“So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of...
“So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.” Genesis 3:6
“And the devil said to him, all this authority I will give you, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.” Luke 4:6
The fall of man is described as the transformation of the first man and woman from a state of pure obedience to God to a state of contrite disobedience to his commandment.
God created man in his own image and after his likeness, gave dominion over everything that he created to man, blessed man to be fruitful, multiply, replenish the earth and subdue it (Gen. 1:27-30). The Lord God took the man he created (the first man Adam), put him into the garden of Eden to dress and keep it, he also commanded man to eat every tree of the garden except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, less the man dies by eating it (Gen. 2:16-17).
God demonstrated his love to man by taking one of his ribs to make a woman – a helpmate for him and even allowed the first man to name everything God had created including woman (Gen. 2:22-23). Man’s fall was created by the disobedience to the simple instruction given by God not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Gen. 2:17). Satan deceived the woman to disobey God, Eve in turn made her husband Adam to disobey God.
God banished Adam and Eve from the garden of Eden in an act of mercy, so that he could send Jesus to restore mankind back to the sinless condition we were in before the fall. When we get to heaven, God will once again invite us to partake from the tree of life and live forever in our perfect redeemed condition (Rev. 22:14). We can see the love of God for mankind in Psalm. 8:4-8.
The forbidden fruit in the world now is referred to as disobedience against the word and ten commandments of God as it is written in Exo. 20:2-17, summarised into two commandments in Matt. 22:36-40. As it is written in 1 Cor. 15:45 “The first Adam became a living being”, “The last Adam became a life-giving spirit”. Now, sin shall not have dominion over us according to Rom. 6:14.
James 4:7 says: we should
submit to God, resist the devil and he will flee from us. The power to do
these, God will bestow upon us in Jesus name.
PRAYER POINTS
2. Lord, we thank You for laying our iniquity upon Yourself, when we have gone astray and turned to our own ways like sheep without a shepherd in Jesus’ name (Isaiah 53:6).
3. Lord, I thank You for in Adam, I was dead but in Christ Jesus, I am made alive through his death on the cross of Calvary in Jesus’ name (1 Corinthians 15:22).
4. Lord, have mercy upon me, my household and Your church in whatever ways we have yielded to the deceit of the devil, and fall short of Your glory. Pardon and forgive us in Jesus’ name (Psalm 51:1, Romans 3:23).
5. O Lord, empower me, my household and the church of God to come out of the snare of the devil holding us in captivity in Jesus’ name (2 Timothy 2:26).
6. Lord, break every evil foundation of sin in our lives, uproot and destroy them by the fire of the Holy Ghost and blood of Jesus, in Jesus’ name (Roman 6:14).
7. Lord, reverse every curse
pronounced upon me through my sins to divine blessings in Jesus’ name
(Galatians 3:13).
8. O Lord, I surrender my totality unto You. Take control of my life, remove every authority of the devil and its glorification over me due to sin with Your blood in Jesus’ name (Luke 4:6).
9. O Lord, as You have set us free, empower us to stand firm in the freedom You have given us. Grant us the grace not to submit again to the yoke of slavery in Jesus’ name (Galatians 5:1)
10. O Lord, deliver Your church from the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life. Always give us the Spirit of obedience to Your word in Jesus’ name (1 John 2:16-17).
11. Lord, empower me anew and afresh to put on the whole armour of God to be able to stand against the devices of the devil. (Mention the armour of God in your prayer, Ephesians 6:13-18).
12. I decree and declare
Lord, that Your birth, Your death and Your resurrection shall not be in vain in
my life, in my household and the church of God in Jesus’ name. We shall not
lose our souls for the things of this world in Jesus’ name (Mark 8:36)
13. O Lord, grant us victory over every temptation and satanic devices. Lord, empower us to be hungry and thirsty for righteousness all the days of our lives. Give us the power to stand firm against all the schemes and techniques of the devil in Jesus’ name (2 Corinthians 2:11).
14. Lord, open our eyes of understanding to see and receive the gift of eternal life brought to us through Jesus Christ after the fall of man in the garden of Eden, in Jesus’ name (John 3:16).
15. Faithful Father, we thank You for Your appearance as second Adam to give us eternal life after the fall of the first Adam, and for answered prayers in Jesus’ name (1 Corinthians 15:21).
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