Dispensationalism II - Lesson 2
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- THE DISPENSATION OF INNOCENCE (Genesis 2:4-9) (Continued)
- Commission (Genesis 1:28)
- Be fruitful
- Multiply
- Replenish the earth
- Subdue the earth
- Have dominion over the animals
- Covenant (Genesis 2:16-17)
- Liberty: Eat freely of the trees of the garden
- Restriction: Do not eat the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
- Judgment: In the day you eat thereof you die
- Crisis (Genesis 3:1-8)
- The Test: God allows the serpent (Satan) to tempt Eve concerning the tree (verse 1)
- The Plan
- The serpent questions God’s word (verse 1)
- The serpent contradicts God’s word (verse 4)
- The serpent changes God’s word (verse 5)
- NOTE: Compare the three attacks made on the word by the Pharisees (Matthew 15:3, 6, 9)
- The Fall
- Eve adds to the word (verse 3)
- Eve takes of the forbidden fruit (verse 6)
- Good for food
- Pleasant to the eyes
- Desired to make one wise
- NOTE: Compare to the three kinds of lust in the world (1 John 2:16)
- Eve gave of the fruit to Adam (verse 6)
- The Consequences
- They lost their innocence (verse 7)
- They lost their fellowship (verse 8)
- Their spirit died at that moment (see Romans 7:9)
- Condemnation (Genesis 3:14-24)
- The serpent is cursed (verses 14-15)
- The woman is judged (verse 16)
- The ground is cursed (verses 17-18)
- The man is judged (verses 19-24)
- Compassion
- God covers man with coats of skins (Genesis 3:21)
- God promises a future Redeemer (Genesis 3:15)
- Change
- Man now has a fallen, sinful nature
- Man now lives in a sin-cursed world
- Man is cast out of the Garden of Eden
- Man now will die and return to dust
- THE DISPENSATION OF CONSCIENCE (Romans 2:12-15)
- Notes on the Conscience
- The purpose of the conscience – an inner source of knowledge
- Knowledge of the existence of God (Romans 1:19)
- Knowledge of evil actions – conviction (John 8:9; Romans 2:15)
- Knowledge of right actions (Romans 9:1)
- The need for a redeemed conscience (Hebrews 9:8-9, 14; Hebrews 10:1-3, 22)
- The operation of a good conscience (Acts 23:1; Acts 24:16; 1 Timothy 1:5, 19; 1 Peter 2:19; 1 Peter 3:16, 21; cp. Hebrews 5:14)
- The failure of the human conscience
- A weak conscience (1 Corinthians 8:7, 12)
- A defiled conscience (Titus 1:15)
- A seared conscience (1 Timothy 4:2)
- Content
- From the fall of man to the flood
- Genesis 4-8
- 1,656 years (Genesis 5)
- Conditions
- A fallen world (Genesis 3:17)
- The loss of innocence (Genesis 3:22)
- Sinful nature (Genesis 4:1-10; John 6:63; Romans 7:18; Galatians 5:17)
- Loss of God’s presence – beginning of prayer (Genesis 3:24; Genesis 4:16, 26)
- Death (Genesis 4:8; Genesis 5:5)
Reagan, David