Knysna Baptist Church Series on our Statement of

Knysna Baptist Church Series on our Statement of Belief Man in God’s Image: The Fall 2018/05/27 The Fall 1

KBC Statement of Belief • We believe that God created man in His own image; • That man sinned and thereby incurred the penalty of death, physical and spiritual; • That all human beings inherit a sinful nature which issues in actual transgression involving personal guilt. 2018/05/27 The Fall 2

Route map • • Creation: Man: God: The Fall: The Consequence: The Lesson: Answers for insert Invitation 2018/05/27 Gen 1: 1 -25 Gen 1: 26 -31 1 John 1: 5 Gen 3: 1 -9 Gen 3: 11 -24 Acts 4: 12 The Fall 3

Gen 1: 1 -31 Creation Process • 1 -10: Physical Universe – Conditions for life • 11 -25: Living Organisms - Plants-Animals • (1 v 26 -28, 2 v 7): Man – Image of God – Spirit: Cognition, Reason, Free choice, Co-Dominion of Nature • Companionship with God – Innocence (Trust) – Wonder – delight in sharing and submission – Creativity – Boundaries (2 v 16, 17) 2018/05/27 The Fall 4

God • As Sovereign Creator, made man and fully appreciates all of man’s senses • While much more than man, is in no way less than man • Man is the template (image) formed by God for His Son, Jesus • 1 John 5 v 5: “Light” = Love and Holiness • Blessing is His Core desire. . 2018/05/27 The Fall 5

But - God’s Blessing is Conditional 2018/05/27 The Fall 6

The Parts of Man • Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: 1 Thess 5: 23 • How do we relate to these parts? 2018/05/27 The Fall 7

Body ICE of Flesh (Somos): Natural senses and instincts in CREAM’S LOW! physical time and space. Pain, Pleasure, Threat, Opportunity GIVE IT TO HER! Spirit (Pneumos): Eternal part, craving Righteousness and Peace. The Image of God in man EVE, PLEASE FINISH THIS UP! Eternal Soul (Psyche): evaluates Nice/Nasty feelings from Nature, with feelings of Good/Bad from Spirit, and Chooses Response Relationship of Body, Soul and Spirit in Man 2018/05/27 The Fall 8

Genesis 3: 1 -6 – THE FALL Sin = Badness. Attributing badness to good, goodness to badness… IT WON’T THE NICE! HURT SNAKE’S ANYONE! RIGHT! 2018/05/27 FORBIDDEN! The Fall 9

The Result: Genesis 3: 7 Self-Sufficiency: I CAN SUIT MYSELF! Disbelief Profanity Theft Obscenity Perversion Deception Murder Torture Slavery Slander Blasphemy “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil” (v 5) 2018/05/27 The Fall 10

FALLEN MAN The natural man does receive things Made for Freedom, Spiritnot ruling the Flesh of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness Enslaved by the – thethem, Spiritbecause a weak conscience to him; nor can. Flesh he know they are spiritually discerned – 1 Cor 2: 14 NICE! NASTY! RULE! SAVE YOURSELF! GRAB! BAD! DON’T ALLOW IT! 2018/05/27 The Fall 11

Genesis 3: 8 Genesis 3: 24 Romans 5: 12 2018/05/27 The Fall 12

Man after the Fall • PRIDE: Enmity with God – No longer innocent but guilty, corrupt, treacherous – No longer trusting or trusted – Defiant of submission and sharing – Enmity with family and community – Hatred of self, Shame – Oppressing and oppressed 2018/05/27 The Fall 13

Nature cursed, no longer friendly (3 vv 16 – 19) • Onerous struggle to survive – Hard labour for uncertain crops – Instinct (flesh) strongly affecting choice – Animals and microbes threaten well-being – Physical death an inevitable end – Eternal Judgement to follow • But eventual victory promised – “He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel” (3 v 15) 2018/05/27 The Fall 14

And the Misery of Sin • Human Depravity – Knowing goodness, but favouring what’s “nice” – Desiring good name, hiding what is evil – Calling evil good and good evil – Enslaving and oppressing others 2018/05/27 The Fall 15

Scriptural Illustration • • The murder of Abel (4 v 8) The flood (6 vv 5 -8) Sodom (19 vv 1 -9) Israel at Mt Sinai (Ex 32 vv 1, 9) Gibeah’s Crime (Judges 19 vv 22 -30) David - Uriah, Solomon seduced Faithless, treacherous Kings of Israel and Judah Jesus Crucified 2018/05/27 The Fall 16

Modern Times • • Freud – “Unconscious, irrational forces” “Expose the unrecognized longings and fears” WW 1/Communism/Atheism/Capitalism “Man an impossible species” – “Enjoys torturing and killing” – “judgement not reliable – must be guided from above” – “ideal of individual freedom is impossible” 2018/05/27 The Fall 17

If we reject The Fall. . • We will think we can control ourselves and others • We will experience futility • We will seek escape in decadence • We will ruin our lives and those of others • We will live in denial, pretence and depression • We will die before we’re dead • And will still have to face Holiness. 2018/05/27 The Fall 18

“He. The shall bruise head, Fall isyour. REAL and you shall bruise His heel” 3: 15 • Scripture–Gen clearly teaches it • Scripture and world history clearly illustrate it • Modern conditions continue to confirm it • Denial leads to deception, misery, despair and wasted resources of time, money and effort “Thereleads is salvation no one else which is • Acceptance to theinonly remedy, for there is no other alwaysthan fully. Jesus, effective. name given among men by which we must be saved” – Acts 4: 12 2018/05/27 The Fall 19

Romans 5 For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. 2018/05/27 The Fall 20

Insert answers: 1 • He created him in the image of God Gen 1: 26 • This means that Man has a spirit and freedom of choice • Man is made for companionship with God Gen 2 v 8 -24 • The Fall resulted in: 2018/05/27 • Enmity with God Gen 3: 24 • Enmity with people Gen 4: 8 • Enmity with nature Gen 3: 17 • Depravity Gen 6: 5 The Fall 21

Insert answers: 2 • If man is only animal then no values in the Bible are real, we can choose them. • People will suffer because sin will bring misery, death and God’s judgement • Resources to cure misery will fail because they ignore the real cause • The critical issue is sin, which can only be handled at the cross 2018/05/27 The Fall 22

Invitation • This evening 6 p. m. • View Part 1 of “The Century of Self” – Exposé of attempts to use psychology for controlling nations in 20 th Century • 60 minute BBC • If enough - here • Approach Claude/Maureen after this service to confirm 2018/05/27 The Fall 23