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Pastor Ralph Emerson: Food (Fruit) Poisoning? (Genesis 2:9, 16; 3:6)
Pastor Ralph Emerson, associate director for the Texas Baptists’ Cooperative Program, issued a challenge to his hearers not to choose the quick fix over the good prepared for them. Adam and Eve chose what was “detrimental for them” instead of what was “designed for them,” and they paid the price.
Emerson continued his challenge by declaring death sometimes looks more attractive than life. He exhorted his hearers not to choose convenience over what is commendable.
He illustrates the point with reference to food poisoning and its consequences. Just as bad food makes a person physically sick, the sin of eating forbidden fruit has consequences for us mentally, morally and mechanically.
This sermon was delivered online Mar. 28, 2021, for the morning worship service of Freedom Church in Bedford, where Emerson was the guest preacher. It is part of a series titled “Between Two Gardens.”
Sermon notes are available here.
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