Guidance From the Garden, Part 2 Satan’s words to Eve about eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil directly contradicted what God had told her. Yet he convinced her there would be no repercussions to her disobedience. Satan still uses the same lie to deceive us today—that God’s Word can’t be trusted and that sin has no consequences. Learn to resist his deception and obey God. Guidance From the Garden, Part 2 Satan’s words to Eve about eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil directly contradicted what God had told her. Yet he convinced her there would be no repercussions to her disobedience. Satan still uses the same lie to deceive us today—that God’s Word can’t be trusted and that sin has no consequences. Learn to resist his deception and obey God.
Satan has all kind of tools watch this
it doesn’t make any difference which
tool he uses you cannot deny the
principle of Almighty God the principle
is there are wages consequences to sin
Satan says there’s not a whole lifetime
of humanity says their consequences the
same next don’t be in touch the Greek
deception the title of this message is
the great deception that to deceive
somebody is to lie to them this lead
them misinformed them that is to lead
them astray so ask yourself the question
it hadn’t been misled not have been
deceived if I have been betrayed because
all of us at some point in their life
had been lied to
maybe even misled someone else betrayed
someone else or even some false
information whatever it might be and
it’s interesting that when you open the
Word of God right up front right up
front God intends for us to learn a very
very important lesson and you would
think well these lessons should be
somewhere else in the world I got right
up front you have the account of the
creation and then we come to the
creation of man and woman and then we
get into a deception that is affected
every single one of us and will affect
us all the days of our life and it
happens to be one of Satan’s tactics
that brings into our life guilt fear
shame and loss that’s what this section
does so once you listen very carefully
because it’s easy to say well you know
I’ve never been deceived yes you have
oh I don’t deceive others well maybe you
do maybe you don’t have to ask yourself
the questions that true very important a
message because it’s very clear in
Scripture what the Bible says about
deception and to deceive someone else
and so in the second chapter of Genesis
beginning in the 16th verse and just
going through a couple of verses here
16th verse says the Lord God commanded
the man saying from any tree of the
garden you may freely eat but from the
tree of the knowledge of good and evil
you shall not eat of it for the day that
you eat from it you will surely die so
the question is this what is the great
deception
don’t miss this the great deception is
this you can sin without any
consequences you can sin with that in
the consequences is the great deception
and it works in everybody’s life at some
time on the other believing that we can
send against God and they have no
consequences you see it in the life of
Adam and Eve and all through the
scriptures and if you think about all
the rest of these pages in the world of
God they’re witness to the fact that you
cannot sin against God without
consequences no one can their
consequences to sin and the devil’s lie
is oh that’s not what God meant that’s
not what will happen to you I know it’s
in the Bible you can give me a verse in
Scripture but that’s not what it’s
certainly all about so I want us to
think about who the tempter is in the
scriptures to give you maybe a little
different aspect on it and if you look
in this third chapter in verse 1 the
scripture says now the serpent was more
crafty
than any beast of the field which the
Lord God had made and he said to the
woman indeed watch this now indeed has
God said you shall not eat from any tree
of the garden that’s not what he said
you see he says did you God tell you
that you can’t eat from any tree of the
garden and so we’ve said this but from
the fruit of the tree which is in the
middle of the garden God has said you
shall need from it I’ll touch it or you
will die didn’t say that you can eat
from any of it but there’s a particular
one then listen to what Satan said the
serpent said to the woman you surely
will not die that is not really so this
is the creature that God allowed in the
garden to test and try them and of
course he got what was coming to him and
is he still around today yes he is and
there’s not this is not anything good
that the devil does because he’s a
deceiver turn if you will to Revelation
chapter 12 for a moment and look in
verse 9 the scripture says and the Great
Dragon was thrown down the serpent of
old who is called the devil and Satan
who deceives the whole world he was
thrown down in the earth and his angels
were thrown down with him and there are
other verses but I just want you to see
the the devil is not just a snake the
devil was a created being and man was
