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January 31
Friday


BUYER'S
REMORSE

READ:
Genesis 3:1-8
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He has clothed me
with the garments
of salvation, He has
covered me with the
robe of righteousness.
__Isaiah 61:10
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Have you ever experienced buyer's remorse? I have. Just prior to making a purchase, I feel the surge of excitement that comes with getting something new. After buying the item, however, a wave of remorse sometimes crashes over me. Did I really need this? Should I have spent the money?

In Genesis 3, we find the first record of a buyer's remorse. The whole thing began with the crafty serpent and his sales pitch. He persuaded Eve to doubt God's Word (v.1). He then capitalized on her uncertainty by casting doubt on God's character (vv.4-5). He promised that her eyes would "be opened" and she would become "like God" (v.5).

So Eve ate. Adam ate. And sin entered the world. But the first man and woman got more than they bargained for. Their eyes were opened all right, but they didn't become like God. In fact, their first act was to hide from God(vv.7-8).

Sin has dire consequences. It always keeps us from God's best. But God in His mercy and grace clothed Adam and Eve in garments made from animal skins (v.21)__foreshadowing what Jesus Christ would do for us by dying on the cross for our sins. His blood was shed so that we might be clothed with His righteousness__with no remorse! __Poh Fang Chia

``````````````````````````Then will I set my heart to find`````````````````````````
``````````````````````````Inward adornings of the mind:```````````````````````````
``````````````````````Knowledge and virtue, truth and grace,```````````````````````
`````````````````````These are the robes of riches dress. __Watts````````````````````
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The cross, which reveals the righteousness of God,
provides that righteousness for mankind.

********************************Today's Bible Reading __ Genesis 3:1-8*********************************************
1 Now the serpent was more
cunning than any beast of the
field which the LORD God
had made. And he said to the
woman, "Has God indeed
said, 'You shall not eat of
every tree of the garden'?"

2 And the woman said to the
serpent, "We may eat the
fruit of the trees of the
garden; 3 but of the fruit of
the tree which is in the midst
of the garden, God has said,
'You shall not eat it, nor shall
you touch it, lest you die.' "

4 Then the serpent said to
the woman, "You will not
surely die. 5 For God knows
that in the day you eat of it
your eyes will be opened,
and you will be like God,
knowing good and evil."

6 So when the woman saw
that the tree was good for
food, that it was pleasant to
the eyes, and a tree desirable
to make one wise, she took
of its fruit and ate. She also
gave to her husband with her,
and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of
both of them were opened,
and they knew that they were
naked; and they sewed fig
leaves together and made
themselves covering.

8 And they heard the sound
of the LORD God walking in
the garden in the cool of the
day, and Adam and his wife
hid themselves from the
presence of the LORD God
among the trees of the
garden.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Satan misapplied God's words in today's passage. God's prohibition
against eating applied only to the "tree of the knowledge of good
and evil" (Gen. 2:16-17), not to every tree (3:1). Satan's phrase "You
will not surely die" (v.4) was a direct challenge to God's declaration,
"You shall surely die" (2:17). In turn, Eve also modified God's clear
instruction: "nor shall you touch it" (3:3). The story of the fall is a
clear warning to us to study and know God's Word so that we will
not be led astray.