What's Next? - Part 2 - The Two Trees

What’s Next?     Part 2        Justin Brock

(Genesis 2:8-9 NLT) “Then the Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had made. The Lord God made all sorts of trees grow up from the ground—trees that were beautiful and that produced delicious fruit. In the middle of the garden he placed the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.”

(Genesis 2:16-17 NLT) “You may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden— except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, you are sure to die.”

(Genesis 3:1-7 NLT) “The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day he asked the woman, “Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?” 

“Of course we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,” the woman replied. “It’s only the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God said, ‘You must not eat it or even touch it; if you do, you will die.’”

 “You won’t die!” the serpent replied to the woman. “God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil.” 

The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful, and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too. 

At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves.”

1. Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil-_______________ to get to God.

Tree of Life- Receive what ___________________.

(John 5:39-40 NIV) “You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.”

2.              Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil-Try to get ___________________.

Tree of life- Receive God’s ________________.

(Romans 5:8 NLT) “But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.”

3.              Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil- Focuses on the ______________.

Tree of Life- Focuses on the ___________.

(1 Samuel 16:7 NLT) “The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

4.              Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil- Obey out of _______.

Tree of Life- Obey out of __________.

(1 John 5:3 NIV) “In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome,”

1. ________________________ with Jesus.

(John 14:15 ESV) “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”

(2 Corinthians 5:14 NIV) “For Christ’s love compels us…”

2.              Respond to sin ____________________.

(John 3:17 NIV) “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”

3.              _____________________ from going back.

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