Daily Bible Study Devotional
Message Title: Made Aware
Date: January 01, 2012
Today's Chapters: Genesis 1-4
Preview of Today's Message: Through one man sin entered the world and a death sentence is passed down to all of us, through One Man the death sentence is removed. The temptation to sin is always desirous when we are introduced to it, the key to resisting temptation is keeping our eyes on Jesus from the start. All Scripture quoted from the King James Version.

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“For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive...It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven...The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” - 1 Corinthians 15:21,22,44-47,56,57.

When we are born we are born with a natural body and a living soul. What is missing? The quickening spirit, rather the Spirit of God. Why? By one man, Adam, sin entered the natural body, by one man, Adam, death, rather the death of the soul, was passed down to every body. By one man, Christ, life enters the natural body, by one man, Christ, who died for man, life is given to all who believe in Him. “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” -Romans 6:23.

The Book of Genesis is the first book of the Old Testament, it contains fifty chapters, and the time line of these events took place approximately between 4004 BC to 1689 BC. The inspired author of the book is Moses and it was written to Israel. The purpose of the book was to preserve the historical background of Israel and to give an account for creation, sin, redemption, and God's first dealings with man. What we are to learn from the book is that God, the Creator of all things, brought us here in His image and gives us every means necessary to live a godly life. “If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.” -Genesis 4:7.

There is nothing more powerful that the voice of God, faster than the blink of an eye He can speak something into existence. Faster than the blink of an eye He can speak something out of existence. Faster than the blink of an eye He can save a person from the death sentence. Many people have a hard time understanding why God has such a harsh penalty for the smallest sin. Well, it all begins with the first sin of man, but before we learn of that we need to understand what God was commanding Adam not to do.

“And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil...And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” -Genesis 2:7-9,15-17.

The tree of knowledge of good and evil, this fruit bearing the consciousness of ones actions, was forbidden to be eaten. Why? Think about it, when we are unconscious to sin we remain pure, undefiled, and unaware of sin, it is only when we learn of something that we think about it and become tempted by it and while it is no sin to be tempted, it is sin to act upon the temptation. However, there is no temptation that we cannot escape, “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” - 1 Corinthians 10:13.

Sin is sin to God, no matter how big or small, disobedience to God comes with a punishment and that punishment is death, not just a natural death, but the death of the soul. It was only a piece of fruit that Adam bit into, but that small act brought not only death upon him, but us as well. Much worse than that, it brought upon him and us separation from God. It was when he was made aware of the temptation that he desired it.

“And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat...And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel...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;..And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:” - Genesis 3:4-6,15,17,22.

A gracious promise is made of Christ, as the Deliverer of fallen man from the power of Satan. It speaks great encouragement to sinners, that their Savior, the Seed of the woman will reconcile the enmity or separation between God and man. His sufferings on the cross and death point to Satan's bruising His heel, but by His death He gave a fatal blow to the devil's kingdom, a wound to the head of this serpent that cannot be healed. As the Gospel gains, Satan falls. “But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;” -Ephesians 2:13-15. Praise God!

You see how we fall so easily into temptation when we are made aware of something sinful? Eve fell right into the temptation because it was introduced to her and she kept thinking about it. Now, many people wonder why Adam was condemned since Eve sinned first. He was made aware of it and just like Eve, he too thought about it and fell into temptation. There is no excuse when we fall into sin, it is of our own doing, like everyone else, we are responsible for our own actions. Jesus explains that if we are blind to sin we will not sin. “For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.” - John 9:39-41. When we keep our eyes on Jesus we can walk away from any temptation. “The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:” - 2 Peter 2:9.

Today's Psalm: “Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.” - Psalm 145:16.

Today's Proverb: “Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.” - Proverbs 24:1.

Today's Prayer: God, help me to walk faithfully with You day by day. As I earnestly seek You I will receive the reward You promise to those who do so. Daily temptations, recurring doubts, and fleeting distractions seek my heart’s affection, but I remain faithfully committed to You, my Lord and Savior. Your Spirit indwells me and I am filled with Your glorious and inexpressible joy. No matter the mocking and undermining of my faith by the unbelieving world, I believe in You with all my heart, soul, mind and strength. In Jesus' name. Amen.

Enjoy the rest of your day/night. Happy New Year!
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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