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In choosing to reject God’s way, Adam sentenced the whole of creation, of which he had been prince, to hopeless, abysmal darkness. The entrance of sin turned Paradise upside down. Instead of intimacy, harmony, happiness, and abundant, joyful life, now there is separation, dissension, shame, fear, misery, and death. We cannot save ourselves, and this sentence would have been eternal, except that God has promised a way out, the only way out, by taking our sentence upon Himself. Discuss evidence of the hopelessness of sin and our only hope in Christ our Savior.

For illustration, Smash an egg into a pan and display the result. This is what sin has done to our world—utterly destroyed it. Can anyone in the room make the egg whole again? Discuss what it would take to restore the egg to its original condition. What do we need to be restored to wholeness?

Join us next week, October 18th, when Elder Dave Waddington will ask and discuss these and other questions of relevance, such as:

1. God gave one request to Adam and Eve: avoid the tree (Gen. 2:15–17). How did their disobedience erect a barrier between humans and God?
2. God didn’t angrily accuse Adam and Eve of their wrongdoing (Gen. 3:8–13). How would you use this example in your life when explaining God’s love versus His wrath to someone outside the Christian faith?
3. Sin damages our minds and perceptions (Rom. 8:7). When we live in sin, it is like being in a pit without light. Compare this with the idea that Jesus is the Light of the world. How does sin affect our perception of Christ’s free gift of salvation? Why must we as sinners grasp this gift by faith?
4. Examine characteristics of the obedient and how they were led closer to God. Why is obedience so important?

Through our discussion, we will contemplate and consider that even though things look grim in the Garden, God gives us opportunity to choose allegiance to Him over allegiance to the enemy of souls.

Join us! Let’s explore and discover God’s will for our lives, together.