It was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made.
He said to the woman,
Did God really say,
You must not eat from any tree in the garden?
The woman said to the serpent,
We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,
but God did say,
You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden,
and you must not touch it, or you will die.
You will not certainly die, the serpent said to the woman.
For God knows that when you eat of it,
your eyes will be opened,
and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye,
and also desirable for gaining wisdom,
she took and she ate.
She also gave some to her husband who was with her,
and he ate.
Then the eyes of both of them were opened,
and they realized that they were naked.
So they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
And let's go to the New Testament,
to Luke chapter 4.
Luke chapter 4.
Starting in verse 1.
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit,
left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
where for forty days he was tempted by the devil.
He ate nothing during those days,
and at the end of them he was hungry.
The devil said to him,
If you are the Son of God,
tell this stone to become bread.
Jesus answered,
It is written,
Man shall not live on bread alone.
The devil led him up to a high place
and showed him in an instant
all the kingdoms of the world.
And he said to him,
I will give you all their authority and splendour.
It has been given to me,
and I can give it to anyone I want to.
If you worship me,
it will all be yours.
Jesus answered,
It is written,
Worship the Lord your God
and serve him only.
The devil led him to Jerusalem
and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.
If you are the Son of God,
he said,
throw yourself down from here,
for it is written,
He will command his angels concerning you
to guard you carefully.
They will lift you up in their hands
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
Jesus answered,
It is said,
Do not put the Lord your God to the test.
When the devil had finished all this tempting,
he left him until an opportune time.
Well, let's go back to Genesis chapter 3.
Let's pray.
Father, as we read your words,
as we have been doing in Genesis,
we are reminded of the glory
that we are your image bearers.
But yet we are also confronted with
our shame
because we have failed
to represent you as we should.
So we pray that today
there would be a restoration
taking place in all of our lives,
that we would know
the glory afresh
of being made
in your image,
in your likeness,
loving the things that you love,
desiring the things that you desire,
and trusting you
with everything.
Help us then this morning.
Do good in us, we pray.
In Jesus' name.
Amen.
So, Genesis,
we've been seeing
that God in his love
has provided everything
that man needs.
Have a look with me,
chapter 2, verse 8.
Now the Lord God
had planted a garden
in the east,
in Eden,
and there he put
the man he had formed,
and the Lord God
made all kinds of trees
grow out of the ground,
trees that were pleasing
to the eye
and good for food.
Eden is a beautiful,
pleasing,
and plentiful garden.
No wonder it means delight.
Everything is there
for man to enjoy.
Nothing going wrong,
no sadness or hurt,
no pain or struggles.
And most of all,
God is present.
He's dwelling in the garden.
Man is enjoying
his relationship with God.
But there's something else,
isn't there?
Look at the rest of
chapter 2, verse 9.
In the middle of the garden
were the tree of life
and the tree of the knowledge
of good and evil.
You go,
well, what's different
about these trees?
Well, for one of them,
there's a test.
God's beautiful design
is maintained
by one simple command.
We get that command
in verse 16.
The Lord God commanded
the man,
you are free to eat
from any tree
in the garden.
So they can even eat
from the tree of life.
No one's stopping them
from doing that.
But,
verse 17,
you must not eat
from the tree
of the knowledge
of good and evil.
For when you eat it,
you will certainly die.
You see,
our love for God
is to be free
and spontaneous.
And the way
to demonstrate
our love to God
ultimately
is to obey him,
is to hear his word
and to do
what his word says.
Don't eat
from the tree
of the knowledge
of good and evil.
So,
don't eat.
God's command
is like a test
of their loyalty.
It's not temptation.
He isn't putting
the tree there
going,
have you seen
that tree?
Go on,
go and have a look
at it.
No,
he's not tempting
them because God
has given them
everything that they need.
It's simply
a way to demonstrate
their love
to their creator,
God.
So,
how did
the test
go?