tempted and tried and he failed them and
we still fall today if we are not very
very careful about what’s going on in
their life and so I want us to think
about this for a moment because the
devil hadn’t changed he’s the same and
so here’s the deception the deception is
you can send no consequences that’s his
life that’s it that’s how he operates
that’s the lie he tells you
can send no matter what you see what you
do what you hear
you can sin against God and there are no
consequences that is absolutely a lie
ask God thou shalt not bear false
witness and the devil is continually
doing that so we have to ask the
question okay so Satan is the tempter
and what was the temptation they had
everything the world they wanted
everything the world they needed I mean
it was just heaven on earth and so Satan
says but there’s one thing that you
don’t have you can be like God you can
know good from evil you’ll be like God
think about this when Satan tempts us
does he not use the attempters about
something we don’t have we would like to
have or picture ourselves having and so
that’s the approach and it’s interesting
when she looked at all of this she said
you know it looks like it’s good for
food pleasant to the eyes and therefore
a wonderful experience isn’t this the
same lie that Satan tells a day it’s
good for your stomach that is it’s it’s
pleasing and pleasant to look at and you
can experience it think for a moment how
many different sins follow that category
how they taste how they look and what
you experience you can go all the way
from drinking to sex you can take all
the sins and put them into that category
and this is exactly what Satan but it
was doing and so the issue is Satan says
now is that really what God said having
the times you’ve you ever been tempted
that in some fashion of the other you
said well I wonder if that’s really what
God said in the Bible well one of his I
don’t know where that is in the Bible
I’ve heard people say verse in the Bible
I’ve heard some
sermon about it but I don’t know that
God really said that that’s exactly what
the devil told her that’s exactly what
he’s saying to people today this is why
you hear people say well I’m a Christian
but I don’t know what I believe all the
Bible or not you know what people do
when they decide they don’t believe it
all they pick the things they choose the
things they want to believe that
threaten them in no way God is the God
of love
God loves his children on heaven heaven
heaven all of these things when the
Bible says the soul that sinneth it
shall die the wages of sin is death
you don’t hear loss people quoting those
they talk about going to heaven and God
loves everybody and he wouldn’t dare let
anybody die and go to hell and so they
pick and choose when it comes to the
Word of God you can’t pick and choose
you can only to your dismay and
suffering and sooner or later so the
deception that Satan used on Eve was
it’s okay to eat I know God said don’t
eat that but it’s okay to eat it it’ll
be alright she did not believe what God
said because God didn’t say that he said
the day that you eat in the fruit of the
tree ye shall surely die
now I’m answer question that you believe
there’s any change in this any change in
this from the Bible says the soul that
sinneth it shall die it’s still the
truth therefore the great deception is
because it’s worked all these years you
sin against God there are no
consequences when every single one of us
every single one of us knows by
experience and by looking at what’s
happening around us there are
consequences the disobedience to God
there always has been since Adam and Eve
and there always will be so let’s think
about we know what the temptation is
let’s think about his tactics how Satan
works
Satan led her to question the Word of
God that’s where it all begins when you
begin to doubt God’s Word you’re headed
down
track because don’t use me is followed
by denial well I don’t I really don’t
believe that and I think that’s no
problem there and so then what happens
deception really sets in the Bible
doesn’t really mean that God wouldn’t do
that he’s the God of love he’s not going
to let that happen and then of course
what happens is a person disobeys God
and then there’s destruction and it’s
just that simple trail over and over and
over again people live in their lives
and then they’ll still tell you well I
do believe that God is a God of love he
wouldn’t dare he wouldn’t dare do that
when the whole word of God is a
testimony to the fact that it is a
deception to believe that you can sin
without consequences the consequences of
that no matter who you are if you look
in your own life and you will be
absolutely honest you say well those
things just happen isn’t it interesting
that things just so happened I call them
the way you did it just so happens
they’re colder than when you did it it
just so happens it’s the thing that in
your conscience keeps bothering you the
thing that you’d like to change in life
God hasn’t changed his principles
haven’t changed and it’s interesting to
