FROM FRUIT TO BREAD

INTRODUCTION:

1. The law of first mention - bread

2. God's provision for the curse of sin.

1A. THE GOODNESS OF MAN (Genesis 1.26-31)

1B. Fruit was man’s food (Genesis 2.16-17)

2B. Free for man’s taking

2A. THE GREED OF MAN

1B. The counsel they took (Psalm 1.1)

2B. The counsel they forsook (Genesis 2.17)

3B. The Consequence They Faced - Death

3A. THE GRIEF OF MAN Pictured in many ways, including:

1B. Guilt - Hiding from God

2B. Sin - Self-Consciousness

3B. Curse - Thorns & Thistles

4B. Mortality - Bread (Genesis 3.19)

4A. THE GRACE OF GOD

1B. Bread is grain plus work, which equals temporal life

2B. Jesus, the bread of life plus His saving work equals eternal life

5A. THE GLORY OF GOD

CONCLUSION:

1. Bread is God’s provision for the curse.

2. Christ more than offsets sin’s damage.

3. Someday we’ll be eating fruit.