Why Was the Serpent in the Garden of Eden?
Core Christianity
Aaron Simon
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🗓️ 22 November 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Episode 1103 | Adriel Sanchez and Bill Maier answer caller questions.
Questions in this Episode
1. Gideon asked for signs to prove God's will, was he wrong to do this? If not, should we still do this in the Christian life?
2. If the Garden of Eden was perfect, why was there something that could cause sin in the garden?
3. If I disagree with some of the theology that is taught in my church, should I look for a new place to worship?
4. How do you explain the trinity to muslims?
5. How should we understand the reference to angels in 1 Corinthians 11:10?
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| 0:00.0 | An eighth grader asks, if the Garden of Eden was perfect, then why was the snake there? |
| 0:11.4 | That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity. |
| 0:16.4 | Well, hi, this is Bill Meyer along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez, and this is the radio program where we answer your questions about the Bible and the Christian life every day. And we love hearing from eighth graders. You can call us right now regardless of what grade you're in. Here's our phone number. It's 1-833-843-2673 or 8the-core. You can also post your question on our Facebook, |
| 0:41.4 | Instagram, or Twitter accounts, and you can watch Adrial right now on YouTube through our YouTube |
| 0:46.0 | channel and message us that way. And of course, you can always email us your question at |
| 0:50.1 | Questions at CoreChristianity.com. First today, here's a question from one of our listeners |
| 0:56.0 | named Cody. My question was a follow-up gentleman asked about asking for signs from God. |
| 1:04.6 | I'm curious about Gideon in the Old Testament who requested these signs as the proof of God's will. |
| 1:13.2 | Was that sinful or lacking faith on Gideon's part? |
| 1:17.3 | And is there any ground for anything like that in the post-resurrection life of the Christian |
| 1:25.1 | today? |
| 1:25.6 | Thank you. |
| 1:26.6 | Yeah, Cody, thank you for that follow-up. So the passage |
| 1:29.6 | of scripture you're referring to is in Judges chapter 6, beginning in verse 36. Then Gideon said to God, |
| 1:35.8 | if you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said, behold, I am laying a fleece of wool on the |
| 1:42.2 | threshing floor. If there is due on the fleece alone and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said. And it was so. When he arose early next morning and squeezed the fleece, he wrung enough dew from the fleece to fill a bowl with water. And Gideon said to God, let not your anger burn against me. |
| 2:02.5 | Let me speak just once more. Please let me test just once more with the fleece. |
| 2:07.6 | Please let it be dry on the fleece only and on all the ground let there be due. And God did so |
| 2:13.5 | that night and it was dry on the fleece only and on all the ground there was due. |
| 2:19.5 | And so, I mean, here's a clear example of someone, I think humbly going to the Lord and saying, |
| 2:24.7 | God, give me a sign here, help me out, let me know whether or not you're really going to |
| 2:30.7 | deliver Israel by my hand, Gideon, a judge of Israel at that time, |
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