Sin

(#994, Imperial, 1963)

Read Genesis 3:1-13.

Sin is no respector of persons (v1).

Sin came right into the Paradise of God.  Some people may get the idea that they are a special sort of people, that sin cannot hurt them.  If any should have been free from the danger of sin it should have been Adam:
w    the first from the hand of God;
w    he walked with God;
w    he lived in a most beautiful environment.
But sin is no respector of persons.

Sin always appears beautiful (v6).

If you believed all liquor adds you would think it would produce lives of happiness and character.  But look at the taverns, the jails, the hospitals.  Read the newspapers.  The billboards don't tell us the full story.  Satan appears as an angel of light.

Sin seems to be the logical and wise thing to do (v6).

The tree was to be desired.  But one is never justified in doing wrong.

Sin dulls the sense of responsibility (2:16-17).

God had warned of death.  But that warning seemed vague compared with the thrill anticipated through sin.  The fear of God's warning was lost.

Sin cannot be covered up (v7-13).

Remember Cain, David, Achan, King Saul.

Be sure your sin will find you out.

He that covereth his sin shall not prosper. Prov 28:13.

Sin's harvest is never reaped alone (6:6).

Sin always leads to judgment (v17-19).

They were put out of the Garden.  Existence now came by labor and sorrow.  And there was death, separation from God (Rom. 6:23).

Good news - Christ died for our sins.