Well,
first of all,
we're introduced
to crafty
Satan.
Chapter 3
and verse 1.
Now,
the serpent
was more crafty
than any of the wild animals
the Lord God
had made.
And he said
to the woman,
now,
I'm sure right now
you've got this picture
in your mind
of this really
colourful snake
wrapped around
the tree
talking to Eve
with a juicy
apple in its coil.
The kind of picture
that you might see
in a kid's Bible.
Now,
I don't think
that's really
a very helpful
picture at all
because we're not
told what the serpent
looks like.
In fact,
at this point
in this story
we're not even told
where he came from
only that he's
a created being.
Look again
at verse 1.
The serpent
was more crafty
than any of the wild animals
the Lord God
had made.
So,
he's a created
being.
He's not the same
as God.
He's dependent
on God
and under
God's rule.
However,
as we read
through the Bible
account
we do learn
a little more.
In Ezekiel
we're given
a description
of an evil
wicked king
the king of Tyre.
And this king
is compared
or likened
to a figure
right the way
back
in Eden.
Listen to how
this figure
is described.
You can follow
along on screen.
This is how
God describes
the king.
He says,
you were in Eden
the garden of God.
You were anointed
as a guardian cherub
that's an angel
with a special role
for so I ordained you.
You were blameless
in your ways
from the day
you were created
till wickedness
was found in you
so I drove you
in disgrace
from the mount
of God.
So this figure
in Eden
was an angel
who was created
blameless
but became
wicked.
Now as we
continue reading on
and when we get
to the New Testament
the identity
of this
fallen angel
becomes
even clearer.
Have a look
with me
in Revelation
chapter 12.
So keep your finger
in Genesis
3
and go all the way
to Genesis
chapter 12
or Revelation
12.
verse 12.
Here in this vision
Revelation
12
we're taken
right the way
back
to the beginning
of time
the beginning
of creation.
Genesis
Revelation
12
verse 7.
So here's the vision
this is what took
place.
Then war broke
out in heaven.
Michael
that's one of the
chief angels
and his angels
fought against
the dragon
and the dragon
and his angels
fought back.
But he was not
strong enough
and they lost
their place
in heaven.
The great dragon
was hurled down.
Who's the great
dragon?
that ancient
serpent
called
the devil
or Satan
who leads
the whole
world astray.
He was hurled
to the earth
and his angels
with him.
Let's go back
to Genesis
3.
So this
figure
who was
an angel
created
blameless
became
wicked
is an angel
who had led
a failed
rebellion
against God.
He is none
other than
Satan
who was
cast out
of God's
presence
along with
the other
angels
that had
followed
with him.
But remember
our concern
is not
what
Satan
looks like
or what
this serpent
looks like
but how
he works.
He is
Genesis
3 verse 1
the craftiest
of all
the animals.
Jesus
spoke of
him like
this
when he
lies
he speaks
his native
language
for he
is a
liar
and the
father
of lies.
The
apostle
Paul
says
Satan
himself
masquerades
as an
angel
of light.
Peter
describes
him as
your
enemy
the
devil
who
prowls
around
like a
roaring
lion
looking
for
someone
to
devour
or as
we have
just read
in
Revelation
that
ancient
serpent
called
the
devil
or
Satan
who
leads
the
whole
world
astray.
You see
when we
read
accounts
like this
we are
not to
get caught
up in
arguments
about a
talking
snake.
The point
is
Satan
is
real.
He was
present
in the
garden
and he's
present
and active
in the
world
today.
So
crafty
Satan.
Second
twisted
word
he's
not
stupid
he
mustn't
think
he's
a
fool.
He
cleverly
uses
his
wit
to
twist
what
is
clear.
In
fact
Satan's
main
means
of
attack
is
always
to
question
God's
word.
It's
subtle
and
cunning.
He
undermines
what
God
says.
Look
at
verse
one
again
with
me.
