THE FIRST SACRIFICE (4 OF 7)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Genesis 3:6-24
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The First Sacrifice (4 of 7)
Series: The Beginning and the End
Jeff Strite
Genesis 3:6-24
The true story is told of a banquet where a famous religious leader found himself seated next to an extremely beautiful woman who was wearing a gown with a perilously low neckline. He introduced himself to her… and then offered her an apple.
She was a little surprised, but he explained with a smile,
''Please do take it, Madame. It was only after Eve ate the apple that she became aware of how little she had on.''
APPLY: Someone asked me recently:
Why was it, that after Adam and Eve ate of the fruit, the first thing they noticed was that they were naked?
Weren't they ALWAYS naked?
Well, yes.
But before they ate of the tree they didn't think about it.
They were innocent. Their hearts were pure.
Genesis 2:25 says ''The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame''
ILLUS: Have you ever noticed little children in the summer time? Sometimes they'll strip off all their clothes and run naked across the yard. Have you ever seen them do that?
They're not worried about being naked. They have no shame.
But why?
One commentator noted: ''Two-year-old don't see any difference between (their) face, (their) knees, and the parts of (their) body which we adults insist that (they) cover. Only adults feel that certain parts of the body must be covered. Because those parts are connected with physical lust and passions.''
(Chaya Sarah Silberberg, Chabad.org)
You see, before Adam and Eve ate of the fruit, their hearts were pure.
That same scholar noted:
''Their nakedness was innocent and in no way sinful.
They saw no difference between a hand, whose purpose was to do good deeds, a mouth with which one praises God and says kind words to others and the parts of the body which are used to 'be fruitful and multiply.' With every organ they could fulfill the will of God or vice versa so no organ was shameful, nor did anything need to be covered.''
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Series: The Beginning and the End
Jeff Strite
Genesis 3:6-24
The true story is told of a banquet where a famous religious leader found himself seated next to an extremely beautiful woman who was wearing a gown with a perilously low neckline. He introduced himself to her… and then offered her an apple.
She was a little surprised, but he explained with a smile,
''Please do take it, Madame. It was only after Eve ate the apple that she became aware of how little she had on.''
APPLY: Someone asked me recently:
Why was it, that after Adam and Eve ate of the fruit, the first thing they noticed was that they were naked?
Weren't they ALWAYS naked?
Well, yes.
But before they ate of the tree they didn't think about it.
They were innocent. Their hearts were pure.
Genesis 2:25 says ''The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame''
ILLUS: Have you ever noticed little children in the summer time? Sometimes they'll strip off all their clothes and run naked across the yard. Have you ever seen them do that?
They're not worried about being naked. They have no shame.
But why?
One commentator noted: ''Two-year-old don't see any difference between (their) face, (their) knees, and the parts of (their) body which we adults insist that (they) cover. Only adults feel that certain parts of the body must be covered. Because those parts are connected with physical lust and passions.''
(Chaya Sarah Silberberg, Chabad.org)
You see, before Adam and Eve ate of the fruit, their hearts were pure.
That same scholar noted:
''Their nakedness was innocent and in no way sinful.
They saw no difference between a hand, whose purpose was to do good deeds, a mouth with which one praises God and says kind words to others and the parts of the body which are used to 'be fruitful and multiply.' With every organ they could fulfill the will of God or vice versa so no organ was shameful, nor did anything need to be covered.''
Bu ...
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