We had connection....
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1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
Traveling in Costa Rica, we were out of the country and out of our cell coverage.
Top that off with, there are no street signs.
How was our connection before the fall?
His creation was good
His creation was good
31 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
No self hatred, no disgust, no sizing people up against each other and comparing.
Created in God’s image
Created in God’s image
Paul tapped into this. Listen to what he says.
8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; 10 always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. 11 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 12 So death is at work in us, but life in you. 13 Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak, 14 knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. 15 For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
We were with God
We were with God
8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
This is huge, we will dive more into this.
Made to rule the earth.
Made to rule the earth.
English Standard Version Chapter 1
28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.
Adam let the serpent lead.
There was work
There was work
English Standard Version Chapter 2
15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.
Had limits.
Had limits.
English Standard Version Chapter 2
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
We think we should be able to do anything and everything.
Created Order and Submission
Created Order and Submission
English Standard Version Chapter 2
This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,
because she was taken out of Man.”
8 For man was not made from woman, but woman from man. 9 Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve; 14 and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.
We resist submission like it’s part of the fall. But we all are submissive. Jesus submits to the Father, the Spirit submits to the Son even in the God head.
One with one another
One with one another
18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”
We have so much that we don’t share with one another. We are afraid, ashamed, arrogant that keep us from each other
English Standard Version Chapter 2
25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.
No Sickness or Death or pain
No Sickness or Death or pain
WE ARE RECONNECTING
WE ARE RECONNECTING
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;