Now
the
serpent
was
more
crafty
than
any
of
the
wild
animals
the
Lord
God
had
made.
He
said
to
the
woman
did
God
really
say
you
must
not
eat
from
any
tree
in
the
garden?
It
creates
this
doubt
doesn't
it?
It
makes
us
skeptical
of
God.
If
God
is
truly
loving
would
he
not
want
you
to
have
everything
in
the
garden?
I
mean
why
would
he
not
let
you
have
everything?
It's
just
so
subtle.
It's
designed
in
such
a
way
that
we
begin
to
question
God
in
his
goodness.
We
allow
ourselves
to
believe
that
God
is
well
he
says
he's
good
but
maybe
he's
not
really
that
good
after
all
that
he's
well
he's
actually
a bit
mean
because
he
withholds
things
from
us.
In
fact
the
deception
of
Satan
becomes
self
deception.
Verse
2
the
woman
said
to
the
serpent
oh
we
may
eat
fruit
from
the
trees
in
the
garden
but
God
did
say
you
must
not
eat
fruit
from
the
tree
that
is
in
the
middle
of
the
garden
and
you
must
not
touch
it
or
you
will
die.
Well
the
woman
is
playing
with
the
truth
isn't
she?
You
see
there's
a
couple
of
things
here
God
never
said
anything
about
not
eating
the
fruit
from
the
tree
of
life
that
was
also
in
the
middle
of
the
garden
they
could
have
access
to
that
and
God
never
said
look
closely
at
verse
2
that
you're
not
to
touch
the
fruit
he
said
you're
not
to
eat
it
so
she's
putting
words
in
God's
mouth
so
that
God
becomes
something
that
he's
not
you
know
what
it's
like
we
do
the
same
don't
we
read
God's
word
it's
crystal
clear
and
then
we
begin
to
replay
God's
word
in
our
minds
and
we
add
bits
to
it
our
kind
of
interpretation
and
we
take
things
from
it
and
without
realising
we've
just
joined
in
the
act
of
deception
believing
the
lie
that
God
is
not
good
and
that
he
can't
be
trusted
now
we
mustn't
blame
it
all
on
Satan
because
the
devil's
deception
is
matched
by
the
woman's
willful
desire
look
at
verse
four
scoffing
she
will
not
certainly
die
the
snake
said
to
the
woman
do
you
see
what's
happening
from
a
subtle
suggestion
to
a
downright
lie
verse
five
for
God
knows
that
when
you
eat
from
it
your
eyes
will
be
opened
and
you
will
be
like
God
knowing
good
and
evil
you
see
that's
what
the
man
and
the
woman
want
they
want
to
be
like
God
remember
what
the
tree
was
called
the
tree
of the
knowledge
of good
and evil
now the
knowledge of
good and
evil
is not
just knowing
the difference
between good
and evil
it's like
not like an
exam saying
tell us what's
good and what's
evil
that's great
no it's
deciding for
themselves what
is good
and what is
evil
you see when God
made the world
he pronounced it
all as
good
because
God alone
declares what is
good
and what is
evil
not us
he knows
what is
best for
his creation
because he
made us
but that's
not what
man wants
we want
to be
like
God
the
center of
the universe
so that
I can
decide
what is
good or
evil
we want
to declare
what is
right and
wrong
in other
words
well now
we have
no use
for God
at all
because we
can take
his place
verse 6
when the
woman saw
the fruit
of the tree
was good
for food
and pleasing
to the eye
and also
desirable
for gaining
wisdom
she took
and she
ate
fruit
now the
fruit isn't
magical
it's not
like she
eats the
fruit and
all of a
sudden
acquires this
kind of
God-like
power and
kind of
disappears and
then reappears
somewhere else
and has
super strength
or something
like that
now remember
the tree was
a test
a test to
show their
love and
