Broadcast
The Fall - Part 1
Genesis 3:1
02/19/2024
1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other
beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He
said to the woman, ``Did God actually say, You
shall not eat of any tree in the garden?'' (ESV)
The season of Lent is a purple season in the church, a
penitential season where we both ponder and repent of our sins.
Therefore, in many traditions, the Old Testament lesson for the
First Sunday in Lent is from the third chapter of Genesis, the
fall into sin.
The scene opens with the serpent, the devil, a fallen angel,
confronting the woman God created as a companion to Adam. Adam
was with the woman, who was later named Eve, and did not
intervene in the conversation.
Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of
the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the
woman, ``Did God actually say, You shall not eat of any
tree in the garden?''
Here we run into the first problem, is the Bible the Word of
God, or is the Bible the word of men that may contain some
nuggets of the truth? In other words, can we trust this account?
``Did God actually say?''
We believe, teach, and confess that the Bible is the
inspired, inerrant, and true Word of God. Although modern
science disagrees with the Biblical account of creation, it
disagrees because modern science will not admit the possibility
of the existence of God. Unfortunately, modern science cannot
answer the question of why or how the universe came into being.
This week we will look at Adam and Eve, their fall into sin,
and what it means to us.
May our Lord bless you this week as we ponder His loving
response to our transgressions. Amen.