#168 LTLT S5 EP 42: Genesis 3:7-19 The Fall of Humanity and the Call for Accountability

My name is Catherine , amen , I am pastor and a whole lot of other things . Amen , exposed Life Change Ministries right in the heart of Madison Heights . Amen , and we are always excited and always elated that you would stop and listen to what God is giving me to be able to be a blessing to your spirit . Amen .

So , without further ado , we're going to go ahead and get into it . So let's go ahead and pray first . Amen . We thank you so much for your grace and your mercy . Thank you , god , for allowing us to stay in this time to be able to get into your word . I pray , father , that you would use me to your glory .

I pray that all that is said and done will be pleasing in your sight , father . I pray for every diamond here , every heart , god , that they will be resting in you , settling ready to get what you want to get . Lord , we love you so very much . We also pray for the ones that say pray for me , touch in such a way that they even know that it is you .

We pray for your supernatural miracle working power Be activated and working in our life as we cancel the assignment of the enemy . Anything that the enemy has set up trying to make us fall , trying to kill , steal , destroy . We cancel it now , in your , in the name of jesus , I pray , god , that you will continue to make us ahead and not the tail .

I pray for my brothers and my sisters in christ all around the world and we bless your name as we bless your people . In jesus christ's name , I do pray . Amen , amen , all right , y'all . Um , if you did not listen to yesterday's episode , amen , where we started um Genesis three , I want to ask you to stop .

Go ahead and listen to that one , and then you come back to this . Amen . Uh , you want to get the fullness ? Amen , I'm a I , I myself , I want the fullness . You know you can tell me to go to one verse in the bible , amen , but I'm gonna look at , I'm gonna read the whole chapter . Amen , because I want the fullness .

Yeah , come on , somebody get the fullness of what god had to give to you . Hallelujah , amen . And the word is packed , packed , packed with so much truth , so much virtue , so much . I mean because it is the truth . Hallelujah , amen , it will fill your soul , hallelujah . Okay , y'all , three minutes in . I hope y'all are ready . I am ready .

We picking up at the seventh verse Amen . And we have been talking , or we started yesterday talking , about how man failed Amen , how the serpent played on the weakness of the woman , amen . So verse 7, . He says , and the eyes of them both were open , boom .

He says they knew that they were naked and they saw that they were naked and they saw those big leaves together and made themselves papers . So the eyes are open and now they're naked . They see that they're naked and they are ashamed of what they are seeing . Like , oh my gosh , he's naked . Oh my gosh , he got this and he got that .

Like , whoa , what in the world you should have on clothes ? You heard me , come on somebody . So this is where they are mentally like , wow , this is the same reaction that we have when we see somebody naked . Amen , even though the difference between Adam and Eve and us and other folks , we don't know them .

They , they knew each other and they still was ashamed . Come on , somebody , jesus , look , he says , and heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden , the voice of God walking in the garden in the cool of the day , and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden .

So they hid themselves from God , god Almighty , who's everywhere . At the same time , they tried to hide from Him . Isn't it amazing how we try to hide from God in plain sight , we try to hide what we do from him , when he's everywhere . At the same time , he already knows what we done , did Hallelujah .

He , in a sense , wants us to own what we've done , for us to be accountable . Look at it , look , verse 9 9 . He said and the lord god called unto adam and said unto him where art thou ? He already knew where he was . Come on , he said . And he said uh , he said I heard thy voice in the garden and I was afraid .

All of a sudden they are afraid of the one that they've been so open with and in love with . Now they are afraid , fearfully afraid , said because I was naked and I hid myself , he said . He said who told thee that thou was naked . Who told you that ? Come on , who told you that ? Like , oh no , amen , they are now . He already know what they did .

He's holding them accountable , like what you do and how you know you was naked . He says hast thou eaten of the tree thereof ? I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat . He said again accountability . Did you eat off the tree ? Don't we ask our kids that , did you do this ? Did you do that ? We already know that they did .

But we ask them anyhow For accountability so they are aware they can acknowledge I have done something wrong . I've done something that you told me not to do . He says verse 12 , and the man said the woman thou gavest to be with me . He said she gave me of the tree and I did eat . So he already knew better .

But then he decides I'm going to point the finger at her , it's her fault , it ain't my fault . Don't we do that in our society ? I did it , but it's not my fault . They did it , they made me do it . This , this , that and the other happened . Well , adam decides well , I'm going to blame you , god , I'm going to blame you , dad .

You're the one who gave her to me . She gave it to me and I hate it . Well , it ain't my fault . And the Lord God said , verse 13 , unto the woman what is this that thou hast done ? And the woman said serpent beguiled me , and I did eat . Now , they don't have no excuse , they just like well , he like well , how did you do this ?

