CHECK YOUR REFORMATION LENSES

All leaders create a culture that should, ideally, maintain the group’s vision or purpose and promote integrity within all participants.  Is the culture you are creating accomplishing these two biblically-based goals?

After viewing the video, answer these few questions to evaluate your reformation lens:​

God’s Return to the Garden

• God’s re-entry into the Garden signals divine initiative—He comes to confront, to reveal truth, and to restore order.
• ​He addresses sin in this life and in the life which is to come, demonstrating that God Himself is the One who brings truth, justice, and righteous judgment.
• This moment invites us to reflect personally: Where might God be confronting us with truth, calling us to accountability, or inviting us back into alignment with His ways?

The Convening of a Divine Court

• The scene functions as a legal and judicial moment: God questions, evaluates, and renders verdicts.
• This highlights God as Judge, but also as Father, engaging each participant personally (Adam and Eve).
• The process models accountability, not abandonment.
• ​This judicial encounter invites reflection: How do we respond when God brings our actions into the light and calls us to give an account?

Disciplines and Redemptive Judgments for Adam and Eve

• The consequences given to Adam and Eve are not merely punitive; they are disciplinary and redemptive in nature.
• These judgments:
  • Reshape human experience (pain, toil, relational struggle).
  • Prevent eternal entrapment in a fallen state.
  • Set the stage for future redemption (protoevangelium in Genesis 3:15).
• The distinction between discipline (corrective) and judgment (decisive) becomes a key theological theme.
• ​This invites personal reflection: How is God using discipline in our own lives to shape us, refine us, and draw us toward deeper dependence on Him?

The Irrevocable Judgment on the Serpent

• Unlike Adam and Eve, the serpent receives no opportunity for restoration.
• The judgment is:
  • Irrevocable — permanent and unalterable.
  • Cosmic — affecting not only the serpent but the entire spiritual conflict between good and evil.
  • Prophetic — pointing toward the ultimate defeat of evil through the Seed of the woman.
• This invites personal reflection: How does the finality of God’s judgment against evil deepen our trust in His justice and strengthen our hope in His promised victory?​

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Did the above questions help you see yourself with more clarity or was your view a little blurry?  If you are unsure and unclear, perhaps I could help you apply reformation lenses in order that you can more deliberately reform your world according to biblical patterns. 

 I am hosting a monthly mentorship call in which I will go into more details about each question.  I will response to your questions and help you discover how and where to apply reformation truths. 
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