1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:05,480 All right, before I even say it, people who've heard me up here, 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:09,840 y'all know I'm petty and y'all know the expectations on the 3 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:14,120 level of energy and engagement before I even say it. 4 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:18,680 So we all on the same page. All right, All right, good 5 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:22,080 morning. Look at that. 6 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:23,320 Amen. Amen. 7 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:26,760 Well, hey, what up everybody? I am. 8 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:31,040 Will I have the privilege of being on the preaching team 9 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:34,240 Again, we're continue to trudge through Genesis. 10 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:37,520 We're on Genesis 3. We're actually wrapping up 11 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:41,360 Genesis 3 today. And again, I've said this 12 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:46,240 multiple times, I do love that how we're doing this, that we're 13 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:47,520 taking our time to go through it. 14 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:52,680 I do believe that Genesis is one of the most well known books. 15 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:56,280 It's the book that you know, everyone starts in January when 16 00:00:56,280 --> 00:00:58,000 they're trying to read the Bible through the year. 17 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:03,400 It's the book that everybody typically, even if you're a 18 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,360 believer or not, can just know that that's the first book of 19 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:09,840 the Bible. But with that being said, I I 20 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:13,640 believe it's the most underappreciated book in the 21 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,760 Bible. So again, I'm pumped with taking 22 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:24,800 our time through this last week, Cole really sat in verse 315 and 23 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:28,760 we dove deeper into the prophecy that God kind of proclaimed. 24 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:32,680 And the week before that Cole again shout out to Cole. 25 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:37,040 We we learned the the consequences of sin coming into 26 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:39,040 the world. You know what what's happened to 27 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:44,360 the serpent, what happened to Adam and and what happens Eve in 28 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,600 the the punishments that were dealt out this week. 29 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:54,400 We're going to dive into the immediate reactions of Adam and 30 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:58,800 literally immediately after, like, wow, he he just got 31 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:04,360 chastised by God. And then even after being 32 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:11,640 chastised God or doing the chastising God still is, is 33 00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:16,440 gracious and merciful. But before we we dive into all 34 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:19,200 that, I really want to kind of give you guys a, a play by play 35 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:21,840 of how this is going to go down. So we're going to go through the 36 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:25,840 word or we're going to read it the all the verses together. 37 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:28,560 We're going to then pray. We're then going to break it 38 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:30,480 down and kind of go verse by verse. 39 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:34,920 Here's a little spoiler. Every verse, everything we're 40 00:02:34,920 --> 00:02:37,680 going to break down literally points back to Jesus and I'm 41 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:39,480 going to beat it over the head with y'all today. 42 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:40,960 So we're going to so be ready for that. 43 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:45,760 We're going to then do some, some heart evaluation and then 44 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,600 some reminders on where our hearts should be at. 45 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:51,960 Then I'm going to give you all some go dues because y'all know, 46 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:55,480 I like application and then we going to pray it out. 47 00:02:55,480 --> 00:03:00,160 I'm I'm, I'm not going to lie to y'all today or, or try to kind 48 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:05,240 of sugarcoat it. I don't really have a, a cool 49 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:10,560 story. I don't have like that 50 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,880 illustration where I can give you a little piece of it at the 51 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:17,560 beginning, a little nitpit in the middle, and then somehow I 52 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,480 bring it all together and everybody has a ha moment. 53 00:03:20,920 --> 00:03:24,560 I ain't got that today. I'll be real. 54 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:31,560 Like I honestly, all I got is exhaustion from a busy and 55 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:34,680 stressful couple of weeks. That's what I got today. 56 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:46,320 And that this text itself for me was such a beautiful reminder of 57 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,680 whom I hope and my salvation rest. 58 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:52,280 That's what I got for y'all today. 59 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,520 But we do have quite a bit to cover. 60 00:03:57,680 --> 00:03:59,880 I already thank the roots people ahead of time. 61 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:04,840 So let let's stand who's who's able for the reading of God's 62 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:14,760 Word. The man called his wife Eve, 63 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:16,920 because she was the mother of all living. 64 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:21,600 And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of 65 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:26,000 skins and clothe them. Then the Lord God said, Behold, 66 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:30,320 the man has become like one of us, and knowing good and evil 67 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:34,440 now, lest he reaches out his hand, and take also of the tree 68 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,840 of life, and eat and live forever. 