April 23, 2025 • 20 mins
The ancient pattern of temptation that led to humanity's fall continues to affect us today. Dr. Papa takes us deep into Genesis 3:6, revealing how Eve's three-part temptation—finding the forbidden fruit appealing to her body, emotions, and mind—perfectly parallels the "lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and pride of life" described in 1 John 2:16.
When Jesus came as the Second Adam, He faced these identical temptations in the wilderness. While Eve questioned and ultimately rejected God's Word, Jesus defended Himself by quoting Scripture—a powerful model for our own spiritual battles. Dr. Papa shares a thought-provoking anecdote about a plantation worker named Moses who, given an easy job with just one restriction, couldn't resist looking inside a forbidden box. This humbling story reminds us that we're likely no better than Adam when facing temptation.
The consequences of Adam's sin are catastrophic—we inherit spiritual death, blindness, and bondage. Romans 5:12 tells us both sin and death entered the world through one man's disobedience. Yet there's hope! Through Christ, the Second Adam, we find the path to redemption. By recognizing our sin, repenting, and receiving Jesus as Savior, we experience the transformative power of His perfect obedience. As the Sunday school children affirm: "What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus." Share this episode with someone struggling to understand how ancient spiritual truths still offer hope for today's challenges.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Welcome to More Than Medicine, where Jesus is more
than enough for the ills thatplague our culture and our
country.
Hosted by author and physician,Dr Robert Jackson.
Dr Robert Jackson (00:16):
Papa, can you tell me a story?
Do you really want me to tellyou a story?
Well, you go, get your brotherand your sisters and I will tell
you a story.
Well, you go, get your brotherand your sisters and I will tell
you a story.
Welcome to Devotions with DrPapa.
Gather around and grab yourBibles and let us look into the
(00:36):
written Word, which reveals tous the living Word which is our
Lord Jesus Christ.
Well, today we're at Genesis,chapter 3 and verse 6.
Let me read to you thescripture for today.
When the woman saw that the treewas good for food and that it
was a delight to the eyes andthat the tree was desirable to
(01:00):
make one wise, she took from itsfruit and ate, and she gave
also to her husband with her andhe ate.
Now read the progression here.
She saw that it was good forfood, that it was a delight to
the eyes and that it wasdesirable to make one wise.
(01:22):
First of all, good for food,you see, it was appealing to the
bodily appetite, and then itwas a delight to the eyes, which
was appealing to the emotions,and then, desirable to make one
wise, it was appealing to themind and the spirit.
(01:43):
Now, does that remind you ofany particular scripture verse?
Well, just think about 1 John,2, verse 16, all the way over.
In the New Testament there's ascripture verse that goes like
this For all that is in theworld, the lust of the flesh and
(02:05):
the lust of the eyes and theboastful pride of life, is not
from the Father, but is from theworld.
You see, it exactly parallelsthat verse of scripture all that
is in the world.
Read it to me.
Let me read it to you again.
The lust of the flesh.
There it is.
It appeals to the bodilyappetite, the lust of the eyes.
(02:27):
It appeals to the emotions andthe boastful pride of life.
It's desirable to make one wise.
It appeals to the mind and thespirit, all three of those.
It parallels that scriptureverse exactly.
Now, what is the world?
If you've been listening to myteaching very long, you will
(02:50):
remember the definition.
The world is that orderedsystem headed by Satan that
intentionally leaves God out.
The world system was alreadyarrayed against mankind, against
Adam and Eve.
Satan was against them.
(03:10):
The world system was againstthem.
Temptation may be directedagainst the body, the soul or
the spirit, or all three at onetime, as happened with Eve and
her husband Adam in thescripture verse.
(03:33):
Now I want to remind you ofsomething.
You'll recall that when Jesuscame into the world as the
second Adam, he was tempted inall respects, even as we are, as
Hebrews 4, verse 15 reminds us.
And at the beginning of hispublic ministry he was led into
(03:56):
the wilderness to be tempted bythe devil.
