“Yea, Hath God Said?” Questions series #1

Satan entered the scene of life just three chapters into the Bible, and the last time we encounter him is three chapters from the end of the Bible. This cosmic conflict has not changed through the millennia. Satan is still very much at work causing us to doubt what God has said to us in His Word.

Satan’s Deceit Brings A Selfish Desire. It is not a sin when an impure thought goes through our mind; the sin comes when we give it a room and let it settle down there. Satan’s deceit brings to the surface our sinful, selfish desires as well as a lack of trust. Once doubt gets a room in your mind, Satan’s battle is halfway won.

A Selfish Desire Brings A Sinful Decision. Four things: – First, Eve saw – Then she coveted – Then she took – “they hid”

Why does this happen? Because a selfish desire that has been allowed to take root in our hearts brings a sinful decision.

A Sinful Decision Brings A Sure Defeat. God had been so much the center of their devotion and attention, they had not realized it. Now with sin in the picture, they were focused on themselves. So they covered themselves with fig leaves. Someone besides us is almost always to blame for all the wrong decisions and all of our defeats.

So God took an innocent animal (a foreshadowing of the Lamb of God), killed it, and covered Adam and Eve with its skins. God placed man in a perfect paradise; Satan entered briefly and sowed a seed of doubt; we fell.

The account begins in Genesis with paradise lost, and it ends in Revelation with paradise regained! “Why did you doubt?”

“Why did you doubt?”