69 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:40,800 Therefore the Lord God sent him out of the Garden of Eden to 70 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,400 work the ground from which he was taken. 71 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:51,800 He drove out the man and at the east of the garden he placed the 72 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:57,680 cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard 73 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:03,840 the way to the tree of life. Heavenly Father, thank you so 74 00:05:03,840 --> 00:05:07,880 much for your word. Thank you so much for your word. 75 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:17,840 Father this this message of how even after chastising you 76 00:05:17,840 --> 00:05:26,160 restore this message. Even after dishing out the the 77 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:29,560 curse and punishment, you have a plan still for redemption. 78 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:34,160 Thank you for your mercy and your grace. 79 00:05:36,840 --> 00:05:42,560 We we still need it today. Father, I said you give comfort 80 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,400 to those who need it. We ask for wisdom as we going 81 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,040 through this text. Convict those who need to be 82 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,520 convicted, encourage those who need to be encouraged, and draw 83 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:53,440 near to those who have drawn far from you. 84 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:56,520 Speak, Lord, Your servants are listening. 85 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:59,000 In Jesus name we pray. Amen. 86 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:03,120 All right, so like I told you, I ain't got nothing like cool. 87 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:10,560 So let's jump right in. Genesis 2320 the man called his 88 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:16,120 wife's name Eve because she was the mother of all living. 89 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:25,840 Y'all a lot just happened to that man, to Adam he just saw 90 00:06:25,840 --> 00:06:27,880 for the first time in all creation. 91 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:30,160 This is literally the first time it happened according to 92 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:39,240 scripture where God just snapped like he he snapped on a snake 93 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:44,960 obviously for deceiving Eve. Then he saw Eve get chastised as 94 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:48,160 well. And don't worry God has 95 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:52,200 something left for Adam as well. Like he he just this just 96 00:06:52,200 --> 00:07:01,440 happened after for the first time feeling shame and his 97 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:08,640 immediate reaction. His immediate reaction was to 98 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:18,320 name his wife Eve. Again, Adam just got scolded and 99 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:20,520 he learns the consequences of his actions. 100 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:25,080 For example, earlier Genesis, it says because you have listened 101 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:28,560 to the voice of your wife and you have eaten of the tree which 102 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,040 I have commanded you, you shall not eat of it. 103 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:34,640 Curse is a ground because of you. 104 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:40,960 He he even just learned how his job that he was given is now 105 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:43,680 going to be extremely difficult in pain. 106 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,560 You shall eat of it all the days of your life. 107 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:50,240 Thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you and you 108 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:54,320 shall eat the plants of the field by the sweat of your face. 109 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:59,840 You shall eat bread again. Just got told light is going to 110 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:05,240 get real hard for you and and and then even even more he hears 111 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:09,080 how there will even be some friction between him and his 112 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:12,200 wife. You know the the woman he saw 113 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:15,920 and immediately wrote a poem bone of my bone, flesh of my 114 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:19,840 flesh. I shall call you woman love at 115 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:22,880 first sight. And God just told him, Oh no, 116 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:26,960 y'all, y'all going to have some issues because her desire shall 117 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:29,960 be for her husband, and he shall rule over you. 118 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:36,760 And then Adam was just sentenced to death. 119 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:46,200 To death till you return to the ground, for out of it you were 120 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:50,640 taken. For you are dust, and to dust 121 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:58,840 you shall return. Yeah, that's a lot to process 122 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:06,120 from the creator of everything. But his reaction, immediate 123 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:10,840 reaction after getting chastised and sentenced to death wasn't to 124 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:15,600 wallow, continue to argue his case or or place blame. 125 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:25,680 Not to ask why me, but to name his wife E In Hebrew, it's 126 00:09:25,680 --> 00:09:28,800 pronounced hovah. That's why I spent the week 127 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:30,120 trying to figure out how to do it, by the way. 128 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:40,000 But hava means life or life giver, or to make alive. 129 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:46,920 Martin Luther highlights this by saying the name which Adam gave 130 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:50,360 his wife is the name of full joy and delight. 