Why did you do this ? Come on , man , I told you not to do this . He said well , he tricked me , he , he , he , he messed with my head , he , he put it right in front of me and I , I couldn't , I couldn't get away , couldn't get away from me . I just wanted it and I hate it . Hallelujah , amen .

I didn't know I could do theatrics y'all , but hey , come on somebody . Hallelujah , he like , she , like . That way , he tricked me , I , I don't got no excuse , I hate it . Yeah , sometimes we get to that point , most times we get there . But well , I , I really don't special kids .

Well , I , I don't know , I hate it , I took it , I did this , I did that , you know , because I'm caught red-handed . Ain't nothing I can do to excuse what I did . But Adam , adam just said well , you gave it to me , she did it , she told me to eat it and I ate it . And what does Eve do ? She blames somebody too . She blames the serpent .

Well , he tricked me , so I ate it , even though he already told him not eat it . He already told him in the beginning do not eat of this tree . Do not eat of this tree . If you eat it you're gonna die . He wasn't specific in regard to like a spiritual death and a carnal death . He wasn't specific .

But with the type of relationship that they had , they should have understood the dynamics of what the Lord had told them when he created them . You heard me , hallelujah , let's go a little further . Look at 14 .

And the Lord said or and the Lord God said unto the serpent Because thou hast done this , thou art cursed above all cattle and above every beast of the field . Upon thy belly shalt thou go . Thus shalt thou eat all the days of my , all the days of thy life , amen . So he says to the serpent oh , buddy , you done messed up . Now You're cursed .

Hey , you're the worst , you're the curse out of everything and anything that I have created . You are not really a curse for the animals so much , or anything else that he created , but the animals are alive and they're moving and creeping and doing this , that and the other , but they can't .

They don't have a personal relationship with god , they can't talk to god . Okay , um , this I'm trying to trying to . I'm seeing it in my mind , waiting on the spirit . Uh , it lets us

know . He said upon thy belly thou shalt go . He says so that lets us know that he's a snake in the grass , slick , crafty , he sits back , waits for the perfect time to attack . He literally gave him , he cursed his nature . Do you understand what I'm saying , jesus ? That was a word right . He cursed his nature . Amen .

The curse fell upon all that he does and all that he says and the reality that this curse , the way that he describes it in verse 14 , the out of a snake , this curse , the way that he describes it in verse 14 , the animal snake .

I believe that this is why he says you're cursed above all of the other animals , because true enough , this description of what he's saying about the curse to this animal , it is the nature of Satan . What you got to understand is that the serpent or the snake don't always come in that form .

The serpent , the snake , this is about his character and his nature . You got to be able to recognize the serpent when he creeps in your house . In his nature you got to be able to recognize the serpent when he creeps In your house . Hallelujah , come on , take a minute , Amen .

When he creeps in your house Now , I don't necessarily mean your house literally , but this is a figuratively , a figurative thing Hallelujah , he will creep on you . You can represent your house , you , you can represent your house . Your house can represent your house . Your people that are connected to you can represent your house .

Come on somebody , your money can represent your house . Satan will come and try to keep creeping in and take your house down . You heard me . He comes to what steal , kill and destroy . Hallelujah . He said , verse 15 I will enmity between thee and the one . Now he's talking to adam .

He said between thy seed and her seed , it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel . He's talking about their children , amen . And I'm talking about Adam and Eve . He says to them he says I'm going to put a divide . You see , at one time and one before they fell , they was in unison . I mean , it was whatever adam said .

I'm sure it was like done whatever they wanted , it was done . There was no issue , there was no problems . He said you know the seed , what you produce , will not work together , but push against each other . One will try to be above the other . This is why I say he said it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel .

It's like it's constantly going to be a war fight within your house . That is not good . You don't want to be fighting in your house , hallelujah . You want to keep your peace . You heard me , hallelujah . Look at 16 , he said , and unto the , he said . So he's talking to both of them . And then he turns directly to the woman .

He says I will greatly multiply thy sorrow , he said , and thy conception ? Okay , so because the woman was the leader of the fall , he says you know that sensitivity that we as women have , he said that thing is going to be lifted up a lot higher . So a lot of sensitivity that we have , we don't necessarily in the beginning it wasn't so . Do you hear me ?

We have a call and a heart to nurture , but it's hard when folk don't want to be nurtured , hallelujah , amen . When you have a desire to nurture , it ain hard when folk don't want to be nurtured , hallelujah , amen . When you own , when you have a desire to nurture and ain't nobody to nurture , hallelujah .

You wind up with a broken heart and you wind up with things feeling some type of way . This is the root of why you got that fruit , why we all have that fruit . Look , it's women , he says . And thy conception ? He says , in sorrow , thou shalt bring forth children . And he said and thy desire shall be to thy husband and he shall rule over you .