The temptation of Jesus Christfollowed the exact same
threefold pattern as was used totempt Adam and Eve First,
appealing to the flesh, whenSatan challenged Jesus to
transform the stones into bread.
(04:18):
And then he appealed to theemotional desires when Satan
offered all the kingdoms of theworld to Jesus.
And then, thirdly, he appealedto spiritual pride by
challenging him to accept theprotection of the holy angels.
Jesus defended himself byquoting the Word of God.
(04:42):
Wherewithal shall a young mancleanse himself by taking heed
thereto?
According to thy word, jesusquoted the Word of God to defend
himself.
You and I should also be readyto quote Scripture when we are
tempted by the enemy of our soul.
(05:03):
Eve, however, questioned God'sWord, she doubted God's Word and
then she modified God's Wordand finally rejected God's Word
in favor of a temptationprovided by the enemy of her
soul.
She then enticed her husband tojoin in her rebellion against
(05:28):
God, probably perhaps parrotingthe same argument that Lucifer
had used against her.
Adam and Eve were not robots.
They were not automatons.
They were free moral agents.
They had the opportunity tolove and obey, or they could
(05:53):
reject God.
There was not the slightestreason why they should reject
God, but they could if they sodesired.
God made Adam perfect.
God placed him in a perfectenvironment, with every need met
(06:16):
.
Plus, adam didn't contend withan old sin nature like you and I
do, so he was fully capable ofresisting temptation.
Now let me ask you a questionhave you ever wondered how you
would have performed if you hadbeen in Adam's place, in a
(06:39):
perfect environment, with everyneed met and no sin nature?
Well, let me tell you ananecdote.
The story is told of a man namedMoses who worked on a great
plantation.
He had a plantation owner wholoved and cared for all of those
who worked for him, providedfor them very well.
(07:01):
And one day Moses was working,he was chopping weeds, it was
hot day and he was complainingoh, he was complaining bitterly
of having to chop weeds with ahoe.
In a hot sunny day, unbeknownstto him, the plantation owner
came up behind him on his horseand he heard Moses complaining
(07:24):
so bitterly of his plight.
And as he was complaining,moses said out loud Adam, if you
had not eaten of the forbiddenfruit then I would not have to
be chopping weeds here in thehot sun and sweating so
profusely.
(07:44):
Well, the plantation ownersuddenly spoke to Moses and said
Moses, I'm going to change yourjob description today.
Well, moses was caught off guardand he says to him I want you
to go up to the house, the bighouse.
I want you to shower, I wantyou to change clothes and from
(08:06):
now on you're going to be theguardian of the house and the
garden and your only job is topatrol the house and the garden.
And about once an hour I wantyou to walk through the house
and walk through the garden, andthe rest of the time you just
sit on the porch in the shade,get you a big straw hat and you
get lemonade from the kitchenwhenever you wish hat and you
(08:32):
get lemonade from the kitchenwhenever you wish.
And your only job is to patrol,about once an hour, through the
big house, through the garden,make sure everything is safe.
And Moses said are you for real?
And the plantation owner saidyes, I'm for real.
And so Moses laughed out loudand he took off running.
He went to the big house, hechanged his clothes, took a
shower, got a straw hat, he saton the big porch, he got some
(08:56):
lemonade and he just commencedto rocking.
Now, before he left, theplantation owner said there's
only one restriction.
There's a decorated box on thedining room table.
I don't want you to touch it, Idon't want you to look in it.
And Moses said well, that'sfine by me.
And so the next thing is Mosesfound himself in a rocking chair
(09:18):
on the front porch and aboutonce an hour he would walk
through the big house, he wouldwalk through the gardens, and
the rest of the time he wouldsit in the rocking chair and
drink lemonade.
And he was loving his newposition.
Well, about halfway through thefirst afternoon, as he was
patrolling, he walked throughthe dining room and, sure enough
(09:38):
, there was a little decoratedbox on the dining room table and
he looked at it, but he ignoredit and he walked on through.
Well, the second day, as he waspatrolling, he found himself
being a little bit bored and hewalked through the dining room
and he saw that box and hestopped and he looked at it,
looked to the right and the left, and he picked it up and he
(10:01):
shook it and recognized therewas a little something on the
inside.
