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God’s Condemnation of Adam and Eve
Gen 3:9-21
God does not wait for Adam to find his own way back, but hastens in search of him. “Where art thou” is rendered in one version, Alas for thee. Jesus met the Tempter not in a garden, but in the wilderness. He suffered being tempted, but has become to all who obey Him a Life-giving Spirit, and the Author of Eternal Salvation. Read 1Co 15:45, and Heb 5:9. The penalty is gone, borne by Him in His own body on the Cross. So Paul affirms in Rom 5:14, etc. Our bias toward evil is counteracted by His indwelling through the Holy Spirit; so we are taught in Rom 8:1-4. He bruises Satan beneath the feet of those who trust Him. Such is His own assurance in Luk 10:19, and Mar 16:17. He transforms the other results of sin. Through pain the mother’s love is drawn out to her child. Hard work is educative and ennobling. Death is the gate of life. Where sin abounded, grace abounds much more.