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STRONGER—We Are All Weak
Genesis 3:1-6 “Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild
animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, ‘Did
God really say, “You must not eat from any tree in the garden”?’ 2 The
woman said to the serpent, ‘We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that
is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.”’ 4 ‘You
will not certainly die,’ the serpent said to the woman. 5 ‘For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be
opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’ 6 When
the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the
eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave
some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.”
BIG QUESTION:
What has entered every family in the world with sin?
SHAME
A broken sense of shame has
visited all people because of sin.
Genesis 3:7-10 “Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they
realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for
themselves. 8 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. 9 But the Lord God called to the
man, ‘Where are you?’ 10 He
answered, ‘I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.’”
Isaiah 61:10
“I delight greatly
in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.”
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.”
BLAME
A broken habit of blame
arises from sin.
Genesis 3:11-13 “11 And he said, ‘Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I
commanded you not to eat from?” 12 The man said, ‘The woman you put here with
me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.’ 13 Then the Lord God said to the
woman, ‘What is this you have done?’ The woman said,
‘The serpent deceived me, and I ate.’”
SELFISHNESS
Sin has distorted and
magnified the sense of self, creating isolation and identity-crisis.
Genesis 3:20
“Adam named
his wife Eve, because she would
become the mother of all the living.”
Genesis 5:2
“Male and female created he them;
and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were
created.”
Genesis 3:16 “To the
woman he said, ‘I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to
children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
Response—What broken tendency do you see weakening
your relationships?