131 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:53,440 For what is better, more precious, more delightful than 132 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:57,120 life? For neither gold, nor gems, nor 133 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:02,640 glory of the whole world can be compared with the preciousness 134 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:08,800 of life. This Christ imitates in Matthew 135 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:14,040 625 and 1626. The thing is hence the the Jews 136 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:18,960 generally give their children names taken from roses, flowers, 137 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:24,920 jewels, etcetera. The name of Eve, however, was 138 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:30,280 not taken from the preciousness of anything worldly, but from a 139 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:36,000 life itself which in value exceeds all. 140 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:43,480 That was his reaction. But why? 141 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:47,640 Why would Adam react that way? Why? 142 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:50,080 Like what could even compelled him to do that? 143 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:53,600 What hope could he have after just been sentenced to death by 144 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:55,840 God? At this point, according to 145 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:59,000 scripture, to Eve hasn't even bore any children. 146 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:06,960 She hasn't done anything impactful at that time to 147 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:14,480 receive a name like Life Giver. So why? 148 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:20,440 It's because God said it and he believed it. 149 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:24,840 He said in verse 15, Cole again broke this down completely. 150 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:27,720 If you have time and you didn't have a chance to listen to it 151 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,800 last week, I, I strongly encourage you to do so. 152 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:34,400 Listen to the full, full breakdown again. 153 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:35,920 I'm just going to skim the surface, bro. 154 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:38,240 This is nothing compared to kind of how that went down last week. 155 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:46,200 But it says, I will put enmity between you and the woman and 156 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:49,400 between your offspring and her offspring. 157 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:55,000 He shall bruise your head or crush your head and you shall 158 00:11:55,000 --> 00:12:01,320 just bruise his heel again. She hasn't even had offspring 159 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:06,520 yet. And we know now in 2026, again, 160 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:09,920 thanks to cold, that that is the foretelling of Jesus. 161 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:15,720 We have thousands of years of text recorded history affirming 162 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:19,720 the the life of Jesus. We have again, biblical 163 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:23,360 scholars, we have movies, we have TV shows, we have songs, we 164 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:27,760 have psalms. We have all the themes of 165 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:30,080 evidence that can give us hope in that. 166 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:38,320 We even have Romans 519 For as by the one man's disobedience 167 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:42,800 that many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the 168 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:46,040 many were made righteous. We have that. 169 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:50,760 We have scriptures, but Adam didn't. 170 00:12:54,200 --> 00:13:01,400 But he does have the spoken word of the Lord and that was enough 171 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:11,800 for that faith in that word. It was also acknowledgement of 172 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:16,640 the important role his his wife plays in and being the the 173 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:23,720 mother of the offspring who is set to make right what Adam has 174 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:27,840 has broken. Another theologian, Kenneth 175 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:36,120 Matthew, says this assumes A progenous posterity, and it is a 176 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:39,960 tribute to Adam's faith in the prospect that God had revealed 177 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:48,640 Adam had learned, albeit through the most calamitous lesson, to 178 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:52,480 accept God's Word in faithful obedience. 179 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:58,360 Another implication of Adam's naming the woman is his exercise 180 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:02,800 of responsible headship because obviously lack responsibility at 181 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:08,760 the at the time of just not crushing the serpent, but before 182 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:12,800 and after the fall, the man is still exercising the same 183 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:19,880 prerogative of naming. In the former case, he, he is 184 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:29,040 her, he is her source of life. And naming her woman, he 185 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:36,920 acknowledges her companionship. But here he admits his 186 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:42,840 indebtedness to her or his life's future. 187 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:48,040 Great example of walking by faith and not by sight. 188 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:49,960 Amen. Let's try it again. 189 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:53,080 That's a great example of walking by faith and not by 190 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:54,280 sight. Amen. 191 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:57,560 OK, OK, act like y'all been here with me before. 192 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:01,200 So now I don't want to say this is a church. 193 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:09,360 Adam did not see Eve as Lesnar when he first laid eyes on her 194 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:12,160 and he called her woman. It was the first time he saw 195 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:16,040 something in all of creation that was similar to him and 196 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:20,720 equal. And he recognizes the importance 197 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:26,160 for all of humanity that God placed on her womb. 198 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:38,200 And he named her E mothers. You have been given a a gift to 199 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:44,680 bring life into the world and spiritual mothers, because 200 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:47,160 regardless if you have a biological child or not, you're 201 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:49,600 still a mother. They're called to be spiritual 202 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:55,040 mothers who may not have any biological children for whatever 203 00:15:55,040 --> 00:16:05,520 reason. Jesus has saved you spiritual 204 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:13,320 mothers, so that you can speak spiritual life into the day. 205 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:17,520 Do not take either gifts for granted. 