So when we look at this , he says I will greatly multiply the sorrow , explain that . And thy conception . So you look , having children won't be as easy as it was . Okay , he says , and in sorrow , thou shalt bring forth children , you'll have children , but the children won't be .

The having of children won't be what he desired it to be , because there is a separation . Oh my gosh . I mean , when you look at how God has , how he knit that relationship together in the beginning of Adam and Eve , and the fact they decided to separate from him because of disobedience , I mean that was a heavy price to pay .

When you really , uh , dig into this thing , he says that that desire shall be to that husband and he shall rule over over these . So that lets us know that they were equal at one time . But now , um , her stature , or her , her , um , I would I don't want to say her voice is the my is is limited , but now adam has total responsibility over her .

I mean , at the end of the day , this weight is heavy , but it's even heavier for Adam because he has to bear now the responsibility of the actions of his wife , he said . And unto Adam he said verse 17 , y'all is because hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife . You listen to her before you listen to me .

He said and has eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee say thou shalt not eat of it . Cursed is the ground for thy sake , in sorrow Shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life . Thorns also , and thistles shall it bring forth to thee . And thou shalt eat the herb of the field in the sweat of thy face .

Thou shalt shalt thou eat bread till thou return unto the ground . And he says For out of it Was thou taken For dust thou art , and unto dust shalt thou return . That lets us know those three verses . Let us know how precious the relationship Was to God . There was nothing that Adam or Eve could not do or have . Everything was theirs .

And now , instead of that word being . You know , oh , today I want a bologna sandwich . Today I want a piece of steak . Today I want a steak and baked potato . Today I want some chicken wings . Today I want this , and today I want a piece of steak . Today I want steak and baked potato . Today I want some chicken wings .

Today I want this , and today I want that , and just sit around and just wait for it to come and I don't have to do a whole lot of work , just make sure things are in order . Now you got to work for that thing . Now you got a whole bunch of trouble that's going to come your way now . You got to dig for truth .

Now you got to move stuff out of your way . Now things won't be like a magnet to you , but you're going to have to go and get that thing . This is the level of I would say this is the level of I want to say almost . It kind of hurt his feelings , hurt God's feelings , that they were disobedient .

And it's like the same as a parent , when a child is disobedient to their parent because I have children that hurts , yeah , especially when we've given them something that is precious to us . You know , kind of like a parent who leaves their child everything after they pass away , and then they just squander it . They just waste it . They had no care for it .

They just threw it away , just threw it in the garbage , garbage or whatever have you . They had no care for it . You know , that's what that feeling is like , and this is the feeling that seems to be that the Lord has in regard to Adam and Eve Amen . So I think I'm going to stop right there . I'm looking at the time .

I don't want way over where I used to go . I'm going to stop right there . Yeah , and we're going to pick up on next week with verse 20 . So you make sure you mark your Bible , or make sure that you come back and listen as you're riding along for work or getting off from work or whenever you're listening to it .

We're going to stop right there , put a marker at verse 20 . And so let's go ahead . Let's go ahead and pray , father , we thank you so much again for this day and thank you so much for this word on tonight afternoon , for whenever they're listening to it . Thank you , god , um . We pray that you'll continue to have your way in and through us .

I pray that we would would be mindful and be sober and vigilant , as you teach us in your word , that the serpent comes forth . He comes to steal , kill and destroy , that he's like a roaring lion seeking whom he can devour . He is on alert . But again , as we did in the beginning of our prayer , we counsel the assignment of the enemy .

The blood of Jesus will continue to reign over us all each and every day . Father , we are so very grateful and thankful for life in itself . We just bless your name as we bless your people . We pray this prayer . We ask it all In the precious name of Jesus Christ . We do pray Amen , amen and amen , hallelujah , all right , y'all .

This is the end of the week for me in regard to learning to live in truth . Hope you'll come on back tomorrow and Friday and Saturday and hear two episodes of God's Diamonds in the Rough . Amen , amen . Well , we have interviewed some folks . Amen .

I don't know exactly who , exactly who's going to be showing up this week , but it will be there for you to listen to and I hope that you will glean from it . I hope that you will have gotten some good stuff this week .

Amen , and again , I thank you so much for dwelling with me for a little while and it's great to tell somebody else about what you're listening to . I told you in the last couple all week long .

Have any questions , any thoughts ? Anything you have to let me want to say please don't hesitate to leave me a message . I will definitely get back to you . I would love to . I want this community to grow and , because you can even talk to each other , amen . Talk to folks about learning to live in truth . Talk to people about God's diamond network .

Amen , what it means to you . Hallelujah . So y'all have a great day , a great weekend . I'll be back on Monday with learning to live in truth and blessings and so much love from me to you . Y'all have a great day and a blessed night and a great weekend . We'll see you next time , amen , amen .