Redefining Salvation and the Serpent's Role in Genesis 3 (To Be Human Series)

Voxology

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 12 August 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Uncover how redefining salvation and understanding the serpent's role in Genesis 3 can reshape our perspective on sin, humanity, and our relationship with God. Dive deep into the hidden wordplays in the Hebrew text and explore how these insights impact our daily lives and spiritual journey.

Key Takeaways:

• Redefining Salvation – A fresh perspective on salvation as embodied participation in new creation, moving beyond traditional views of sin and redemption.

• The Serpent's Wisdom and the Fall – Analyzing the serpent's role in Genesis 3, the Hebrew wordplays between "naked" and "crafty," and how they inform our understanding of temptation and disobedience.

• Imaging God vs. Idolatry – Exploring how we become like what we worship, the concept of idolatry, and its implications for our identity and spiritual formation.

• The Role of Wisdom – Discussing the dual nature of wisdom in the Bible, how it can be used for good or ill, and the importance of seeking godly wisdom.

• Community and Scripture – Understanding how the Bible is designed to leave communities in its wake and the role of human participation in God's ongoing story.

Resources Mentioned:

• Matthew Bates' Books – Salvation by Allegiance Alone, The Gospel Precisely

• Scott McKnight's Books – The King Jesus Gospel, Kingdom Conspiracy

• N.T. Wright's Book – How God Became King

• The Bible Project – Tim Mackie's Work on Genesis

• Proverbs References – Exploring wisdom in Proverbs 12, Proverbs 14, Proverbs 22

• Romans 1 – Paul's reflections on sin and idolatry

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As always, we encourage and would love discussion as we pursue. Feel free to email in questions to [email protected], and to engage the conversation on Facebook and Instagram.

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Music in this episode by Timothy John Stafford

Instagram & Twitter: @GoneTimothy

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0:00.0	Hey folks, welcome to episode number 468 of the Voxology podcast.
0:07.7	This is another episode of the To Be Human, and now we are getting into Genesis 3 and the serpent and all that jazz.
0:15.6	But first, we go over an email that asks, how would you define salvation?
0:22.6	Which opens up a whole can of worms, but we do our best with about 20 minutes to unpack
0:29.6	a lot of the language that's in there, how it's changed for us over time, how does the text
0:35.6	and the words we normally use to get to our ideas of salvation,
0:39.3	what are those words, where do they come from, how do they link to other words in the text and so on and so forth.
0:44.3	And then at about the 24 minute mark we get into Genesis chapter 3.
0:50.3	Looking at the serpent, the words that are used to describe the serpent, the words that are used to describe Adam and Eve, all the different things, all the stories that we grew up with, how are they different from what the text actually says?
1:04.9	It's actually really, really interesting stuff. So again, thank you for coming along for the ride. This is the Voxology podcast.
1:14.4	Pardon my scratchy voice. I am tragically sick Timothy John Stafford today.
1:42.3	We're not sure, we're not sure what has infected his lung, lung
1:48.9	system. What is that called? Breathing system. There it is. The circulatory system, the airway
1:54.2	system. Could be the COVID. We're not sure. Were you exposed? I mean, everybody has it, so who knows? I don't know that I was directly exposed. It could just be a cold, too. Who knows? Okay. But we're back at school. We're back. It's glorious. No, I'm not. You're not? Nope, I got like two weeks left. Dude. My kids haven't started it either.
2:18.5	Oh.
2:19.4	They start next week. The demons that run Tennessee have decided that August is a school month, not a summer month, which is offensive.
2:28.4	And so we started, Seth Erie started high school last Monday.
2:33.2	And how has that been so far?
2:34.5	And oh my goodness.
2:36.2	He was talking about skipping school yesterday.
2:40.3	Nothing new.
2:42.4	Right.
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