Genesis
3:1-7
The serpent asked the woman, “Has God said that you cannot
eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?”
The woman said, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in
the garden, except for the tree in the middle of the garden, God said we cannot
eat it, or even touch it, or we will die.”
So the serpent told her, “You will not surely die. God knows that in the day when you eat it,
your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and
evil.” Then the woman took the fruit,
ate some of it, and gave some to her husband.
When they ate the fruit, their eyes were opened and they became aware of
their nakedness, so they sewed leaves together to cover their bodies.
Satan caused the woman to question God’s word. Do you ever question why or if something is really a sin?
Look up and read James 4:7-8. How do these scriptures tell us to resist the devil when he causes us to question God?
Genesis 3:8-13
Later, they heard God in the garden and they hid in the
trees. God called to Adam, “Where are
you?”
Adam said, “I heard you in the garden and I was afraid,
because I was naked, so I hid myself.”
God asked, “How did you know you were naked? Did you eat fruit from the tree that I told
you not to eat from?”
The man said, “The woman that YOU gave me, to be with me,
gave me the fruit and I ate it.”
The Lord asked the woman, “What have you done?”
The woman said, “The serpent tricked me and I ate it.”
When Adam said, “The woman that YOU gave me, to be with me”, he was actually trying to place at least part of the blame back on God. Do you ever blame God for your own actions?
Who did the woman blame?
Genesis 3:14-19
God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this you
are cursed more than any of the animals and will crawl on your belly and eat
dust all the days of your life. I will
put hostility between you and the woman and your descendants and her
descendants.”
To the woman God said, “I will multiply your pain and
suffering in childbirth. Your desire
will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
To Adam God said, “Because you listened to your wife and
ate the fruit from the tree I told you not to eat the ground is cursed and you
will have to work for your food until you die.
You were made from the dust and to the dust you shall return.
What was the serpent’s punishment for tempting the woman to disobey God?
What was the woman’s punishment for disobeying God and leading Adam to disobey God?
What was Adam’s punishment for disobeying God?
When sin was brought into the world, it brought with it the
punishment of death. That is why Adam
and Eve could no longer have access to the tree of life. The events in Genesis 3 serves as a reminder
to us of how serious sin is. We should
not treat sin casually.
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