God’s original plan for humanity was fruitfulness. Ironically, in Genesis 3 it is eating from the wrong fruit that causes humanity to plunge into sin. It is fruit that reveals the fullness of God’s blessing and fruit that caused us to fall into the emptiness of death. True fruitfulness is the result of life-giving faithfulness. Conversely, consuming the fruit of faithlessness results in death. In this chapter, we will explore the reality of sin as unbelief and rebellion against God’s revealed word resulting in our inability to attain God’s blessing of fruitfulness apart from his grace.
Multiplication in a fallen world: Eating from the wrong tree
