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Francis Chan
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October 28, 2018 - January 20, 2019
We represent to the world its rightful King and we illustrate His workmanship, attributes, and characteristics.
humanity was made to communicate with God.
God gave people dominion over the creation, placing it under their feet (Gen. 1:28 and Ps. 8:5–8), not so that they could exploit and destroy the earth, but so that they could lovingly care for it as a good creation of God meant to be protected and enjoyed.
Every aspect of God’s creation has been in some way tainted or distorted by sin.
No matter how badly we want to honor God, sin screams at us from all sides, begging us to rebel against God and pursue our own desires.
Every one of us has a profound sense that the world is not now as it was intended to be.
Everything is good; there is no sin, sorrow, pain, or death. Humanity lives in perfect fellowship with God, each other, and with the creation.
But as we might expect, this was the only tree that Satan wanted Eve to think about. He wanted her to feel that God was depriving her of something.
But Satan began to promise goodness apart from God.
offers us things that seem good.
In the case of Adam and Eve, Satan cleverly avoided asking them to reject God outright. Instead, he offered them the knowledge of good and evil. He gave them an opportunity to be in charge, to decide for themselves the difference between good and evil.
Sin is always a declaration of autonomy.
they failed to view the word of God as the supreme authority.
They treated God’s word as a lesser authority, putting their ow...
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“God, You may be the author of my life, but You’re not the authority in my life. I choose what I do, not You. I’m in control here, not You.”
Of course the greatest consequence was death—spiritual death immediately, and physical death eventually.
They inhabited a perfect world where everything and everyone did exactly what God designed them to do.
Both Adam and Eve made a conscious choice to rebel against their Creator and live on their own terms. And we imitate their decision every time we choose our desires over God’s.
Spend some time in prayer. Ask God to make the story of Israel’s exodus vivid to you. Ask Him for the faith to believe that He will come through on His promises to you no matter how desperate the situation appears. Pray that God would help you trust Him for your salvation.