206 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:27,960 Happy Mother's Day, let's continue Genesis 321 and the 207 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:33,280 Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skin and 208 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:38,000 clothe them. This is one of the earliest 209 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:44,240 examples of of God's grace. Grace is the undeserving gift 210 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:46,600 where that is freely given by God. 211 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:50,080 They just blatantly disobeyed God's word. 212 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:54,440 They literally broke his Shalom that he created and tainted all 213 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:58,960 of creation. These creatures made from dust. 214 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:04,119 And after he chastised them, after he reveals the 215 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:07,640 consequences of their actions, after he sentences them to 216 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:16,240 death, He lovingly, graciously clothed them and covered up 217 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:20,440 their shame. One commentary says the Lord 218 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,800 acts immediately on the behalf of the vulnerable couple by 219 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:27,520 providing adequate protection to cover their embarrassment, to 220 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:32,760 preserve them also in the new hostile environment to which 221 00:17:33,120 --> 00:17:39,800 they will be banished, to covering them with adequate 222 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:46,440 garments to help them through their consequences that they 223 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:54,160 have. Matthew Henry also says, though 224 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:58,480 he corrects his disobedient children and put them under the 225 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:04,560 marks of his displeasure, yet he does not disinherit them, but 226 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:09,640 like a tender father, provides the herb of the field for their 227 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:13,040 food, and coats of skin for their clothing. 228 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:24,640 Gracious God, God showed him in Adam and Eve grace and how does 229 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:27,840 he do that? Previously in Genesis, whenever 230 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:32,520 it is said God made it was the creation of something new out of 231 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:40,920 nothing or something new from something IE Eve and bringing 232 00:18:41,360 --> 00:18:46,680 again life into the world. But not this time, not this 233 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:50,880 time. Blood must immediately be 234 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:56,480 spilled for their actions. Earlier, Adam and Eve learned 235 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:58,760 the consequences of their actions and how it impacts the 236 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:02,120 world they live in their in their lives going forward. 237 00:19:02,120 --> 00:19:07,680 But here they see that there's a cost for their sin. 238 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:12,880 There's a difference between a consequence and a cost. 239 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:20,760 God shared with them the consequences of what brokenness 240 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:33,130 would look like, but a debt still needs to be paid and God 241 00:19:33,130 --> 00:19:38,970 pays the first ever cost for sin through the sacrifice of an 242 00:19:38,970 --> 00:19:43,890 animal. To also cover up what has now 243 00:19:43,890 --> 00:19:50,400 even been changed in Adam and Eve, God replaces their clothes 244 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:54,800 that they made with their hands from fig leaves and gives them 245 00:19:54,840 --> 00:20:01,800 animal skin that he made. These these fig leaves that Adam 246 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:06,360 and and Eve made those clothes were to to hide them their shame 247 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:13,280 and then still be able to make themselves presentable to God. 248 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:19,720 To justify themselves in the presence, to be able to even 249 00:20:19,720 --> 00:20:23,160 fight for their case as to why they broke his law. 250 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:33,080 But God still saw that as insufficient and a debt that has 251 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:39,560 not been paid. Matthew Henry says these coats 252 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:45,520 of skin had a significance. The beast whose skin they were 253 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:50,680 must be slain, slain before their eyes to show them what 254 00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:57,240 death is, that they may see that themselves were were beasts, 255 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:01,120 mortal and dying. It is supposed that they were 256 00:21:01,120 --> 00:21:07,640 slain, those animals not for food but for sacrifice, to 257 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:12,320 typify the great sacrifice which in the latter end of the world 258 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:14,440 should be covered once and for all. 259 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:19,440 Thus the first thing that died was a sacrifice. 260 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:26,400 So God takes their man made clothes that they use to cover 261 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:29,880 their shame and present themselves right before God pays 262 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:33,680 their debt that they owe because they sinned against God, and 263 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:39,720 then clothes them. So God traded their filthy rags, 264 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:43,080 their deeds, their good intentions, their shame, and 265 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:46,960 makes the first sacrifice to pay a debt of those actions instead 266 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:52,320 of smiting them right then and there and then close them with 267 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:54,680 garments. Be prepared. 