And he turned it over andlooked at the bottom, looked at
the top, shook it a little bitand put it back down and
continued patrolling.
Well, later in the afternoon hecame through again and he saw
that box and he picked it up andhe turned it over and turned it
(10:21):
around and he looked to theright, took to the left and saw
there was nobody there and thecuriosity just got the better of
him and so he opened thatlittle box, looked inside and
there was a piece of paperfolded inside and he unfolded it
and he read it and it saidMoses, you're no better than
Adam.
(10:41):
Get back out in the field andgo back to work.
Well, that's a little humorousanecdote, but you see, moses was
really no better than Adam andhe was curious and he was
disobedient, just like Adam.
And I suppose that if you and Iwere in Adam's shoes, we would
(11:02):
have succumbed to temptation,probably just as quick, if not
quicker.
Probably just as quick, if notquicker than Adam.
Now let me ask you a questionwhat are the consequences of
Adam's sin?
Well, the Bible tells us in thebook of Romans, chapter 5 and
(11:22):
verse 12.
The book of Romans, chapter 5and verse 12.
Let me find that verse for usquickly.
Romans, chapter 5 and verse 12.
Let me find that verse for usquickly.
Romans, chapter 5 and verse 12says therefore just as though
one, through one man's sin, sinentered into the world and death
through sin, and so deathspread to all men because all
(11:48):
sinned.
Let Let me read that again.
Therefore, just as through oneman, sin entered into the world
and death through sin, and sodeath spread to all men because
all sinned.
You see, both sin and deathentered into the world because
of Adam's sin.
(12:09):
And not only did sin enter intothe world, but death entered
into the world.
Now in 1 Corinthians, chapter15.
The Bible tells us morespecifically, 1 Corinthians 15
and verse 22 tells us For inAdam all die, so also in Christ
(12:33):
all will be made alive.
So you see, because of Adam'ssin, all of us experience death,
both spiritual death andphysical death, experience death
, both spiritual death andphysical death.
But in our Lord, jesus Christ,we have the opportunity to be
made spiritually alive.
We are all born spirituallydead.
(12:54):
In the book of Ephesians,chapter 2 and verse 1, the Bible
says that we all experience.
We're all born spiritually dead.
Let me read that verse to you.
In Ephesians, chapter 2, theBible tells us Ephesians 2, 1,
and you were dead in yourtrespasses and sins.
(13:14):
You see, we were bornspiritually dead, dead in our
trespasses and sin.
But we're also born spirituallyblind.
Ephesians, chapter 4 tells usthis that we are darkened in our
understanding, excluded fromthe life of God, because of the
ignorance that is in us, becauseof the hardness of our hearts.
(13:37):
You see, we are bornspiritually dead, we're born
spiritually blind, but more thanthat, we're born in spiritual
bondage.
Jesus says that we're slaves ofthe one whom we obey, and
before we're born again in thekingdom of God, unfortunately we
obey the enemy of our soul.
Now let me ask you a questionwhat's the penalty for sin?
(13:59):
Well, you know it.
The Bible tells us that thepenalty for sin is death, sin.
Well, you know it.
The Bible tells us that thepenalty for sin is death,
spiritual death.
And what can you do to erase asingle sin?
Well, unfortunately, there'snothing you and I can do to undo
a single sin or erase a singlesin?
Now I ask my third graders inmy Sunday school class every
(14:22):
week what can wash away my sin?
Well, they've learned theanswer by now Nothing but the
blood of Jesus.
What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Now understand clearly that weall inherit from Adam the
(14:46):
tendency to death and thetendency to sin.
As soon born chooses to sin, nomatter how beautiful or how
(15:11):
precious that child may be, theywill all eventually bow up and
rebel against their parents,parents saying no.
He or she becomes a deliberatesinner, a sinner by choice,
because he or she has aninherited sin nature which they
(15:34):
inherited from their parents andtheir parents inherited from
their parents, which theyinherited from Adam, which leads
them to sin in practice.