their loyalty
to their
creator God
but rather
than love
God
she loves
herself
instead of
being loyal
to her
creator
the woman
is loyal
to her
own heart's
desires
she longs
to be
God
you see
the desire
was there
all along
Satan
just
capitalized
on it
and it's
no different
for you
or I
but what
about Adam
where's
Adam
well we're
going to
come back
to him
in a
minute
so
crafty
Satan
twisted
words
and our
story
this account
we perhaps
know as the
fall
you have it
there on the
heading of
your Bible
just above
chapter
three
the fall
how
mankind
fell
into
sin
breaking
the
beauty
of
God's
good
design
but this
is much
more than
just
history
this is
my story
this is
your story
this is an
account of
your life
because
Genesis
three is a
paradigm
of every
fallen act
that takes
place
it's a
picture
of how
you and
I fall
every
single
day
do we
notice the
pattern
we
question
God's
word
we doubt
God's
goodness
and we
desire
God's
place
come
come with
me please
to
James
the
letter
of
James
in the
New
Testament
comes
after
Hebrews
I'll give
you time
to find it
you might
need to
look up
in the
index
where it
is
James
chapter
one
because
probably like
me you
read the
Genesis
account and
you go
no look
if I
was there
I wouldn't
have done
that
I know
the simple
command
don't eat
I'm not
going to
eat
I wouldn't
do
that
well look
at the
way James
puts it
James
chapter
one
verse
thirteen
when
tempted
not
if
but
when
and we
all
are
tempted
no one
should
say
God
is
tempting
me
we
can't
go
around
and
say
God
put
me
in
this
situation
if
I
wasn't
in
this
situation
it
wouldn't
happen
or
God
made
me
like
this
it's
just
my
personality
and
character
it's
not
really
me
no
one
should
say
God
is
tempting
me
for
God
cannot
be
tempted
by
evil
God
is
not
enticed
by
sin
it
doesn't
have
that
same
luring
effect
nor
does
he
tempt
anyone
you
see
it's
easy
to
blame
others
isn't
it
we
can
even
blame
God
no
God
doesn't
tempt
but
verse
14
each
person
is
tempted
when
they
are
dragged
away
by
their
own
evil
desire
and
enticed
did
you
see
it
the
desire
is
already
there
we
are
dragged
away
by
our
own
evil
desire
and
enticed
when
I
sin
it's
not
anybody
else's
fault
but
my
own
it's
not
my
genes
it's
not
my
education
it's
not
my
family
background
it's
not
because
my
mother
denied
me
chocolate
biscuits
I'm
tempted
by
my
own
desire
yes
Satan
can
tempt
too
but
he's
only
tempting
he's
only
exposing
what
is
already
there
the
desire
to
sin
is
not
put
in
us
it's
already
in
us
it
doesn't
come
from
the
outside
as if
we're
some
kind
of
perfect
being
and
we're
just
corrupted
from
without
no
we are
corrupted
from
within
all
of
us
so we
can't
blame
our
circumstances
we can't
point
our
fingers
at
other
people
and
say
well
if
you
hadn't
said
that
if
you
hadn't
done
that
if
you
your
sin
my
sin
comes
from
my
evil
desire
look
what it
says
verse
15
then
after
desire
has
conceived
it
gives
birth
to
sin
and
sin
when
it
is
full
grown
gives
birth
to
death
it's
an
unbreakable
cycle
you
desire
you
sin
and
you
die
that's
why
God
lovingly
warned
Adam
eat
it
and
you
will
die
desire
it
and
you
will
die
back
to
Genesis
chapter
3
you
see
this is
my
story
what
happened
in the
garden
happens
multiple
times a
day
in my
life
I
desire
God's
place
I
doubt
his
goodness
I
question
his
word
it
happens
when
I
shirk
my
responsibility
at
home
it
happens
when
I
don't
get
