The Blessings of the Curses
Please turn with me to Genesis, chapter 3. We’re continuing our study in the book of Genesis, those foundations of the faith that are set forth there. And last week we looked specifically at the account of Adam's fall in Genesis 3, verses 1 through 13, and we saw there in that account several important things about the nature of sin. For one thing we saw that sin in its essence is rebellion. It is lawlessness. It is rejection of and rebellion against God's good law. The order that He has established in the universe for us. Also we saw in the second part of that passage, especially in verses 6 and 7, that sin always carries with it shame. The idea of sin occurring without correspondent shame is a nonpossibility in the world which God has created. Shame is always involved in sin,…