The hymn writer says prone towander, how I know it, prone to
leave the God I love.
(15:55):
How do we undo the damage?
How do we undo the damagecaused by our inherited sin
nature?
Well, jesus told Nicodemus youmust be born again.
Only Jesus can give usspiritual life when there is
(16:15):
spiritual death passed down tous for generations, us, for
generations.
Jesus the second Adam can impartto us new life, spiritual life.
And you may ask how?
How can he do that?
Well, the answer is number one.
You and I must recognize oursin.
(16:38):
We can't hide it, we have toconfess it.
Now, listen, listen to thepsalmist in Psalms 32, verses 1
and 2.
He said how blessed is he whosetransgression is forgiven, how
blessed is the whose sin iscovered, how blessed is the man
(16:58):
in whom the Lord does not imputeiniquity and in whose spirit
there is no deceit.
There's no point in you and Itrying to cover up our sin,
trying to hide our sin.
We can't hide from God.
We can't hide our sin from God.
Happy is the man whosetransgression is forgiven.
(17:20):
Happy is the man whose sin iscovered.
How blessed is the man to whomthe Lord does not impute
iniquity and in whose spiritthere is no deceit.
So we have to confess our sinand then we repent of sin.
In Acts, the Bible tells us thatwe must turn again.
We must repent of our sins, andwhen we do, there comes times
(17:45):
of refreshing from the hand ofthe Lord.
And then we must receive theLord, jesus Christ, as our only
Savior and the true King of ourlife.
In John, chapter 1 and verse 12, the Bible tells us that as
many as receive Him, to them theLord gives the right to become
(18:05):
the children of God.
And then go back to the book ofRomans, where we started out a
moment ago.
In the book of Romans, back inchapter 5, romans, chapter 5,
the Bible tells us in verses 18and 19, romans 5, 18 and 19.
Now, talking again about Jesusas the second Adam, romans,
(18:28):
chapter 5, verse 18 and 19.
So then, as through onetransgression talking about the
sin of Adam, as through onetransgression there resulted
condemnation to all men, even so, through one act of
righteousness, there resultedjustification of life to all men
.
Even so, through one act ofrighteousness, there resulted
justification of life to all men.
For, as through the one man'sdisobedience, the many were made
(18:52):
sinners, even so, through theobedience of the one talking
about Jesus, through theobedience of one, the many will
be made righteous.
The challenge is for you and meto put our trust in Jesus
Christ, who is the second Adam.
The first Adam chosedisobedience, he chose to reject
(19:19):
God and the promises of God.
But you and I must choose toput our trust and confidence in
Jesus, the second Adam, throughwhose obedience the many will be
made righteous.
What a blessed promise.
What a blessed, blessed promise.
(19:42):
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Speaker 1 (20:01):
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Welcome to More Than Medicine, where Jesus is more
than enough for the ills thatplague our culture and our
country.
Hosted by author and physician,Dr Robert Jackson.
Dr Robert Jackson (00:16):
Papa, can you tell me a story?
Do you really want me to tellyou a story?
Well, you go, get your brotherand your sisters and I will tell
you a story.
Well, you go, get your brotherand your sisters and I will tell
you a story.
Welcome to Devotions with DrPapa.
Gather around and grab yourBibles and let us look into the
(00:36):
written Word, which reveals tous the living Word which is our
Lord Jesus Christ.
Well, today we're at Genesis,chapter 3 and verse 6.
Let me read to you thescripture for today.
When the woman saw that the treewas good for food and that it
was a delight to the eyes andthat the tree was desirable to
(01:00):
make one wise, she took from itsfruit and ate, and she gave
also to her husband with her andhe ate.
Now read the progression here.
She saw that it was good forfood, that it was a delight to
the eyes and that it wasdesirable to make one wise.
(01:22):
First of all, good for food,you see, it was appealing to the
bodily appetite, and then itwas a delight to the eyes, which
was appealing to the emotions,and then, desirable to make one
wise, it was appealing to themind and the spirit.
(01:43):
Now, does that remind you ofany particular scripture verse?