268 00:21:55,640 --> 00:22:02,440 So again, God pays the first debt of sin and does this again 269 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:09,560 with the final pay or satisfying of the debt of sin through 270 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:12,760 Jesus. And you all thank God for Jesus 271 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:18,360 because the fig clothes that we put on in 2026 are are nowhere 272 00:22:18,360 --> 00:22:23,360 equivalent to the precious righteous robes that Jesus 273 00:22:23,360 --> 00:22:25,440 sacrificed himself for us to have. 274 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:30,320 We got to be mindful of that. There is nothing we can do to 275 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:32,960 earn our salvation. There is nothing we can do to 276 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:34,720 make ourselves the right with God. 277 00:22:35,120 --> 00:22:38,840 And if there was a way to do it, if there was a way it could be 278 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,280 done, we would not have a need for Jesus. 279 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:46,760 Your thick clothes cannot make you right in God's eyes. 280 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:53,240 Even in 2026, some modern day examples of a thick clothes. 281 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:59,720 Maybe I'm saved because I go to church, but maybe it's I'm saved 282 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:04,400 because I'm a good person. I'm saved because I tithe or no, 283 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:07,400 no, I'm I'm saved because I might sin, but I don't sin like 284 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,360 that. I'm saved because I'm not that 285 00:23:10,360 --> 00:23:13,800 broken. Well, I'm saved because I I do 286 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:20,000 good things, etcetera, etcetera. But it's crazy because Isaiah 64 287 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:24,440 six says we have all become like one who is unclean and all of 288 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:28,440 our righteous deeds are like polluted garments. 289 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:34,520 If your answer and your security and your salvation has anything 290 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:37,640 to do with your actions or things that you have done and 291 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:42,040 not solely on what Jesus has done, you need to put those 292 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:45,720 thick clothes down and put on the righteous robe that Jesus 293 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:52,680 has waiting for you. 2nd Corinthians 521 tells us for our 294 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:59,080 sake He made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we 295 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:01,640 might become a righteousness of God. 296 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:06,800 God made the first sacrifice for sin and the last sacrifice for 297 00:24:06,800 --> 00:24:13,720 sin so that all may be saved in faith in Jesus Christ. 298 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,640 Amen. Let's keep going. 299 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:23,800 Genesis 322 through 23. Then the Lord God said, Behold 300 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:30,120 the man has become like one of us, and knowing good and evil 301 00:24:30,120 --> 00:24:34,040 now, lest he reaches out his hand and take also the tree of 302 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:37,680 life and eat and live forever. Therefore the Lord God sent him 303 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:42,360 out of the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he 304 00:24:42,360 --> 00:24:47,120 was taken. Now there is quite a bit of 305 00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:50,840 debate in regards to the phrase one of us. 306 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:56,120 Some believe it is another reference of kind of call back 307 00:24:56,120 --> 00:24:58,440 of Genesis 126 referring to the Trinity. 308 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:03,200 Let us make man in our image and some believe that is God talking 309 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:08,920 to the angels wherever you fall. I mean, I, I personally fall in 310 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:14,040 the, in the former camp, you know, Satan tempted them to, to 311 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:18,120 no good and evil to be like God rather than the angels. 312 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:21,800 And God is above and set apart from the angels. 313 00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:24,000 Again, That's, that's just where I stand. 314 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,120 You know, I'm, I'm not going to like, say this determines your 315 00:25:29,120 --> 00:25:31,560 salvation like a but that's, that's where I stand, though. 316 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:37,480 So be but anyway, because Adam and and Eve ate from the 317 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:41,600 forbidden tree, they are now from forbidden from eating the 318 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:46,040 tree of life due to now their divine sentencing. 319 00:25:47,120 --> 00:25:51,480 A sentencing that was not merely for for punishment but to ensure 320 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:55,400 the fulfillment of the prophecy. If Adam and Eve became immortal 321 00:25:55,400 --> 00:26:01,480 and they cannot die one, they would also live eternally broken 322 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:11,360 forever. Also with man being mortal and 323 00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:15,520 the offspring that also allows the offspring of Eve who is 324 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:22,320 fully man and fully God that can live or did live a perfect life 325 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:28,320 to be the perfect sacrifice is now he's able to die because the 326 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:33,680 wages of sin is death and because he is fully God he 327 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:37,880 raised on the third day defeating sin, Satan and death. 328 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:40,360 Amen. I think we talking about Jesus. 329 00:26:40,360 --> 00:26:44,840 He, he rose on the third day to defeat sin, Satan and death and 330 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:46,960 now we have salvation. Amen. 331 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:52,880 OK, say it like you mean it now. But again, Adam and Eve, they do 332 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:57,240 not know this. All they know is God is kicking 333 00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,920 them out of the the only place they've really known. 