A Garment of Innocence

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LESSON 3

*April 9- 15

A Garment of Innocence

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SABBATH AFTERNOON

Read for This Week's Study:

2 Tim. 3:16, 17; Luke 21:36; Gen. 2:20–25; 2:15–17; 3:6–11, 21.

Memory Text:

“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them” (Genesis 1:27).

As we have studied, Lucifer’s fall wasn’t limited to heaven. He has brought his wiles and deceptions to earth, as well. What’s amazing, too, is how successfully he has perverted the most obvious truths of God’s Word and has made millions believe the opposite of those truths. For instance, Genesis is so clear: humans started out at the top of the earthly “food chain.” They were created, immediately, in the “image of God.” This image wasn’t something that evolved over billions of years from natural processes. Evolution teaches the opposite—that humans started out at a lower level (as microbes) and eventually, through a brutal process of violence and death, clawed their way up the food chain. Scripture, in contrast, teaches that humans started out at the top, in the image of God, and through sin began a steady descent. This week, with some garment imagery that appears in Genesis, we’ll take a look at how that descent began and what the only solution is.

*Study this week's lesson to prepare for Sabbath, April 16.