Get (IT) Out: Not A “Know It All”

GET (IT) OUT: Learning from internally locked up things

Genesis 3:1, 3, 4, 6, 8-11, 16, 17, 23  – 1 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’?” 2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,  3 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.’” 4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 6 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 some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.  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. 9 But the  Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” 10 And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid,  because I was naked, and I hid myself.” 11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked?  Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?” 16 To the woman he said, “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. 17 To Adam he said… “Cursed  is the ground  because of you; through painful toil  you will eat food from it all the days of your life. 23 So the  Lord  God banished him from the Garden of Eden  to work the ground  from which he had been taken. 

Adam & Eve missed “IT” by…

#1 – Giving credence to  .

Genesis 3:1 – He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” 

Genesis 3:3 – “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.’” 

Genesis 3:4 – “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 

John 15:5 –I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit;  apart from me you can do nothing. 

Proverbs 3:5-6 – 5 Trust in the  Lord  with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths  straight. 

Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 – Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: 10 If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. 

Proverbs 27:17-As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. 

Decisions without  can often lead to .

Proverbs 15:22 – Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers  they succeed. 

Genesis 3:8 – 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. 

2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is God-breathed  and is useful for teaching,  rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,  17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 

Adam & Eve missed “IT” by… 

#2 – Letting the desire to drive the decision.  

Genesis 3:6 – 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 some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 

The  is only where you  it.

Genesis 3:16 – To the woman he said, “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children.

Genesis 3:17-To Adam he said…“Cursed  is the ground  because of you; through painful toil  you will eat food from it all the days of your life. 

Genesis 3:23 – The  Lord  God banished him from the Garden of Eden  to work the ground…

Luke 12:15 Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed… 

Proverbs 16:18 (MSG) – First pride, then the crash…