Well, just think about 1 John,2, verse 16, all the way over.
In the New Testament there's ascripture verse that goes like
this For all that is in theworld, the lust of the flesh and
(02:05):
the lust of the eyes and theboastful pride of life, is not
from the Father, but is from theworld.
You see, it exactly parallelsthat verse of scripture all that
is in the world.
Read it to me.
Let me read it to you again.
The lust of the flesh.
There it is.
It appeals to the bodilyappetite, the lust of the eyes.
(02:27):
It appeals to the emotions andthe boastful pride of life.
It's desirable to make one wise.
It appeals to the mind and thespirit, all three of those.
It parallels that scriptureverse exactly.
Now, what is the world?
If you've been listening to myteaching very long, you will
(02:50):
remember the definition.
The world is that orderedsystem headed by Satan that
intentionally leaves God out.
The world system was alreadyarrayed against mankind, against
Adam and Eve.
Satan was against them.
(03:10):
The world system was againstthem.
Temptation may be directedagainst the body, the soul or
the spirit, or all three at onetime, as happened with Eve and
her husband Adam in thescripture verse.
(03:33):
Now I want to remind you ofsomething.
You'll recall that when Jesuscame into the world as the
second Adam, he was tempted inall respects, even as we are, as
Hebrews 4, verse 15 reminds us.
And at the beginning of hispublic ministry he was led into
(03:56):
the wilderness to be tempted bythe devil.
The temptation of Jesus Christfollowed the exact same
threefold pattern as was used totempt Adam and Eve First,
appealing to the flesh, whenSatan challenged Jesus to
transform the stones into bread.
(04:18):
And then he appealed to theemotional desires when Satan
offered all the kingdoms of theworld to Jesus.
And then, thirdly, he appealedto spiritual pride by
challenging him to accept theprotection of the holy angels.
Jesus defended himself byquoting the Word of God.
(04:42):
Wherewithal shall a young mancleanse himself by taking heed
thereto?
According to thy word, jesusquoted the Word of God to defend
himself.
You and I should also be readyto quote Scripture when we are
tempted by the enemy of our soul.
(05:03):
Eve, however, questioned God'sWord, she doubted God's Word and
then she modified God's Wordand finally rejected God's Word
in favor of a temptationprovided by the enemy of her
soul.
She then enticed her husband tojoin in her rebellion against
(05:28):
God, probably perhaps parrotingthe same argument that Lucifer
had used against her.
Adam and Eve were not robots.
They were not automatons.
They were free moral agents.
They had the opportunity tolove and obey, or they could
(05:53):
reject God.
There was not the slightestreason why they should reject
God, but they could if they sodesired.
God made Adam perfect.
God placed him in a perfectenvironment, with every need met
(06:16):
.
Plus, adam didn't contend withan old sin nature like you and I
do, so he was fully capable ofresisting temptation.
Now let me ask you a questionhave you ever wondered how you
would have performed if you hadbeen in Adam's place, in a
(06:39):
perfect environment, with everyneed met and no sin nature?
Well, let me tell you ananecdote.
The story is told of a man namedMoses who worked on a great
plantation.
He had a plantation owner wholoved and cared for all of those
who worked for him, providedfor them very well.
(07:01):
And one day Moses was working,he was chopping weeds, it was
hot day and he was complainingoh, he was complaining bitterly
of having to chop weeds with ahoe.
In a hot sunny day, unbeknownstto him, the plantation owner
came up behind him on his horseand he heard Moses complaining
(07:24):
so bitterly of his plight.
And as he was complaining,moses said out loud Adam, if you
had not eaten of the forbiddenfruit then I would not have to
be chopping weeds here in thehot sun and sweating so
profusely.
(07:44):
Well, the plantation ownersuddenly spoke to Moses and said
Moses, I'm going to change yourjob description today.
Well, moses was caught off guardand he says to him I want you
to go up to the house, the bighouse.
I want you to shower, I wantyou to change clothes and from
(08:06):
now on you're going to be theguardian of the house and the
garden and your only job is topatrol the house and the garden.
