Genesis 3 Sin

Genesis 3 The Fall of Man Genesis 3:1-7 Sin
Satan’s 3 step approach

1) Question the truth – has God said?
2) Deny the truth – You shall not surely die
3) Twist the truth – You will be like God
Does Satan use this approach today?

Genesis 3:8-13
The result of sin

What were the immediate resulting consequences (before the curses) of the sin?
Man’s relationship with God suffered.
Adam didn’t understand how his sin had affected his relationship with God.
FEAR showed up.
Adam blamed Eve – Eve blamed the serpent.

What are the immediate results of your and my sin?
Why does sin impact our relationship with God?
Why doesn’t He just look the other way once in a while?

The Curses
Genesis 3:14-19
The serpent – on your belly, enmity, bruised head.
The Woman – pain in childbirth
Adam – toil, cursed ground, thorns and thistles, return to dust.

Sin is serious. The consequences range from impacting our relationship with God to everyday life.
We should be on guard against temptation, and recognize it for what it can lead to.

Creation

The Creation


Genesis 1:1-13 and 14-31

As we read Genesis 1 - Look for the verbs that indicate action by God.

God said

God created

God made

God blessed them

God gave

God saw

God called

Spirit of God moving


God spoke creation into being and made man

What do these actions tell us about God?

What did God do after making man?

God made man and immediately blessed him.
Then he gave him some commands.

The creation account describes the character and attributes of God. Genesis one corrects many misconceptions concerning God. Positively, it portrays His character and attributes.

• God is sovereign and all-powerful.

• God is no mere force, but a Person.

• God is eternal.

• God is good.

Adam and Eve

Genesis Week 1 Feb 13, 2011
Adam and Eve
Opening – Who has had some surgery? How did you feel when you woke up?
Genesis 1:26, 2:7-8 God formed man from dust. "Formed" (Heb. yasar) means to shape or mold and implies that God deliberately did this with tender loving care. It describes the work of an artist (cf. Job 10:8-9).
God made man.

Genesis 2:15-17 Edenic Covenant
What responsibilities was Adam given in these verses?
Cultivate and keep the garden
Eat from any tree, but don’t eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
How did Adam respond to his responsibilities?

Genesis 2:18-25 The Wife
Why did God make a wife for Adam?
It was not good for him to be alone.
In God’s image – the Trinity is not alone.

What did the scene look like in V22? (God bringing Eve to Adam).

What do these verses tell us about marriage?
God instituted it.
God intended it to be monogamous.
God intended it to be heterosexual.
It sets a priority of relationships above the parent/child relationship.
In involves physical and spiritual unity.

What causes disunity in a marriage relationship?
How does not be unified affect the people in the marriage?
What things promote unity in a marriage?
How does unity affect the marriage?