16 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 1 - Part 4 - Book 2 - Adam and Eve’s Faith and Salvation

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com LESSON 1 * PART 4 * BOOK 2 Adam & Eve’s Faith and Salvation Genesis 3:14-24 Genesis 3:14 "And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, (in other words, he had tempted and caused Eve to fall, which in turn led to Adam’s fall) thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field, upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life." Now verse 15, and this is one of the primary verses in the book of Genesis. Where God speaking to Satan says: Genesis 3:15 God is going to put an enmity between the forces of Satan and all the powers of darkness and the seed of the woman. Now who is the seed of the woman? Now Galatians chapter 3. So according to the Bible the seed of the woman is Christ. So beware of that as you study your Bible, that the powers of Satan are constantly hindering the work of God, but also remember that God foretold that it would be that way. Genesis 3:15b "…it (the Seed of the woman) shall bruise thy head, and thou (Satan) shall bruise his heel." Christ literally defeated Satan at the cross. In verse 16 on down we have the curse that was brought on the scene when Adam ate. The curse. The curse. As someone has put it, "When Adam was created, he was human, but the moment Adam sinned the human race became in-human." Can you think of a single specie in all of God’s creation that will torture members of it’s own specie like man will with man? Now let’s begin with verse 16. Genesis 3:16a Now let’s read on in verse 17. Genesis 3:17-18 "And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. Now looking at verse 19. Genesis 3:19a "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread,…" Genesis 3:19b "…till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." Now then verse 20 is an interesting verse. Genesis 3:20 "And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living." Now what does Adam understand? That even though he has sinned, and lost fellowship with God, God must have told him something that he believed, and what was it? So here in verse 20 is the first instance of FAITH, which is taking God at his Word. By faith Adam believed what God said concerning him and the woman, so he named her "the mother of all living." Now then Adam’s faith promoted God to do something. Adam shows that particle of faith that he believed what God said, and God moves in and does what needs to be done in verse 21. So there had to be a sacrifice for Adam and Eve’s sin. So right here with Adam and Eve God institutes animal sacrifice in verse 21. Genesis 3:21 "Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make (Adam and Eve didn’t do this, but rather the LORD God make) coats of skins, and clothed them." God somehow or other killed the animals, and the blood was shed. "…the LORD God made coats of skins, (that covered their physical nakedness. But then God did something else) and clothed them." Isaiah 61:10 God’s righteousness!) We’ll start with verse 21, but verse 22 is the one we want to compare with Isaiah chapter 61. Romans 3:21-22 Oh the righteousness of God clothes us, like the young man decked at his wedding or like the Bride decked for her wedding there in Isaiah 61:10, So the righteousness of God is placed upon us, and as I said before so that God doesn’t see you and I, but rather God sees in us as believers the righteousness of Christ that covers us. By believing Paul’s beautiful Gospel! (Romans 2:16) Let’s look at verse 13 & 14. Now let’s come back to Genesis chapter 3. Let’s look at chapter 3 and verse 22. God has now restored Adam and Eve to fellowship by virtue of his faith and the animal sacrifice. Genesis 3:22 What if Adam would have been able to partake of the tree of life and live forever in this body of sin? Now verse 23. Genesis 3:23