Ladies, today we are going to look at the first seven words
of Genesis 3:14 . But first, let
me remind you of the preceding verses.
8And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the
cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of
the Lord God among the trees
of the garden. 9But the Lord
God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” 10And
he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I
was naked, and I hid myself.” 11He said, “Who told you that you
were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to
eat?” 12The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me,
she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” 13Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is
this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
I want you to get this. God gave
Adam and Eve an opportunity in the garden to repent when He said, “Where are
you?” And again, when He said, “Who told you that you were naked?” God knew
they were hiding, and He knew they had sinned, but He was giving them the
opportunity to come clean. But, instead, Adam blamed God and the woman, and the
woman blamed the serpent.
Genesis 3:14, first seven words . . .
“The Lord
God said to the serpent . . .”
Major principle to consider today:
Notice the order in which God addressed the consequences of
sin.
He addressed the serpent first. (“The
LORD God said to the serpent . . .”) God demonstrated something He teaches us
through His Word in Ephesians 6:12, “For we do not wrestle against flesh and
blood, but against the cosmic powers (rulers) over this present darkness,
against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.”
Let me translate something to you
regarding husband and wife relationships. Your husband is not the enemy!!!!!!!!
Husbands, your wife is not the enemy!!!!!! We have an enemy, and they’re not
it!!!! But, as long as we are attacking the wrong source, we will continue to
be defeated!!! The enemy is laughing his head off at some of you reading this,
because you are destroying your marriage by not realizing this truth. Say to
yourself until you believe this truth, “My husband is not the enemy!” “My wife
is not the enemy!” “My children are not the enemy!” “My boss is not the enemy!”
“My in-laws and out-laws are not the enemy!” When you grasp this truth, it will
change your attitude toward others.
So, your challenge this week: When
you are sitting across from him at dinner or breakfast or you just roll over in
bed and see his face, REMEMBER . . . he is not the enemy!! I know some of you
are thinking, “Yeah, maybe not . . . but I’m sure he is employed by him! Ha, ha,
ha, ha! Oh, well. (Smile)
Prague News . . .
We have had some real sweet prayer
times this past week for our missionary women, who will be attending the
retreat in Prague. I hope many of you too are lifting them up in prayer. We
have another missionary sponsored this week, so that is 29 sponsored so far. I
love watching God bring in the resources for that which He has called us to do!
Ok, so as I’ve been looking at
more stuff about Prague to share with you, I ran across a question asked by
someone who was taking their 10-year-old child to Prague and wanted to know
some good sightseeing things for children. Well, one of the things they
mentioned was a Chocolate
Museum
Enjoy!!
Love you all!
His,
Vickie
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