334 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:06,320 And Adam is going to have to actually work to yield food from 335 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:12,000 the land and do all the work. And it's completely different 336 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:15,680 from the way he was able to just kind of harvest. 337 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:21,000 And even they are being removed from God's presence due to their 338 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:24,880 sin and the tree that they were originally permitted to eat, 339 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:32,200 they can no longer even look at. They also are now wearing 340 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:37,560 garments that will forever be reminders of where they should 341 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:42,200 be living if not for sin, reminders of separation from God 342 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:48,520 because of their sin, and reminder as to why their work is 343 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:53,120 hard, again because of their sin, and a reminder of their 344 00:27:53,120 --> 00:28:00,560 brokenness because of their sin. But God. 345 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:08,160 But God, this action, this state of mind, likely for Adam and 346 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:14,280 Eve, truly reminds me of John 13, seven, when Jesus tells 347 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:23,280 Peter what I'm doing. You do not understand now, but 348 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:31,080 afterward you will understand. They have no idea what's going 349 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:41,080 on, they don't understand. But God I assure you in that 350 00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:46,400 moment God is more grieved about kicking out Adam and Eve then 351 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,600 they are. He sees his children feeling 352 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:52,840 ashamed, probably freaking out and stressed out. 353 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:58,200 This is the same God who wept with Lazarus family about the 354 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:03,320 death of Lazarus, even knowing, even knowing he was going to 355 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:09,080 resurrect them. But he knows God knows this must 356 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:13,200 be done. This is the way it has to be in 357 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:18,000 order to redeem His creation, to restore Shalom, to fulfill the 358 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:21,760 prophecy. So though Adam and Eve may not 359 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:25,360 fully understand why God is doing this, they only see the 360 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:30,000 consequences of their actions. We know Romans 828 that for 361 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:34,560 those who love God all things work together for good. 362 00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:39,960 For those who are called according to His purpose is 363 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:47,600 working together or their good. We know God is doing everything 364 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:55,280 for a much bigger purpose, but also church like Adam, even 365 00:29:55,280 --> 00:30:00,760 after being clothed by God, he is still called to do work. 366 00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:06,600 After we are clothed by God through Jesus, we are called to 367 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:11,000 go and make disciples. And yes, because of the fall, 368 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:14,600 the work is hard. It's only by God's grace we are 369 00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:20,600 no longer naked and ashamed. So as we're doing our work, 370 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:25,280 making disciples, remember where we we came from, but God 371 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:29,000 remember who really made us righteous. 372 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:36,280 Amen. All right, let's continue 3/24 373 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:42,960 He drove off the man and at the east of the Garden of Eden, he 374 00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:46,560 placed the cherubim and the flaming sword that turned every 375 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:48,920 way to guard the way to the sea of life. 376 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:53,960 So initially God, after cleansing out the garden of 377 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:59,040 Eden, God placed a cherubim and a flaming sword to guard the 378 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:01,280 way. Let's bro, we got to we got to 379 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:04,560 talk about this real quick. So let's let's really describe a 380 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,720 cherubim. It is not like the the, the 381 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,840 little naked, naked baby with the with the wings. 382 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:18,440 So it talks about an Ezekiel 1/5 to 14. 383 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:23,680 They had human likeness, but each had four faces, each of 384 00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:27,160 them four wings. Their legs were straight and the 385 00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:30,400 soles of their feet were like the sole of a cast foot. 386 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:32,200 I'm already freaked out personally but. 387 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:37,320 And they sparkled like burn burnished bronze under their 388 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:40,040 wings. On their four sides they had 389 00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:41,720 human hands. Still creepy. 390 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:47,760 And As for the likeness of their face, each had a human face, a 391 00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:53,080 lion face on the right side, an ox face on the left side, and 392 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:59,280 another face of an eagle such where their faces and their 393 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:02,880 wings were spread out above. Each creature had two wings and 394 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:09,440 each had two had touched another while also covering 2 covering 395 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:14,160 their bodies. I'm not going over there if I 396 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:15,840 saw that personally, that's just me. 397 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,320 I look, maybe y'all build different. 