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โข Are you the type of person who tries to figure new things out alone, or do you immediately call for backup? Why?ย
โข What is one time that pride caused you to do (or not do) something? What did you learn from this experience?
โข Was there a time you broke someoneโs trust, or a time you stopped trusting someone? What happened?ย
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๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ, โ๐๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ข๐บ, โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏโ?โ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, โ๐๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ, โ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ, ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ.โโ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ ๐ฏ:๐ญ-๐ฏ
(Read also ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ ๐ฏ:๐ฐ-๐ด,๐ฎ๐ญ.)
The garden of Eden is an important starting point. When God created the world and everything in it, it was all working according to His original design. He created everything good, righteous, and holy. But when the Fall happened, mankind lost the holiness they were created with. Today, letโs talk about how holiness was lost and Godโs plan for its restoration.
๐ญ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ.ย
๐๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ.ย ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ ๐ฏ:๐ฒ
In the pivotal moment when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, they broke trust with God. They trusted the word of the serpent over Godโs words and became selfish, wanting to be like God. It started with unholy and selfish desires, which later manifested in their disobedience. How do the ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฉ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ (1 John 2:16) still cause people to sin today?
๐ฎ. ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐จ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ ๐ฏ:๐ณ-๐ด
The impact of the first man and womanโs disobedience was tremendous. Mankind lost its holiness because they no longer set themselves apart for God alone. As humans followed their sinful desires and chose to be independent from God, it resulted in fear, guilt, and shame. Humans and the rest of creation became corrupted and subject to death and decay. Ever since then, all of humanity has inherited a sinful nature and has become unholy. In Romans 5:19, how does Paul explain the sinful nature that came through Adam and Eve? What struggles did you encounter in the past against your sinful nature as you followed God?ย
๐ฏ. ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐.
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ. ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ ๐ฏ:๐ฎ๐ญ
(Read also ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ ๐ฏ:๐ณ-๐ด.)
In the aftermath of Adam and Eveโs disobedience, God revealed His plan to restore mankind. Adam and Eve tried to hide their sin. They covered their nakedness with leaves. They blamed God, each other, and the serpent. But none of this would erase their shame and guilt. So God clothed them with garments of skin, shedding the blood of an innocent animal and foreshadowing the sacrifice that would be made by Jesus on the cross for the redemption and salvation of humanity. These garments represent righteousness, which can only come from God. We can never make or earn our own righteousness. God clothes us with it so that we can stand before Him and draw near to Him in His holiness. How should we respond knowing that God planned to restore us from the beginning?
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โข How does knowing how bad our situation was because of our sin help you grow in your appreciation of the gospel? What mindsets will be changed or affected by this truth?ย
โข What are some ways that you try to atone for your own sin? How can you respond to Godโs great mercy?
โข All pain, shame, and hatred rife in the world today is a result of sin. In the midst of difficult times, list some practical ways you can take part in Godโs plan to set apart a people for Himself.
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โข Thank God for His ultimate plan to make people holy for Himself.
โข Ask God for the strength and grace to continue to live in Him and in the righteousness He has clothed you with.
โข Pray for someone you know who needs to understand the restoration of God. Ask Him for the words to say and opportunities to encourage this person.ย