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New Garments: Even in the terrible chapter of the Fall of humanity to sin, the grace and mercy of God are found in abundance. Ever since, sin has had a profound impact on our relationships, work, identity, and so much more. But even in a place of guilt and shame, God's promises are full of hope. Recorded on Feb 20, 2022, on Genesis 3:14-24, by Pastor David Parks. This message is part of The Making of Heaven and Earth sermon series. There are few more important chapters ever written than the first three chapters of Genesis. These chapters dramatically shape our understanding of who we are, where we’ve come from, and the reason why things are the way they are today. More importantly, they introduce us to the God who created and sustains all things. Sermon Transcript All year, we’re talking about The Greatness of God. And today, we’re continuing a sermon series called The Making of Heaven and Earth from Genesis 1-3. As we’ve said, there are few more important chapters ever written than the first three chapters of Genesis. The creation narratives of the Bible shape our understanding of who we are, where we’ve come from, and the reason why things are the way they are today. But more importantly, they introduce us to the God who created and sustains all things. So far, we’ve considered the creation of the heavens and the earth, the creation and vocation of human beings, and the creation of marriage before the fall to sin that we looked at last week. The fall of humanity marks one of the most significant turning points of history and is really what most of the rest of the Bible is all about. Well, today, we’ll consider some of the consequences of the fall. However, even (and perhaps only) in the disaster of the fall, do we see the depths of the grace/mercy of God. If you have a Bible/app, please open to Ge 3:14. Genesis 3:14-24 (NIV), “14 So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, “Cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. 15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring  and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” 16 To the woman he said, “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.” 17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life. 18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.” 20 Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living. 21 The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. 22 And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.” 23 So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. 24 After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.” As we’ve said, the first five books of the Bible, called the Torah, were written by Moses, the famous prophet/leader of the people of ancient Israel during the time of the Exodus. Moses was writing during a time when it was critical for God’s people to learn/remember their story, including who God created people to be and what God created people to do. But without an understanding of the fall to sin,