Paradise Lost (5 of 54)
Series: The Book of Beginnings
Keith Krell
Genesis 3:1-7
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
And all the king's horses and all the king's men,
Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again.
Now I would venture to say that in your mind there is the image of an egg...right? Why? There is nothing in the nursery rhyme that mentions an egg. The one who wrote it probably did not have an egg in mind. Someone probably picked it up from the old New England Primer. Many of those in colonial days learned their grammar from that very familiar book. I also want to suggest that the child picked up his idea from the couplets used in that primer for the letters A and X. In the primer it reads, ''In Adam's fall we sinned all; Xerxes the Great did fall and so must you and I.'' In a subtle fashion, that little couplet teaches not only the letters A and X, but also a very significant spiritual truth. That is, in the fall we sinned all. You see the one who wrote that little nursery rhyme was not talking about an egg that fell, but a man. And all the king's horses and all the king's men (the soldiers of all the kings throughout history) could not repair what had been lost when this man fell. Of course, it was Adam who fell. He sat on a great wall of love and fellowship from which he had a great fall. And no one, from king to servant, could possibly put him together again. His name was not Humpty Dumpty, of course. It was Adam.
Genesis 3:1-7 records the account of Adam's sin. By studying this passage, we will learn how sin entered the world and how we can overcome our sin. Let's first set the scene: At the end of Genesis 2, life is perfect. Adam and Eve are naked in a lush and plush garden enjoying fellowship with the Lord and each other (2:25). Then something happens that forever changed the world.
1. The Serpent's Scheme (3:1): Our story begins with the following description: ''Now the serpent was more crafty than an ...
Series: The Book of Beginnings
Keith Krell
Genesis 3:1-7
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
And all the king's horses and all the king's men,
Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again.
Now I would venture to say that in your mind there is the image of an egg...right? Why? There is nothing in the nursery rhyme that mentions an egg. The one who wrote it probably did not have an egg in mind. Someone probably picked it up from the old New England Primer. Many of those in colonial days learned their grammar from that very familiar book. I also want to suggest that the child picked up his idea from the couplets used in that primer for the letters A and X. In the primer it reads, ''In Adam's fall we sinned all; Xerxes the Great did fall and so must you and I.'' In a subtle fashion, that little couplet teaches not only the letters A and X, but also a very significant spiritual truth. That is, in the fall we sinned all. You see the one who wrote that little nursery rhyme was not talking about an egg that fell, but a man. And all the king's horses and all the king's men (the soldiers of all the kings throughout history) could not repair what had been lost when this man fell. Of course, it was Adam who fell. He sat on a great wall of love and fellowship from which he had a great fall. And no one, from king to servant, could possibly put him together again. His name was not Humpty Dumpty, of course. It was Adam.
Genesis 3:1-7 records the account of Adam's sin. By studying this passage, we will learn how sin entered the world and how we can overcome our sin. Let's first set the scene: At the end of Genesis 2, life is perfect. Adam and Eve are naked in a lush and plush garden enjoying fellowship with the Lord and each other (2:25). Then something happens that forever changed the world.
1. The Serpent's Scheme (3:1): Our story begins with the following description: ''Now the serpent was more crafty than an ...
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