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Welcome to our Fall Series Sunday School Stories! I am so excited to dive into the top 12-13 bible stories that are taught in and through churches to Sunday school classes! Ranging from Adam and Eve to the Cross. In this episode I take some extra time to explain my heart behind why we are diving into these stories from a young adults perspective. with each "story" we are going to have applicable points but also I want to give us some doctrines as we go to help you form foundations for your faith. 

Key doctrines that we can use as takeaways from this account:

doctrine of the Trinity - God being spoken of in the third person singular is quoted talking to multiple with him, yet all those actions were fulfilled by the singular. making us realize that there is a community within God. this is ultimately played out to be the Father, son and Holy Ghost. Even in the OT we see trinity talk!

Doctrine of total depravity - Humanity in listening to Satan and willingly choosing to disobey God in the Garden entered a state of existence to which we are now totally deprived of the goodness and sinless community we are meant to have with God! not that we are no longer “free”. But just as how we had freedom in the covenant given to Adam, we are now free under the broken will bent to sin.

Doctrine of Salvation - God came towards humanity when humanity fell and entered into the realm of sin and shame. While Humanity is not dead and separated from God, through Christ God the father moved first out of unmerited love towards sinners!

Points:

1. God is the center of our focus in reading the bible and in our daily life, never is it us!
2. Sin was a choice made, never a blind and innocent mistake. Be careful to know God’s word!
3. God moves first! We serve a God who never leaves His people in the dark, but actually comes after us!

Questions:

1. What is something you might have learned new or seen from a new perspective in this account?
2. Does taking the ultimate matter of our sin nature away from Satan and placing it in our own hands change the intensity of it?
3. Is it better to simply speak a vague truth or to take the time and protect the details while speaking in a way that people understand? (the principle of taking time to know the details is the major focus)