me and it’s very effective that right up
in the very beginning of the Word of God
with all these pages and Old Testament
New Testament all these pages bear
witness the same thing which is of sin
is death there are consequences to
disobey Almighty God and so when I think
about what those consequences are and I
think about what Satan said to Eve and
he said this fruit will make you wise
and so he appealed to the natural
desires and that’s what Satan does for
example you you job down the expressway
and you see a billboard it’s advertising
whiskey or wine or something you don’t
see them with a broken bottle you don’t
see them with a ugly color it’s a track
did as it can be and the same thing is
true when they are showing people or
whatever they’re advertising they make
it attractive to the eyes because if you
see it and then you think about it and
you think about it enough but for long
you want whatever it is whether it’s
another man or another woman or there’s
something to drink or something to get
high on or whether it’s drugs or
whatever no words Satan has all kind of
tools watch this it doesn’t make any
difference which two he uses you cannot
deny the principle of Almighty God the
principle is there are wages
consequences to sin Satan says there’s
not a whole lifetime of humanity says
there are consequences to sin so I want
to ask you in your life before you find
yourself doing something that you know
is not right looking where you shouldn’t
look doing what you shouldn’t do you
stop and ask yourself the question what
are the consequences and the devil will
tell you there no consequences that
everybody does that we’ll have to ask
yourself the question God what do you
think about it do you think God would
ever say it’s okay is it going to kill
you but it’s okay it’s not good for you
no he’s made it very clear in the Word
of God how absolutely serious it is
because it’s a trap it’s impossible to
sin against God without consequences and
so yes ask yourself the question when
you attempted to do anything do you ask
yourself the question what are the
consequences of this you see when the
Holy Spirit is in your life he’s going
to bring you to ask yourself that
question because he’s a protector as
well as a giver of truth Lord what do
you say and if you’ve been a Christian
for a little while you know what’s right
and wrong you know what’s good what’s
evil and you see those things and you
see people who are living a righteous
life a godly
that doesn’t mean it’s perfect but their
goal is to be obedient to God and living
that kind of life they don’t have to
wonder whether the thing is right or
wrong or not they know whether it’s
right or wrong they know whether it’s
sin or not and God’s people need to live
holy godly lives and what happens it
makes an awesome impression not to
impress people but it says something to
people who are living in sin first of
all they don’t like us sometime
and they’ll do all kind of things to
undermine what we believe trying to do
so but the truth is still there that sin
always brings consequence which the
Bible tells us here so let’s think about
this for a moment think about the
tragedy that really takes place for Adam
and Eve they heard the truth and what do
they do they listen to it heard the
truth listen to Satan’s lie their
innocence remember they were perfectly
innocent
turn to shame not only did they find
shame instead of joy in their life but
listen they began to experience guilt
shame fear and being found out think
about in this perfect garden fear shame
guilt being found out can you imagine
what they must have thought when they
heard God coming heard the footsteps of
God we would say and then a voice that
they would never forget Adam where are
you God was not asking for information
what’s this he could say that to you
today he could call your name and say
where are you if you’re living in sin he
probably has said that several times in
several ways but you know it was him
that you felt it in yard where are you
why are you here you are and so he asked
him he wasn’t asking for information he
wanted them to see where they were
because they were separated from God
hide in the bushes and trying to cover
up their naked body we can’t even
imagine what kind of terror must have
gone through their mind when they heard
God coming knowing that they sinned
against him and knowing that they were
naked
unlike they had been before facing a God
who had loved them enough to give them
everything imaginable and they through
it all the way over one deception you
can sin and there no consequences and
all you have to do is to sit down and
listen to some people who have taken
that route
they lost their family they’ve lost
their relationship they’ve lost their
job they’ve lost everything because of
deliberate willful sin in their life and
what did the devil say yah doesn’t mean
that you’ll be okay listen to me there
are consequences to sin therefore
because there are consequences to sin
and you and no exception you think well
but you know what let you look at all
