"Thorns and Thisles"

July 26, 2016

“Thorns and Thistles”

Blessings folk!

The Lord gave the reason for what He was to do…Man/Woman listened to the voice of the serpent and decided to reject the voice of God.

The Lord gave the result - increased pain in childbirth and the ground would be cursed.

Gen 3:17-19

Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’;
Cursed is the ground because of you;
In toil you will eat of it
All the days of your life.

“Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you;
And you will eat the plants of the field;

By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread,
Till you return to the ground,
Because from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”


We can glean some profound truths from this passage.

When Man/Woman sinned creation was effected.
Change took place at the “dna” level.
Now, the ground would bring forth thorns and thistles.
There were not there before.
Thorns and thistles are protection mechanisms for plants.
Before the rebellion there was no need for them.
Now, there is need.

Man/Woman would now eat from the plants of the field.
Before, they ate from the fruit of the garden.

Now, they will eat by the sweat of the brow.

Such would be until their physical bodies died and returned to the dust of the ground.

Adam came from the dust.
He would return to the dust.

Things were now very different.