The Fall

Today's reading Genesis 3:1:4:26, Matthew 2:13-3:6, Psalm 2:1-12, & Proverbs 1:7-9

Genesis 3:1-4

The Fall

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.

I love the caption to this portion of scripture:  "The Fall". Here we see the single event that led something of such great cost. I'm sure that Eve & Adam never realized the height from which they were about to fall. Yet, I know for certain, that after it happened they felt so guilty that they hid from God. 

Fall always starts where trust in God ends. The enemy desires to confuse you. He works in areas of our thinking that would lead us to question the integrity of what God has said.--"DID GOD REALLY SAY" or "IS THAT WHAT GOD REALLY MEANT". We must know & be confident in what God has said. This comes by knowing His word--faith comes by hearing & hearing by the Word of God.

When this same thing happened to Jesus, His reply to the enemies suggestions where: "IT IS ALSO WRITTEN..." It was Jesus' knowledge & understanding of His Father's word that kept Him from falling.

Hosea 4:6

⁶my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.

Here are 5 things that you must settle in your heart & mind to never question:

1. God's love for you is GREAT.

2. God's mercy towards you NEVER ENDING.

3. God's grace extended to you is GREATER than all your sin.

4. NOTHING is impossible for Him.

5. God is for you, not against you.

Let these 5 things be the foundation that you build your trust & confidence in God on. Add to this, continued daily reading of His word. Attach to that, being actively involved in a Bible preaching church. Cover it all in meeting with God regularly in prayer & you will find that your relationship with Him will grow & you will experience less fall in your life.

Pastor Richard