I think this passage may quickly becoming one of my favorites, because it so honestly portrays the life we are living and even the conflict we are born into. Working in young life one of the key factors I've discovered, is that the cross and God's grace and provision simply don't mean anything without some kind of understanding of what sin is. Just like the old AA program says, the first step is to admit you have a problem. so as we look at the origin of sin, and how it affected Adam and Eve, we see how our own sinfulness affects us as sons and daughters of Adam.
That being said what I want to share is all about the trees. the two basic options are the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The tree of trusting God and the tree of Doing my way and for my glory. these two simple trees are the two paths we have in life. And we can only choose one (at least one at a time). we are either living in trust, or dying in our rebellion. Adam and Eve choose rebellion and suffer death as a result. you and I are born into this sin, Paul later says that through Adam every man receives death. but! through Christ our new Adam we have life.Even in their sin we see that God is seeking redemption by clothing them. with skins...from what? an animal. already the first sin, has been paid for atoned with the shedding of blood. there is always blood for sin.
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