And about once an hour I wantyou to walk through the house
and walk through the garden, andthe rest of the time you just
sit on the porch in the shade,get you a big straw hat and you
get lemonade from the kitchenwhenever you wish hat and you
(08:32):
get lemonade from the kitchenwhenever you wish.
And your only job is to patrol,about once an hour, through the
big house, through the garden,make sure everything is safe.
And Moses said are you for real?
And the plantation owner saidyes, I'm for real.
And so Moses laughed out loudand he took off running.
He went to the big house, hechanged his clothes, took a
shower, got a straw hat, he saton the big porch, he got some
(08:56):
lemonade and he just commencedto rocking.
Now, before he left, theplantation owner said there's
only one restriction.
There's a decorated box on thedining room table.
I don't want you to touch it, Idon't want you to look in it.
And Moses said well, that'sfine by me.
And so the next thing is Mosesfound himself in a rocking chair
(09:18):
on the front porch and aboutonce an hour he would walk
through the big house, he wouldwalk through the gardens, and
the rest of the time he wouldsit in the rocking chair and
drink lemonade.
And he was loving his newposition.
Well, about halfway through thefirst afternoon, as he was
patrolling, he walked throughthe dining room and, sure enough
(09:38):
, there was a little decoratedbox on the dining room table and
he looked at it, but he ignoredit and he walked on through.
Well, the second day, as he waspatrolling, he found himself
being a little bit bored and hewalked through the dining room
and he saw that box and hestopped and he looked at it,
looked to the right and the left, and he picked it up and he
(10:01):
shook it and recognized therewas a little something on the
inside.
And he turned it over andlooked at the bottom, looked at
the top, shook it a little bitand put it back down and
continued patrolling.
Well, later in the afternoon hecame through again and he saw
that box and he picked it up andhe turned it over and turned it
(10:21):
around and he looked to theright, took to the left and saw
there was nobody there and thecuriosity just got the better of
him and so he opened thatlittle box, looked inside and
there was a piece of paperfolded inside and he unfolded it
and he read it and it saidMoses, you're no better than
Adam.
(10:41):
Get back out in the field andgo back to work.
Well, that's a little humorousanecdote, but you see, moses was
really no better than Adam andhe was curious and he was
disobedient, just like Adam.
And I suppose that if you and Iwere in Adam's shoes, we would
(11:02):
have succumbed to temptation,probably just as quick, if not
quicker.
Probably just as quick, if notquicker than Adam.
Now let me ask you a questionwhat are the consequences of
Adam's sin?
Well, the Bible tells us in thebook of Romans, chapter 5 and
(11:22):
verse 12.
The book of Romans, chapter 5and verse 12.
Let me find that verse for usquickly.
Romans, chapter 5 and verse 12.
Let me find that verse for usquickly.
Romans, chapter 5 and verse 12says therefore just as though
one, through one man's sin, sinentered into the world and death
through sin, and so deathspread to all men because all
(11:48):
sinned.
Let Let me read that again.
Therefore, just as through oneman, sin entered into the world
and death through sin, and sodeath spread to all men because
all sinned.
You see, both sin and deathentered into the world because
of Adam's sin.
(12:09):
And not only did sin enter intothe world, but death entered
into the world.
Now in 1 Corinthians, chapter15.
The Bible tells us morespecifically, 1 Corinthians 15
and verse 22 tells us For inAdam all die, so also in Christ
(12:33):
all will be made alive.
So you see, because of Adam'ssin, all of us experience death,
both spiritual death andphysical death, experience death
, both spiritual death andphysical death.
But in our Lord, jesus Christ,we have the opportunity to be
made spiritually alive.
We are all born spirituallydead.
(12:54):
In the book of Ephesians,chapter 2 and verse 1, the Bible
says that we all experience.
We're all born spiritually dead.
Let me read that verse to you.
In Ephesians, chapter 2, theBible tells us Ephesians 2, 1,
and you were dead in yourtrespasses and sins.
(13:14):
You see, we were bornspiritually dead, dead in our
trespasses and sin.
But we're also born spirituallyblind.
