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We are looking at Lent as a 40 Journey of Faith towards Jesus and the Cross. Along this journey, our lives are confronted with the reality of the Cross and what it means to us. We are confronted with many Kingdom of God truths and what that looks like in our lives.
Today we will start this 40 Journey of Faith doing something we don’t often like to do and that is look within ourselves. Today we are confronted with our own brokeness and places where we have “missed the mark” (sin) and what the cross says we should do with them.
Genesis 2:5-9
Genesis 2:15-25
Genesis 3:1-13
Abundant Provision (Genesis 2:5-9, 15-25)
The emphasis of these verses is not the
The overall picture painted by the early chapters of Genesis is that God has provided all that humanity needed or could ever need.
Enter the
There is no doubt about the serpent’s role in the events. He was the
Ultimately, the choice to violate the boundary is the choice Adam and Eve take. But who choose it?
The
Blame shifting begins in Genesis 3:12-13. “It’s the Woman you gave me”, “It was the serpent who decieved me”
This is followed by:
Shame and Hiding from God
It doesn’t take long for their guilt over sin to turn into shame, which causes them to hide from God- this is still our reaction today
How might the story have ended if Adam and Eve didn’t hide?
What do we do when we miss the mark? Do we hide it, ignore it or confront it?
The bigger question is not if we have sinned (because we all have and do- Romans 3:23) but what we do with it.
We are called and empowered to take our sin to the cross- no guilt and shame needed- and their find forgiveness and healing.
The question isn’t whether we’ve sinned but whether we’re trying to hide our sin from God. When we try to hide our sin from God, we are ultimately hiding our full selves from the presence of God as well.
Let us run toward the warm emprace of our father and give him all of us- sin and all.