398 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:22,560 That's kind of creepy. Again, this is not the the 399 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:26,120 little baby with the diaper and the little little little arrow 400 00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:27,560 trying to make people fall in love. 401 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:31,840 This is literally a celestial warrior tasked with guarding the 402 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:35,600 garden and the the way to the tree of life. 403 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:38,680 I mean, even Tim, Tim Keller talks about this. 404 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:45,600 He says the only way to gain access now to God's garden is to 405 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:49,680 the into the tree of life is through the sword. 406 00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:58,040 You must be put under the sword. God is a just God and sin must 407 00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:07,560 be put under the sword. But God, because Jesus goes 408 00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:12,000 under the sword for us, covers us with his robes, and with 409 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:19,400 those robes they're evidence of payment so we can enter God's 410 00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:23,320 garden. So the question I have for 411 00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:30,160 Frontier Church today is, are we living and resting in the robes 412 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:35,880 and covering of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ or are we still 413 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:41,160 trying to justify ourselves with clothes made from figs? 414 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:50,480 Do we have faith in the Word of God or are we hedging our bets 415 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:53,200 with the actions and the approval of man? 416 00:33:56,480 --> 00:34:00,920 When we die, we are put before the righteous judge. 417 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,000 We're going to need proof of payment. 418 00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:14,760 There is life in the covering of Jesus who gladly takes our 419 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:19,199 filthy rags and cleans us and make us white snow. 420 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:27,320 But there is a fiery sword for those who have their faith in 421 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:34,639 their cover in fig leaves. Let me remind everyone there is 422 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:41,239 no need to make a fig outfit. You don't have to do it. 423 00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:49,400 Jesus robes is enough. Romans 5 tells us that we are 424 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:54,360 justified by our faith in Jesus and have peace in that. 425 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:58,680 It tells us that while we were still sinners, God shows his 426 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:01,640 love for us just like He did for Adam and Eve when he clothed 427 00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:04,120 them. It also tells us again Romans 428 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:08,400 519 For as by one man's disobedience the many were made 429 00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:12,440 sinners, so by one man's obedience the many will be made 430 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:15,960 righteous. Rest in the fact that Jesus has 431 00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:24,520 done enough, that your faith in Jesus is enough and the only 432 00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:29,920 requirement for salvation. With that being said, that does 433 00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:37,680 not mean we say we have faith and go on living life as if that 434 00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:42,080 we don't have to demonstrate our faith because faith without 435 00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:48,400 works is dead. James 217 But when you truly 436 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:52,120 rest in the robe that Jesus covers you in, the Holy Spirit 437 00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:55,320 changes your heart behind your works. 438 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:59,800 And you do things because you love him, not to earn his love. 439 00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:04,280 You do things to be closer to Him, not to earn your way to 440 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:07,000 heaven. And you show his love to others 441 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:11,160 not to be seen as holy, or to be seen as righteous, or to be seen 442 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:18,840 as good, but to help bring people closer to him because 443 00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:21,920 Jesus. Because of Jesus, we can boldly 444 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:28,600 approach the throne as heirs rather than castaways. 445 00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:32,440 This can be summed up in our big idea. 446 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:39,080 God covered our shame and paid our debt through Jesus Christ so 447 00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:42,640 we can enter His into His eternal Kingdom. 448 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:47,240 The work is done, the work is done. 449 00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:52,080 He has given us a spirit to guide our actions, change our 450 00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:55,720 hearts, convict us, encourage us, and ingrain the Word on our 451 00:36:55,720 --> 00:36:58,640 hearts. Again, Keller says Jesus 452 00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:01,640 objectively covers us so we can be saved. 453 00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:07,800 The Holy Spirit subjectively sanctifies us to be more like 454 00:37:08,680 --> 00:37:20,360 Jesus with than mine. Let me give you guys some some 455 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:23,720 applications this week and I promise I'm going to get out 456 00:37:23,720 --> 00:37:27,440 your hair when it when it comes up. 457 00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:33,760 Please take photos of it or notes and discuss these 458 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:38,440 applications in your CG this week kind of rather than 459 00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:40,120 questions or, or your fighter group. 460 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:49,000 So first, pray. Pray. 461 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:55,440 Ask God to reveal some figs you are attempting to cover yourself 462 00:37:55,440 --> 00:38:07,200 up with. Pray, and it's a hard prayer. 