Ephesians, chapter 4 tells usthis that we are darkened in our
understanding, excluded fromthe life of God, because of the
ignorance that is in us, becauseof the hardness of our hearts.
(13:37):
You see, we are bornspiritually dead, we're born
spiritually blind, but more thanthat, we're born in spiritual
bondage.
Jesus says that we're slaves ofthe one whom we obey, and
before we're born again in thekingdom of God, unfortunately we
obey the enemy of our soul.
Now let me ask you a questionwhat's the penalty for sin?
(13:59):
Well, you know it.
The Bible tells us that thepenalty for sin is death, sin.
Well, you know it.
The Bible tells us that thepenalty for sin is death,
spiritual death.
And what can you do to erase asingle sin?
Well, unfortunately, there'snothing you and I can do to undo
a single sin or erase a singlesin?
Now I ask my third graders inmy Sunday school class every
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week what can wash away my sin?
Well, they've learned theanswer by now Nothing but the
blood of Jesus.
What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
What can make me whole again?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
Now understand clearly that weall inherit from Adam the
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tendency to death and thetendency to sin.
As soon born chooses to sin, nomatter how beautiful or how
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precious that child may be, theywill all eventually bow up and
rebel against their parents,parents saying no.
He or she becomes a deliberatesinner, a sinner by choice,
because he or she has aninherited sin nature which they
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inherited from their parents andtheir parents inherited from
their parents, which theyinherited from Adam, which leads
them to sin in practice.
The hymn writer says prone towander, how I know it, prone to
leave the God I love.
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How do we undo the damage?
How do we undo the damagecaused by our inherited sin
nature?
Well, jesus told Nicodemus youmust be born again.
Only Jesus can give usspiritual life when there is
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spiritual death passed down tous for generations, us, for
generations.
Jesus the second Adam can impartto us new life, spiritual life.
And you may ask how?
How can he do that?
Well, the answer is number one.
You and I must recognize oursin.
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We can't hide it, we have toconfess it.
Now, listen, listen to thepsalmist in Psalms 32, verses 1
and 2.
He said how blessed is he whosetransgression is forgiven, how
blessed is the whose sin iscovered, how blessed is the man
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in whom the Lord does not imputeiniquity and in whose spirit
there is no deceit.
There's no point in you and Itrying to cover up our sin,
trying to hide our sin.
We can't hide from God.
We can't hide our sin from God.
Happy is the man whosetransgression is forgiven.
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Happy is the man whose sin iscovered.
How blessed is the man to whomthe Lord does not impute
iniquity and in whose spiritthere is no deceit.
So we have to confess our sinand then we repent of sin.
In Acts, the Bible tells us thatwe must turn again.
We must repent of our sins, andwhen we do, there comes times
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of refreshing from the hand ofthe Lord.
And then we must receive theLord, jesus Christ, as our only
Savior and the true King of ourlife.
In John, chapter 1 and verse 12, the Bible tells us that as
many as receive Him, to them theLord gives the right to become
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the children of God.
And then go back to the book ofRomans, where we started out a
moment ago.
In the book of Romans, back inchapter 5, romans, chapter 5,
the Bible tells us in verses 18and 19, romans 5, 18 and 19.
Now, talking again about Jesusas the second Adam, romans,
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chapter 5, verse 18 and 19.
So then, as through onetransgression talking about the
sin of Adam, as through onetransgression there resulted
condemnation to all men, even so, through one act of
righteousness, there resultedjustification of life to all men
.
Even so, through one act ofrighteousness, there resulted
justification of life to all men.
For, as through the one man'sdisobedience, the many were made
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sinners, even so, through theobedience of the one talking
about Jesus, through theobedience of one, the many will
be made righteous.
The challenge is for you and meto put our trust in Jesus
Christ, who is the second Adam.
The first Adam chosedisobedience, he chose to reject
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God and the promises of God.
But you and I must choose toput our trust and confidence in
Jesus, the second Adam, throughwhose obedience the many will be
made righteous.
What a blessed promise.
What a blessed, blessed promise.
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