what
I
want
and
things
don't
go
my
way
I
start
declaring
what
is
right
and
wrong
I
decide
what
is
good
and
bad
for
me
not
God
and
not
anybody
else
the
consequences
are
devastating
look
at how
Genesis
2
ends
Genesis
chapter
2
verse
25
this is
where
everything
is
good
verse
25
Adam
and his
wife
were both
naked
and they
felt
no
shame
their
physical
nakedness
reflects
a deeper
inner
nakedness
here are
two people
where there
is complete
openness
between one
another
and with
God
nothing
to hide
nothing
to fear
complete
transparency
without guilt
without shame
man and woman
with their
loving creator
in this
perfect
relationship
it is
pure
delight
now look
what's
happened
chapter 3
verse 7
then the
eyes of
both of
them were
opened
and they
realized
that they
were
naked
so they
sewed
fig leaves
together
and made
coverings
for themselves
their
innocent
conscience
has been
seared
they've been
blinded by
their own
self-deception
and their
willful desire
and now
it's all
hit home
guilt and
shame
flood their
hearts
instead of
walking in
openness
they're now
hiding
and cowering
once
delight
now there's
fear
what was
beauty
is now
broken
their own
sinful desire
has corrupted
their hearts
for good
ring any
bells in
your life
as we
desire
what we
want
and then
look at
the chaos
that we
leave behind
us
what was
beautiful
so often
becomes
broken
where do
we go
from here
what are we
going to
do
well
we have
hope
don't we
so far
it's been
all about
the failure
of the
woman
maybe
Adam
good old
Adam
can turn
things
around
perhaps
he can
sort out
the mess
I mean
after all
it's the
woman
isn't it
right
who's
making
the mess
but where
is Adam
well the
problem is
Adam is
absent
or worse
still
we say
he is
present
but he's
abdicated
all
responsibility
remember
before the
woman was
made
God gave
Adam
the command
it was
Adam and
God in
the garden
have a look
back at
chapter 2
verse 15
let's be
clear about
this
chapter 2
verse 15
the Lord
God took
the man
and put
him in
the garden
of Eden
to work
it and
take care
of it
and the
Lord
commanded
who
the man
you are
free to
eat from
any tree
in the
garden
but you
must not
eat from
the tree
of the
knowledge
of good
and evil
for when
you eat
of it
you will
certainly
die
Adam's
role is
clear
he's
unique
Adam
you're
in charge
here
this is
your role
I want
you to
take
responsibility
this is
man's
primary
duty
to ensure
that
God's
word
is
honoured
and
obeyed
and
it's
going to
be
passed
on
to
your
family
to
protect
your
family
from
anyone
and
anything
that
would
undermine
or
question
God's
word
his
role
was
to
make
sure
that
God's
word
God's
truth
would
be
the
foundation
of his
life
and the
foundation
of his
family
to
teach
them
and
instruct
them
and
remind
them
of
what
God
said
in
other
words
Adam
I want
you to
guard
your
wife
from
anything
that
goes
against
what
God
says
so
when
crafty
Satan
came
where
is
Adam
what
is
he
doing
is
he
off
somewhere
else
in
the
garden
no
look
at
chapter
3
verse
6
when
the
woman
saw
that
the
fruit
of
the
tree
was
good
for
food
and
pleading
to
the
eye
and
also
desirable
for
gaining
wisdom
she
took
some
and
ate
it
she
also
gave
some
to
her
husband
who
was
with
her
and
he
ate
it
he's
been
there
all
along
can
you
believe
it
he's
watching
what's
taking
place
he's
listening
to
what's
being
said
and
he
hasn't
even
uttered
a
word
he
just