463 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:18,360 Pray. Be willing to also ask God to 464 00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:21,320 help you accept what He's revealing to you. 465 00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:29,440 Humble yourself. It was only one perfect person 466 00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:32,560 to ever walk this earth. None of us is it. 467 00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:43,720 So pray on that. Next read Romans 5. 468 00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:52,160 It's not that long, I promise. And James 2 read, meditate, 469 00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:58,720 discuss SCG Romans 5 is is a solid book to talk about our 470 00:38:58,720 --> 00:39:01,080 assurance and in the magnitude of our faith. 471 00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:07,000 And James 2 is a is a great reminder that faith isn't 472 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:13,000 passive. Faith isn't lazy, faith isn't 473 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:18,760 content. We are called to be the light of 474 00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:25,360 the world, and that light comes from Jesus. 475 00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:32,080 Amen. Not from us, not from us. 476 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:45,840 And then lastly, read John 316 at least three times when three 477 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:49,840 separate days this week and also read it out loud at CG. 478 00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:55,680 Read at least three times on three separate days. 479 00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:03,840 Some of us me can be procrastinators. 480 00:40:04,240 --> 00:40:06,800 Cool, I'm just going to cram me to see and I read it 3 times. 481 00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:09,720 Or heck, I I even read it 9 times in one day. 482 00:40:09,720 --> 00:40:16,480 Let's let's get in the habit of reading and meditating on 483 00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:21,840 scripture more than just before CG so you can have something to 484 00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:24,800 say. More than just I know this is 485 00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:26,400 where we're going to be at on Sunday. 486 00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:30,880 Let me try to read ahead. Just make it more of a daily 487 00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:35,280 practice. You can't have faith in 488 00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:39,080 something you don't know about when you do. 489 00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:45,400 That's how a lot of people's faith is shook and rocked by the 490 00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:47,560 minor inconveniences that life will give you. 491 00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:51,200 Don't forget this. This ground we work is cursed. 492 00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:57,640 We do live in a broken world. Our faith need to be in Jesus, 493 00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:01,760 in the word of God. Not in our opinions, not in our 494 00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:06,920 politics, not in our friends children, not in your parents 495 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:12,640 because we're flawed to even grown children who have kids and 496 00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:14,800 still have their parents. Not in your parents. 497 00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:16,840 And you are not God to your children. 498 00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:20,920 We're supposed to point our children to God never supposed 499 00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:24,800 to be an example. Let's be an example. 500 00:41:27,240 --> 00:41:30,760 We're all called to be spiritual parents and spiritual siblings. 501 00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:39,520 That comes with expectations. We still are given a job and 502 00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:41,920 call to work even after the fall. 503 00:41:43,240 --> 00:41:44,960 Therefore, go and make disciples. 504 00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:59,440 And if anyone here is not sure where their faith is, honestly 505 00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:03,880 not sure if you even believe in this book or I don't even know 506 00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:06,800 why you're here today. Or maybe you're here 'cause your 507 00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:09,320 Mama dragged you. Or maybe you're here 'cause you 508 00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:10,720 dragged your Mama to make it seem like you. 509 00:42:10,720 --> 00:42:14,280 Good. I've been guilty of that before 510 00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:17,200 in the past. And take them fig leaves off. 511 00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:19,920 You don't need them. Still wear clothes though. 512 00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:25,560 But no, if anybody is not sure man, there are. 513 00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:31,600 There are pastors, elders, CG leaders and members of this 514 00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:37,520 church that would love to pray with you, talk with you, and 515 00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:40,040 walk through whatever season of life you're going. 516 00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:52,360 No one's too far gone. There's no such thing as too 517 00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:59,640 broken, because Jesus is also fully God. 518 00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:07,120 Lay down your yoke, man. Pick up his. 519 00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:13,160 Lay down your burden. Rest and your Savior. 520 00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:16,920 And we thank him for His Amazing Grace. 521 00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:22,720 Let's pray. Heavenly Father, thank you. 522 00:43:24,640 --> 00:43:28,240 Thank you for your grace. Thank you for your mercy. 523 00:43:29,240 --> 00:43:32,400 Thank you for shielding us. Thank you for loving us. 524 00:43:32,720 --> 00:43:35,720 Thank you for holding us. Thank you for caring for us. 525 00:43:36,240 --> 00:43:38,200 Thank you, Thank you for your consequences. 526 00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:40,680 Thank you for your discipline, because you only discipline your 527 00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:46,280 your children and whom you love. Thank you for Jesus. 528 00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:54,760 Father, as we go into this week, please ingrain these scriptures 529 00:43:54,760 --> 00:44:00,720 on our hearts, please reveal the clothes we've made out of Fig, 530 00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:05,680 and please direct us back to rest in your righteous roads. 531 00:44:07,120 --> 00:44:09,840 We love you. Jesus name we pray, Amen.