And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. Genesis 5:5. Adam’s life was one of sorrow, humility, and continual repentance. As he taught his children and grandchildren the fear of the Lord,
One Expensive Mistake
God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. Ecclesiastes 7:29. The book of Genesis gives quite a definite account of social and individual life, and yet we have no record of an infant’s being born blind,
Between God and Man
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. Hebrews 7:25. The Lord did not place in Adam fallen and disobedient, the confidence
Taught by Nature
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto
Cursed!
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; … and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. And unto Adam he said, … cursed is the ground for
When it’s Better not to Know
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. Ecclesiastes 1:17. Adam and Eve both ate of the fruit, and obtained a knowledge which, had they obeyed God, they would never have had,—an experience in
Used by Satan
She took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. Genesis 3:6. Having herself transgressed, she [Eve] became the agent of Satan working the ruin of her husband. In