joins
in
here's
what he
should
have
done
in
my
imagination
anyway
we
can
picture
the
scene
the
serpent
arrives
Adam
and
Eve
there
in
the
garden
Adam
speaks
up
I
don't
know
who
you
are
but
you
have
no
business
being
here
Eve
turn
away
don't
listen
to
him
don't
even
look
at
him
Eve
get
behind
me
this
could
get
very
ugly
listen
to
me
you
snake
if
you
are
going
to
get
at
my
family
it's
going
to
be
over
my
dead
body
no
not
even
a
whimper
not
even
a
squeak
as
a
man
and
as
a
husband
I'm
embarrassed
not
because
I
could
do
so
much
better
because
what
I
see
in
Adam
I
see
in
me
as
much
as
I
try
I
have
failed
in
my
responsibility
and
the
story
has
been
repeated
from
that
very
first
day
in
creation
throughout
history
and
throughout
our
lives
men
I'm
talking
to
us
we
are
M
I
A's
missing
in
action
feeding
our own
comforts
lost
in
our
trivial
hobbies
letting
our
wives
take
the
spiritual
lead
I'm
not
knocking
us
just
to
break
us
and
kick
us
even
further
down
the
road
I
know
what
it's
like
we
feel
that
guilt
but
I
want
us
to
see
the
great
privilege
we
have
been
given
the
great
and
awesome
responsibility
that
God
would
entrust
to
us
to
guard
and
protect
our
families
to
nurture
our
wives
with
his
word
to
look
out
whether
we're
married
or not
but
for
all
men
to
look
out
for
the
young
women
and
the
older
women
in
the
church
I
want
us
to
see
this
we
have
a
responsibility
men
to
this
remember
Paul's
words
to a
young
Timothy
listen
to
what
he
said
treat
older
women
as
mothers
and
younger
women
as
sisters
with
absolute
purity
give
proper
recognition
to
those
widows
who
are
really
in
need
what
a
lovely
picture
how
do
you
treat
the
opposite
sex
how
do
you
look
at
them
how
do
you
view
them
we
have
a
role
and
a
responsibility
I
don't
know
about
you
but
there's
confessing
to be
done
we
need
a
better
Adam
a
better
Johnny
step
forward
into
another
garden
come
with
me
to
Luke
chapter
four
in
Luke
chapter
four
we're
brought
into
another
garden
well
it
well
it
used
to be
a
garden
it's
now
it's
now
called
a
wilderness
a
place
where
we
see
the
full
effects
of
the
fall
where
we
see
a
broken
beauty
but
here
in this
wilderness
we
see a
better
Adam
we
see
the
perfect
man
the
true
image
bearer
the
God
man
Jesus
Christ
must
because
Jesus
comes
to
this
world
into
a
world
where
every
human
being
men
and
women
alike
have
fallen
and
failed
we
have
followed
our
own
evil
desires
and we
are
left
with a
broken
beauty
and into
this
world
comes a
God
full of
compassion
desperate
to restore
and renew
he is
the
promised
savior
the
one
who
gives
new
life
and
new
desires
and a
fresh
start
to all
who
will
trust
him
once
more
crafty
Satan
appears
he
knows
the
threat
he
knows
who
this
man
is
the
son
of
God
and
he
steps
forward
once
again
just
as
he
had
all
those
hundreds
of
years
before
in the
garden
to
Adam
he
steps
up
again
to
the
new
Adam
verse
one
Jesus
full
of
the
Holy
Spirit
left
the
Jordan
and
was
led
by
the
Spirit
into
the
wilderness
this
is
no
mistake
this
is
God
ordained
this
is
planned
and
purposed
where
for
forty
days
he
was
tempted
by
the
devil
he
ate
nothing
during
those
days
and
at
the
end
of
them
he
was
hungry
at
the
weakest
and
most
vulnerable
time
the
devil
said
to
him
if
you
are
the
son
of
God
tell
these
stones
to
become
bread
and
Jesus
answered
it
is
written
man
shall
not
live
on
bread
alone
do
you
see
as
Satan
began
