her from something that was good. She bought the devil's lie, and in Genesis 3, 6, she saw that the tree was good for food , and that it was delight to the eyes , and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, and that's the pride of life, the three basic categories which define our temptation. So based upon the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, she took from its fruit and ate, gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both of them were opened. They knew they were naked. All of a sudden, shame appeared. We don't know the exact thoughts that were in their mind, but they were corrupted. They were perverted. Even in that marriage, they felt embarrassed by their shame and guilt and sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings. They realized, as the only two people in the world, that their thoughts could be corrupted if they were exposed to nakedness. …
… And in verse 6, it says, When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and it was a delight to the eyes and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took the fruit and ate. She listened to the lie. She listened to the lie because she looked and she thought, You know what? I actually want that anyways. This was her desire. Man, this is an amazing story. It's a stunning story because you've got Adam and Eve and they had it all. you're in this garden with the creator you've got his protection you realize he made everything nothing can touch me i'm with him and he wants to know me he wants to dwell with me he just gives me this command tells me what's forbidden okay done but they go you know what maybe god is keeping something from us maybe there's something more and that looks tempting to me and maybe that to lead to good and did he really mean what he said when there would be consequences to my actions and there's the sin there uh you have uh adam and eve kind of breaking away from god he goes on and yet in god in his in his grace while he curses them and and curses the ground and the whole course of mankind changes, you know, yet there is also this covering and this of him bringing the skins to cover their nakedness as now they kind of, they not only know good, …