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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="CENTER"><b>JAN
4 - GENESIS 3 - ADAM AND THE FALL</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b>1.
3:4-5 (3:1-5) THE TEMPTATION. “And the serpent said unto the
woman, You shall not surely die: <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">5</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
For God knows that in the day you eat of it, then your eyes shall be
opened, and you shall be as God, knowing good and evil.” (ASV '01)
</font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">What
a lie! What deception and delusion! What a murderer! To eat of the
tree of the knowledge of good and evil is to bring immediate
spiritual death. God can give us discernment in this area. </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Hallowed
be Your Name!</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">2. 3:7 (3:6-7) THE FALL.
“And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they
were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves
girdles.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">What
a tragedy! O the tragic result of deception and sin! Ichabod: Your
Glory Father, immediately departed! Revelation from a source apart
from You, even though appearing </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="">good</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">,
is a snare. </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Your
:kingdom come.</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">3. 3:11 (3:8-13) THE TRIAL.
“And Jehovah God said, Who told you that you were naked? Have you
eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you that you should not eat?”
Innocence</font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">
is </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="">not</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">
enough. We must be tested Father, at the point where You gave
commandment. Character in true personality only slays carnal
individuality when we choose aright in the midst of testing. </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">4. 3:16 (3:14-19) THE
SENTENCE. “Unto the woman God said, I will greatly multiply your
pain and your conception; in pain you shall bring forth children; and
your desire shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">
O the tragedy of deception, disobedience and sin! To this day Eve
experiences in her sex the bitterness and difficulty of this
judgment. And Adam even more shared judgment because of his clearer
awareness in his sin. We should never doubt the integrity of God's
word! Yet - </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Our
:daily bread Give us this day.</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">5. 3:20 EVE. “And the
man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all
living.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Though
Adam's image was marred, yet remnants of what he lost remained. We
bear this marred image also, but thanks to You Father, we are now </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="">new
creations</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">
in formation in Christ Jesus! </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>And
forgive us our :debts, as we also have forgiven our :debtors.</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">6. 3:21 CLOTHING. “And
Jehovah God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and
clothed them.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">It
took the shedding of blood to provide covering for Adam and Eve. It
took Christ's blood to provide a robe of righteousness for New
Covenant saints. Thanks be unto God for this Redemptive Act! </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>And
bring us not into temptation!</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">7. 3:24 (3:22-24) SENTENCE
ENACTED. “So God drove out the man; and he placed at the east of
the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which
turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">What
mercy is this, Father! Until Christ came, the true Tree of Life, You
dared not allow us to eat of Eden's tree of life. How wise and
marvelous are Your ways! </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>But
deliver us from the evil one!</i></font></b></p>
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<u><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">NOTE</font></b></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:
</b></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Genesis
3 is one of the saddest chapters of the Bible from our point of view.
“But from God's insight, we as members of Adam's race - </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">in
the end</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
turn out better than even if Adam had </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">not</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
sinned. From the Redemption that is in Christ Jesus, we now through
identification with His death, burial and resurrection - end up in
His image, </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">far
above</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
what Adam in a sinless state would have become.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">See
Romans 8:31-39. Here we discover the tremendous blessings on our
behalf, because of the “Finished Work” of Christ Jesus our Lord.
It behooves us to maintain our </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">gaze</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
upon Him, not just a glance! Our </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">focus</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
upon Jesus is the secret of an overcoming life. We start out this way
like the church of Ephesus (Revelation 2:1-7) - but apart from our
focus upon Him, we like Ephesus can soon depart from our first love!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">On
April 2</span></span></font><sup><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">nd</span></span></font></sup><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
I was reading “My Utmost for His Highest” by Oswald Chambers -
for part of my daily devotions. He entitles this reading “The Glory
That's Unsurpassed,” linked with Acts 9:17 - “the Lord Jesus ...
has sent me that you may receive your sight ... ” </span></span></font>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">When
Paul received his sight, he also received spiritual insight into the
Person of Jesus Christ. His entire life and preaching from that point
on were totally consumed with nothing but Jesus Christ - “For I
determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him
crucified: (1 Corinthians 2:2). Paul never again allowed anything to
attract and hold the attention of his mind and soul except the face
of Jesus Christ.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">We
must learn to maintain a strong degree of character in our lives,
even to the level that has been revealed in our vision of Jesus
Christ.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">The
lasting characteristic of a spiritual man is the ability to
understand correctly the meaning of the Lord Jesus Christ in his
life, and the ability to explain the purposes of God to others. The
overruling passion of his life is Jesus Christ. Whenever you see this
quality in a person, you get the feeling that he is truly a man after
God's own heart (see Acts 13:22).</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Never
allow anything to divert you from your insight into Jesus Christ. It
is the true test of whether you are spiritual or not. To be
unspiritual means that other things have a growing fascination for
you.</span></span></font></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Since
mine eyes have looked on Jesus,</span></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">I've
lost sight of all beside;</span></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">So
enchained my spirit's vision,</span></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Gazing
on the Crucified.</span></font></b></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">(I
put a concluding note years ago to the above - Madame Jeanne Guyon
and Oswald Chambers are of the same spirit. J.A.W.)</span></font></p>
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