2. CREATION: FAITH
GOD’S LITMUST TEST FOR ADAM & EVE IN
THE BEGINNING
Tree: Middle
GOD’S LITMUST TEST FOR HIS END-TIME
REMNANT
Sabbath: Middle
3. ADAM AND EVE’S LITMUST TEST
GENESIS 2:16, 17
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying,
Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest
thereof thou shalt surely die.
GENESIS 3:2, 3
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat
of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit
of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden,
God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall
ye touch it, lest ye die.
4. TREE: TEST ADAM & EVE’S FAITH?
ELLEN G. WHITE, CONFRONTATION, p. 12
The forbidden tree was as attractive and lovely as any
of the trees in the garden. It was called the tree of
knowledge because in partaking of that tree of which
God had said, "Thou shalt not eat of it," they would
have a knowledge of sin, an experience in
disobedience.
PSALMS 24:1
The earth [is] the LORD'S, and the fulness
thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
5. FAITH: OBEDIENCE WITHOUT
DISCUSSION
GENESIS 3:4, 5
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not
surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat
thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall
be as gods, knowing good and evil.
GENESIS 3:13
And the LORD God said unto the woman, What [is]
this [that] thou hast done? And the woman said, The
serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
What does it mean to beguile someone?
6. THE PENALTY OF DISOBEDIENCE:
DEATH SENTENCE
GENESIS 2:17
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou
eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
7. FAITH AND AFFIRMATION
STATEMENTS
GENESIS 2:1, 2 [ Completion: Heaven & earth]
GENESIS 2:4 [These are the generations]
Six days of creation; seventh day God rested.
EXODUS 20:11[FAITH & AFFIRMATION]
For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and
earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the
sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Fourth command located in God’s Law?
Middle
8. PAST AND PRESENT TEST
COMPARED
Litmus Test: Beginning Litmus Test: End
Loyalty: In/To God Loyalty: In/To God
Position: Middle Position: Middle
Faith in God: Faith in God:
Eat/don’t Eat Rest/don’t Rest
Disobedience: Death Disobedience: Death
Attractive & lovely Delightful &
The difference? Fruits
pleasurable
The difference? 7th Day
were forbidden
Sanctified
9. HIGH STAKES WITH AN ETERNAL
PRICE
Who created the days of the week?
Was there a Day which God reserved for himself?
Who created the trees?
Was there a Tree which fruits were forbidden to
eat?
10. BIBLE CHARACTERS: LITMUS TEST
2 TIMOTHY 4:7 [Paul]
I have fought a good fight, I have finished [my]
course, I have kept the faith...
DANIEL 3:18 [Daniel & friends]
But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we
will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden
image which thou hast set up.
JOHN 15:10 [Jesus]
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in
my love; even as I have kept my Father's
commandments, and abide in his love.
11. GOD’S SABBATH: GREEN CARD
EXODUS 20:20
And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God
is come to prove you, and that his fear may be
before your faces, that ye sin not.
EXODUS 31:13
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying,
Verily my Sabbaths ye shall keep: for it [is] a
sign between me and you throughout your
generations; that [ye] may know that I [am] the
LORD that doth sanctify you.
12. QUESTIONS THAT NEED ANSWERS
Does the devil hate God’s Sabbath?
Did the devil hate the forbidden tree?
What does he try to make us do with God’s
Sabbath?
Did the devil succeeded in making Adam & Eve
disobey?
What did ancient Israel do with the Sabbath
throughout its history?
Who led them to trample on God’s Sabbath?
In Christ time, was the Sabbath borne/seen as a
burden?
13. CONTRAST: PHARISEES’ & JESUS’
MATTHEW 23
Pharisees’ Works Jesus’ Works
Moses’ seat God’s right hand
Do as I say… Do as he’s done
Works: Fake Works: Real
Front seat “JOY” Back seat
Rabbi Son of God
Long prays Short prays
Swore: Temple Swore: Father
Stole: Widows/People Blessed:
Pharisees: Killed Jesus… Widows/Multitude
Pharisees: Hell Jesus: Humanity
14. THE DEVIL: AGENT IN DISGUISE
DANIEL 7:25
And he shall speak [great] words against the most
High, and shall wear out the saints of the most
High, and think to change times and laws: and
they shall be given into his hand until a time and
times and the dividing of time.
15. WHICH COMES FIRST? GENUINE OR
THE COUNTERFEIT?
God’s day of worship: Creation & before sin
Satan’s rival day of worship: At the arrival of sin &
after creation
JOHN 17:17 [Truth: EXODUS 20:8-11]
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
16. GOD’S LITMUS TEST: ALL MANKIND
Whose authority will you accept?
EXODUS 31:15
Six days may work be done; but in the seventh [is]
the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever
doeth [any] work in the sabbath day, he shall
surely be put to death.
GALATIANS 3:29
And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's
seed, and heirs according to the promise.
SABBATH
SUN[BAAL]
17. THE STORY: NADAB & ABIHU
LEVITICUS 10:1, 2
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took
either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and
put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before
the LORD, which he commanded them not. And
there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured
them, and they died before the LORD.
LEVITICUS 10:9-11
Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy
sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the
congregation, lest ye die: [it shall be] a statute for
ever throughout your generations: And that ye may
put difference between holy and unholy, and
between unclean and clean; And that ye may teach
the children of Israel all the statutes which the
LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of
18. WILL THOSE WHO RECEIVE OF
GOD’S WRATH BE DRUNK AS WELL?
REVELATION 14:8
Nations drink of the wine of her fornication
REVELATION 14:9, 10
Those who worship the beast will drink of the wine
of God’s wrath
REVELATION 18:3
Nations have drunk of the wine of her wrath
REVELATION 17:2
The kings and inhabitants of the earth have drunk
the wine of her fornication
19. WHAT WAS NADAB & ABIHU UNABLE TO DO
AS A RESULT OF THEIR DRUNKENESS?
LEVITICUS 10:10
And that ye may put difference between holy and
unholy, and between unclean and clean...
They offer: Unholy as if it was Holy
LEVITICUS 10:1, 2
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took
either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and
put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before
the LORD, which he commanded them not. And
there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured
them, and they died before the LORD.
