House of God
Today’s Topic: Concept of Nakedness and the Great Lie
Scripture: Genesis 3:9-13
Greetings Kingdom Citizens:
Now this is going to be a “g” rated message so do not worry J. Now when we look at the fall in the Garden, the fall hinged on a lie. Very simple, but what was the lie. Well let’s look at the scripture and see this because this lie started a devastating and frightening lifestyle for mankind.
Genesis 3:9-13: And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked and I hid myself. And He said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gave me to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the woman, what is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me and I did eat.
Now, the key to understanding what the lie is, is what Adam told God when God asked where was he? Adam responded by saying he was hiding because he was naked. God then asked him, Who told you that you were naked? Now in typical male form, Adam blames Eve instead of just answering the question and in a sense he tried to blame God because God gave him the woman. God did not entertain that excuse and the woman came out and said the serpent tricked them. Now God knew that they did eat of the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil because their actions and response afterwards was evidence of that sin. The first thing they did after the fall was make clothing for themselves. So what was the lie?
“The lie was that they were naked.”
Now to understand the devastating effect of the lie you have to understand what naked is in the eternal sense. Now you must understand who you are and how you are maintained in the Earth. First, all sons of God are spirits. Genesis 1:26 says we are in the image of God and in being in the image of God we are spirits. That is our being. Our flesh is simply our housing that maintains our spirit so that we can operate in the Earth. So in actuality our clothing is our flesh. So was Adam and eve naked in the Garden? No! Because before the fall they understood that they were spirits in fleshly housing to represent the Father in the Earth and bring His rulership from Heaven to Earth. They were not concerned with the flesh. So the great lie that changed everything was that they were told they were naked, but they were not. As a result the viewpoint of mankind ushered in a new culture and lifestyle upon the earth that would produce the most devastating disease known to man. But before I tell you what that is let us take a step back and show how our flesh is our clothing and how unique and awesome God is when He created our flesh for us.
1. Our flesh is waterproof
2. Our flesh is sensitive to gravity. In other words, gravity does not oppress us nor will it let us float away.
Now where we get in trouble is where Adam and Eve decided to live differently than the way they were living under God. When they chose to sin against God they decided to seek provision and protection for themselves. Now man feels vulnerable and is in constant search for his provision and protection when those things were freely provided by God. Next, mankind loses the mentality of sonship and picks up the mentality of an orphan and we will go into discussion about this in a subsequent message. The identity of mankind has been changed from spirit to a fleshly being.
In the next message we will look at this spirit/flesh concept and how we view ourselves determines how we respond in life.
At the Father’s Service,
Elder Calvin Calhoun Jr.
