“FROM FRUIT TO BREAD”
Genesis 3.19


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.