to
twist
and
undermine
God's
word
so
as we
go
through
Jesus
responded
didn't he
as
Adam
ought to
have
done
with
the
truth
of
God's
word
where
everyone
else
had
failed
Jesus
has
passed
the
test
he
has
demonstrated
his
love
and
loyalty
perfectly
by
obeying
his
father
but
he's
doing
it
on
behalf
of
all
of
us
he
stands
in
for
us
the
perfect
Adam
it's
as
if
he
steps
in
front
of
all
humanity
and
says
this
is
going
to
get
ugly
over
my
dead
body
will
you
get
at
my
children
and
isn't
that
what
Jesus
did
over
my
dead
body
dying
in
our
place
for
our
failures
and
our
faults
and
protecting
us
from
the
judgment
we
deserve
and
yet
three
days
later
Jesus
rose
from
the
grave
declaring
victory
over
Satan
himself
Jesus
has
done
for
us
what
we
have
failed
to
do
so
that
by
faith
we
can
live
a
new
life
forgiven
of
all
of
our
past
given
a
fresh
start
this
very
moment
as
we
come
to
him
filled
with
his
desires
and
his
wants
and
empowered
by
his
holy
spirit
to
live
the
life
he
calls
us
to
Satan
knows
his
time
is
up
he's
a
roaring
lion
looking
to
devour
telling
lies
masquerading
as
an
angel
of
light
same
old
story
twisting
the
word
as
we
close
please
turn
to
Hebrews
chapter
four
familiar
words
for
us
all
men
and
women
as
we
trust
in
the
true
and
better
Adam
who
has
stepped
in
for
us
and
passed
the
test
for
us
who
has
obeyed
perfectly
for
us
he
now
continues
to be
the
perfect
saviour
that we
all
need
in
Jesus
we
have
everything
we
need
to
stand
up
and
stay
strong
in
the
face
of
every
temptation
chapter
four
verse
fourteen
let's
read
these
words
therefore
since
we
have
a
great
high
priest
who
has
ascended
into
heaven
Jesus
the
son
of
God
let
us
hold
firmly
to
the
faith
we
profess
for
we
do
not
have
a
high
priest
who
is
unable
to
feel
sympathy
for
our
weaknesses
he
knows
our
weakness
and our
struggles
he
knows
our
battle
with
sins
and
addictions
and
things
we
shouldn't
do
and say
he
knows
but
we
have
one
who
has
been
tempted
in
but
we
let me
sorry
I'll
start
at verse
fifteen
again
for
we
do
not
have
a
high
priest
who
is
unable
to
feel
sympathy
for
our
weaknesses
but
we
have
one
who
has
been
tempted
in
every
way
just
as
we
are
yet
he
did
not
sin
he
let
us
then
approach
God's
throne
of
grace
with
confidence
knowing
that we
will never
be turned
away
or shut
out
no matter
what
our
sin
is
but
that
we
may
receive
mercy
and
find
grace
to
help
us
in
our
time
of
need
what
good
news
for
men
and
women
today
as
we
seek
to
follow
him
grace
and
mercy
for
our
every
need
let's
pray
father
we
can
only
stand
back
in
amazement
and awe
and say
thank you
for
Jesus
we
look at
the
picture
of
man
and
woman
in
the
garden
and we
see
ourselves
we
see
our
shame
and our
guilt
our
hiding
and our
cowering
but yet
we look
afresh
to the
true and
better
Adam
living the
perfect life
for us
dying
our
death
for us
being
our
perfect
savior
interceding
on our
behalf
coming
alongside
us
in the
midst
of the
battle
and the
heat
of
temptation
itself
giving us
grace
and mercy
in abundance
for our
every moment
and every
need
help us
that we
would avail
of that
today
and that
we would
stand
strong
as your
people
in your
world
help us
we ask
in Jesus
name
amen
we're
going to
sing
as we
look
and think
about the
story of
the God
man
Jesus
Christ
who came
to us
as the
true
and better
Adam
let's
stand
together
as we
sing
come
behold
the
wondrous
name