"Listen to the Voice..."

July 25, 2016

“Listen to the Voice…”

Blessings folk!

The Lord had spoke to the serpent.
The Lord had spoke to the Woman.

The Lord now speaks to Man.

Gen 3:17-19

Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’;
Cursed is the ground because of you;
In toil you will eat of it
All the days of your life.

“Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you;
And you will eat the plants of the field;

By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread,
Till you return to the ground,
Because from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”


Several things to examine.

The reason for what God was doing…
Because Adam listened to the voice of his wife
He could have/should have said no to the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.
He should have stood firm in the Truth of the Word of the Lord and led his wife in the Truth, perhaps the Lord would have restored/redeemed his wife.
Because he ate of the tree going against a direct commandment. Adam still was responsible. He could not blame his wife.

The result of what Adam did…
the ground was now cursed
Man would have to toil to eat…a contrast to “tending” the garden where all they had to do was receive.
Toiling for basic sustenance would now be the norm for mankind all their days.

Do not listen to the cacophony of voices.
Listen to the Word of the Lord.
Do as He says…to be continued…