DISCOURSE: 4 THE SERPENT BEGUILING EVE Genesis 3:4. _And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die._ IN reference to the fact before us, St. Paul says, “The serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty.” And great is the subtilty which appears throughout the whole of his conduct on this... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 5 THE FALL OF MAN Genesis 3:6. _And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of th... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 6 EXCUSES MADE BY OUR FIRST PARENTS, AFTER THEIR FALL Genesis 3:11. _Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the woman,... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 7 THE SEED OF THE WOMAN Genesis 3:15. _I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel._ THIS was the first promise that was ever given to fallen man. The occasion on which it was given was this: Sa... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 8 THE WAY OF SALVATION ILLUSTRATED TO OUR FIRST PARENTS Genesis 3:21. _Unto Adam also, and to his wife, did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them. And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and t... [ Continue Reading ]