From Fall to Redemption: God's Grace Revealed
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"Now, we know that's not exactly how it went, as we just read before this. We see that they fell, and that's what we're going to be looking at. I know that seems like a weird spot to start. Where is Jesus? And we start with the fall. We start with sin. But no, we're going to see how Jesus is here, and he's already pointing us to the cross from the very beginning." [00:28:58] (20 seconds)
"So Jesus responded, and the way that we should, he set the model for us. He didn't respond by giving in to Satan's temptations or listening to the way Satan twists God's words, but instead he responded with God's words. He said, no, this is what the Bible said. He quoted Deuteronomy 6. You shall not put the Lord your God to the test." [00:32:06] (22 seconds)
"That's such a beneficial way for us to look at it, because it's so easy for us when we start seeing those temptations to just see the immediate gratification, to see, oh, that's going to be fun. That's going to give us a few minutes of excitement or pleasure, whatever it may be, when no, God's telling us, I have so much more for you. Just turn to my word." [00:32:28] (25 seconds)
"Adam and Eve, they fell because it wasn't just that Eve ate. She then gave to her husband Adam to eat, and he ate. And honestly, when we think about it, if you go back in chapter 2, this command was given to Adam before Eve was created. So it was Adam's job. Now, I'm not going to say there's a chance that God also said it to Eve after she was created. There is a chance. But it was also Adam's job to lead Eve in a way that she would not fall in this manner, that he would say this is what God said." [00:34:10] (35 seconds)
"Verse 8, it says, and 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 among themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. A few things to unpack there. The first thing we see is, and they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden." [00:35:59] (19 seconds)
"So we see, not only did they bring sin into the world, which ultimately, of course, brings death too, as we know that Adam and Eve no longer would live forever. They ultimately did die later on. So not only did it bring all that into the world, but also it brought these different pains and sufferings. Now they'd have to work for their food. For women, now childbearing would be painful." [00:43:45] (26 seconds)
"Adam was the first created man. Jesus came to redeem mankind. Starting in verse 12 of Romans 5, it says, therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned, for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who to come." [00:44:39] (34 seconds)
"Jesus came, and he lived that perfect life. Came down in the flesh. Just that in itself is crazy to think about God coming down to live in a sinful world, in the flesh, and then live a completely sin-free life. Then he took on the cross, took on our sin. We see in Romans, for the wages of sin is death. That punishment had to be paid. Jesus took it on on the cross. He was the only one that could." [00:54:10] (39 seconds)
"Completely opening up the door for that open and constant relationship with him. He ascends. He sends down the Holy Spirit to be with us. To walk alongside us. Each and every day. So this initial sacrifice is already pointing us to that. We just have to look for it. That's why that concept of Easter eggs, you know, we say that they're hidden truths. Honestly, they're hidden because we're not looking for them. God makes them pretty right in our face as we've seen today." [00:55:26] (36 seconds)
"Maybe you're in here and it does feel like you're in that moment right now where it's just like everything is falling around you. Just remember, one, that God has that plan and it's perfect. Two, how we can glorify him through it. But three, that this isn't our home. That this is all to spend eternity with him in glory and in perfection." [01:01:24] (28 seconds)
"Third thing is that we trust in the righteousness that we have through Jesus. You know, it can be really easy sometimes if we've been struggling to start to question, is the Lord really there? Am I really saved? And I'm not going to tell you to never ask that question because there's people that go their lives where they never actually gave their life to the Lord and they realize, oh, I don't actually have a relationship." [01:02:09] (26 seconds)
"As the world throws things at us, as we're dealing with sin or whatever it may be, we take a moment and just rest in God. Rest in our Father. Come and bring our things to him. Bring whatever our struggles are to him. You know, so often we forget that he's our Father. He's a good Father. I know that there are people in this room that they hear that word Father and they don't have a good correlation with what that means on this earth or a good connotation with what that means on this earth." [01:03:06] (31 seconds)
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"So Jesus responded, and the way that we should, he set the model for us. He didn't respond by giving in to Satan's temptations or listening to the way Satan twists God's words, but instead he responded with God's words. He said, no, this is what the Bible said. He quoted Deuteronomy 6. You shall not put the Lord your God to the test." [00:32:06] (22 seconds)
"That's such a beneficial way for us to look at it, because it's so easy for us when we start seeing those temptations to just see the immediate gratification, to see, oh, that's going to be fun. That's going to give us a few minutes of excitement or pleasure, whatever it may be, when no, God's telling us, I have so much more for you. Just turn to my word." [00:32:28] (25 seconds)
"Adam and Eve, they fell because it wasn't just that Eve ate. She then gave to her husband Adam to eat, and he ate. And honestly, when we think about it, if you go back in chapter 2, this command was given to Adam before Eve was created. So it was Adam's job. Now, I'm not going to say there's a chance that God also said it to Eve after she was created. There is a chance. But it was also Adam's job to lead Eve in a way that she would not fall in this manner, that he would say this is what God said." [00:34:10] (35 seconds)
"Verse 8, it says, and 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 among themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. A few things to unpack there. The first thing we see is, and they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden." [00:35:59] (19 seconds)
"So we see, not only did they bring sin into the world, which ultimately, of course, brings death too, as we know that Adam and Eve no longer would live forever. They ultimately did die later on. So not only did it bring all that into the world, but also it brought these different pains and sufferings. Now they'd have to work for their food. For women, now childbearing would be painful." [00:43:45] (26 seconds)
"Adam was the first created man. Jesus came to redeem mankind. Starting in verse 12 of Romans 5, it says, therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned, for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who to come." [00:44:39] (34 seconds)
"Jesus came, and he lived that perfect life. Came down in the flesh. Just that in itself is crazy to think about God coming down to live in a sinful world, in the flesh, and then live a completely sin-free life. Then he took on the cross, took on our sin. We see in Romans, for the wages of sin is death. That punishment had to be paid. Jesus took it on on the cross. He was the only one that could." [00:54:10] (39 seconds)
"Completely opening up the door for that open and constant relationship with him. He ascends. He sends down the Holy Spirit to be with us. To walk alongside us. Each and every day. So this initial sacrifice is already pointing us to that. We just have to look for it. That's why that concept of Easter eggs, you know, we say that they're hidden truths. Honestly, they're hidden because we're not looking for them. God makes them pretty right in our face as we've seen today." [00:55:26] (36 seconds)
"Maybe you're in here and it does feel like you're in that moment right now where it's just like everything is falling around you. Just remember, one, that God has that plan and it's perfect. Two, how we can glorify him through it. But three, that this isn't our home. That this is all to spend eternity with him in glory and in perfection." [01:01:24] (28 seconds)
"Third thing is that we trust in the righteousness that we have through Jesus. You know, it can be really easy sometimes if we've been struggling to start to question, is the Lord really there? Am I really saved? And I'm not going to tell you to never ask that question because there's people that go their lives where they never actually gave their life to the Lord and they realize, oh, I don't actually have a relationship." [01:02:09] (26 seconds)
"As the world throws things at us, as we're dealing with sin or whatever it may be, we take a moment and just rest in God. Rest in our Father. Come and bring our things to him. Bring whatever our struggles are to him. You know, so often we forget that he's our Father. He's a good Father. I know that there are people in this room that they hear that word Father and they don't have a good correlation with what that means on this earth or a good connotation with what that means on this earth." [01:03:06] (31 seconds)
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