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THE GREAT DECEPTION

THE GREAT DECEPTION. PARADISE LOST. The Fall. Gen 3 = Pivotal point in mankind’s history 2 chapters before The Fall Rest of the Bible (1100+ ch’s) and history after the Fall God’s relationship with man Universe created for the earth Earth created for man Man created ……. The Fall.

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THE GREAT DECEPTION

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  1. THE GREAT DECEPTION PARADISE LOST

  2. The Fall • Gen 3 = Pivotal point in mankind’s history • 2 chapters before The Fall • Rest of the Bible (1100+ ch’s) and history after the Fall • God’s relationship with man • Universe created for the earth • Earth created for man • Man created ……

  3. The Fall • What is freedom ? • Does complete freedom exist = Free Will ? • Man created with Free Will • Complete Freedom only exists within the boundaries of God • Complete Freedom lost after The Fall • Man now slave to sin

  4. The Fall • What is evil? • Absence of God • Ez 28:11-19 • Isaiah 14:12-14 The 5 “I Will’s….”

  5. Genesis 3

  6. The Fall • One Simple Commandment • Who is the Serpent? • Can the Serpent speak? • Eve heard something • Possessed • Speaks through others…”Get behind me Satan”

  7. The Fall • Why the Serpent? • Covert Enemy • The Investigation…. • Seed of Doubt • The Interrogation…. • Pride • The Infiltration…. • Lust

  8. The Fall • Doubt • Elohim • Learned about Paradise • Satan distorted God’s commandment • Eve questions her memory and questions God’s word • Made God a liar

  9. The Fall • Pride • God’s commandments are unreasonable • Satan and Eve exaggerated • Challenges our free-will • Infringe upon our life • Church life • Self-Control • Resent God’s restrictions

  10. The Fall • Pride • You will be like God • 1Jn 3:2 “…we shall be like Him…” • Adam & Eve wanted it according to their timeline • “God resists the proud” James 4:5

  11. THE FALL SPIRITUAL LAXITY “Resist the devil and he will flee from you” James 4:7

  12. Temptations

  13. The Fall • Why Eve? • God Spoke to Adam • Adam knows and named the serpent • Eve emotional • Eve was deceived but Adam disobeyed THE 5 SENSES

  14. The Fall • Serpent punished without inquiry • Unrepentant; 2 Thess 2:1-4 • Most clever now most cursed • “Dust you shall eat” • We are the dust (St. Augustine) First Prophecy v 15

  15. The Fall • Shame and guilt • Replaced purity • Result of pride • Nakedness • Lost Grace of God • Woman’s place in society • St. Mary restored the dignity that first Eve lost

  16. The Fall • Adam • Where are you? (What has happened to you?) • Adam responsible for Adam’s death • Sorrow, toil, sweat, difficulty, despair • Nature cursed

  17. The Fall • Sin FALL • Pride EXILE

  18. The Fall Sin & Repentance “For a righteous man may fall seven times and rise again, 
      But the wicked shall fall by calamity. “

  19. The FallParadise Regained • Evil: The 5 “I wills” • Fall: The 5 Senses • Salvation: The 5 Wounds of Christ

  20. The Fall  The Hope “Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”” Gen 3:22 Plan for salvation instituted by the Trinity at the moment of the Fall

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