the money you have in the position and
all the things and you how attractive
you are and how popular you are God
isn’t impressed with any of that
there are divine consequences to sin in
the person’s life and how many times if
I heard somebody say well I can’t make I
don’t know why God did this to me well
God didn’t do it to you the wages of sin
is death
the gift of God is eternal life which do
you choose
so when you look to see what happened
they want to blame each other and I’m
going to give you a list of things that
happen to them
and so number one they lost their
innocence they were perfectly innocent
they can be absolutely naked and
everything that’s fine now they gotta
wear clothes what kind of clothes Bush
clothes they had they had to find
something that they could cover up their
naked body with so first of all the loss
of innocence secondly they lost their
relationship with God that’s why they
were scared to death when they heard him
coming
the third thing they lost was their home
in the garden and notice what happened
to him they were driven out of the
garden
into a world to make it on their own and
all would you remember not but Adam
lived to be about over nine hundred
years think about this he he was in the
garden with everything and when he was
cast out he lived say some nine hundred
years in a world of loss of wickedness
of all the things that were going on at
that time how many times that he stopped
to think and he must have said he we had
it so good in the garden oftentimes
that’s what people say when they walk
away from God we’ll the next thing is
this driven out of the home in the
garden they were driven out all humanity
for time and eternity were affected you
know what we’re being affected by what
they did and then lastly we experience
pain suffering hardship shame and loss
as a result of God’s judgment
think about it so this message is just a
one statement sin against God there are
n escapable consequences it’s a choice
we make you said there what about all
the sin I’ve already committed if you’re
willing to acknowledge that you willing
to come to the Lord Jesus and ask him to
forgive you for the mess you’ve made
don’t color it up well God I’ve made
some mistakes now you’ve done worse than
making mistakes don’t try to cover – God
I’ve sinned against you
I have disobeyed you I have objected to
your laws I’ve caused other people to
fall I’ve lured I’ve just been wicked
I’ve been sinful in my life and now I’m
asking you to forgive me and to cleanse
clean me up and help me just just help
me God I need you Lord that’s really
what you’re asking
you can’t come to him telling well I
have given a lot or you know I’ve tried
to be a good citizen I’ve never been in
prison I’ve heard all kind of stuff none
of that has to do with your sin against
Almighty God you need to acknowledge it
ask him to forgive you for it not
because you’re going to do this that an
elder and you’re becoming to him through
the Lord Jesus Christ who died on the
cross shed his blood that was the
payment that Jesus made for in order for
us to be forgiven if you leave Jesus out
of the equation what’s the basis of your
salvation you could never be good enough
it’s only through the blood of Christ
shedding it’s letter Calvary that paid
your sin debt in mine in full and no
matter what you’ve done where you’ve
been and with whom or whatever if you’re
willing to genuinely with all of your
heart as for your forget ask him to
forgive you
and repent what does that means and that
means that you’ve been walking this way
and repentance means you’re going to
turn around and head in the other
direction because now you’re going to
follow Jesus it just boils down to
something simple I’m either going to
believe that he will forgive me or not
and I’m going to know in my heart and
believe that it’s because of what Jesus
did that I’m accepted you said I’ve been
so wrong for so long I mean just say
this the Apostle Paul killed Christians
the Apostle Paul put him in jail he did
everything imaginable the followers of
Jesus look what God did for him but he
knocked him down blinded him got his
attention so I would suggest that you
don’t put God to the test because this I
know if you’re listening are you
watching are you hear you’re hearing the
truth so you cannot excuse yourself
before God ask him to forgive you to
cleanse your life surrender yourself to
him watch him do a marvelous work in
your life amen
and total we thank you that you’ve never
turned anybody down who came to you
confessing and repenting of us in
genuine ly meeting it with all their
heart so I pray that every person who
hears this message will look at
themselves not somebody else ask
themselves some very personal pointed
questions about their life and when they
finished acknowledge their sinfulness
their unworthiness their disobedience
even their wickedness of heart and
surrender their life to you forgiving
loving God that you are we know that
you’ll forgive in Jesus name Amen if
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