The Fall of Man<\/p>\n
Lesson 3<\/p>\n
Genesis 3<\/p>\n
Me-<\/p>\n
Back when I worked with the youth there was an activity the leaders would use to point out the consequences of sin.\u00a0 We would have each person write down a wrong that they believed they needed to confess to the Lord.\u00a0 Those pieces of paper were then nailed to two boards in the shape of a cross.\u00a0 Once everyone had nailed their confessions to the cross we would burn all of them up.\u00a0 This was to signify God\u2019s view of the sins that had been confessed.\u00a0 Then the nails were pulled from the wood leaving holes.\u00a0 We then explained that even though God forgave each of us for the wrongs we had committed that there always be consequences of our actions.\u00a0 As I reflect back now I have to say that I quite often fail to confess both to God and to others the wrongs that I do that may have lasting effect on their lives.\u00a0 In a way this keeps me from condemning the actions of Adam and Eve because I am no better than them.<\/p>\n
We-<\/p>\n
We live in a blameless society.\u00a0 Making that statement does not mean that we are sinless or do no wrong, it just means that we have reached the point that we no longer accept the responsibility for our wrong doing.\u00a0 We blame everyone else for our failures, our inadequacies and reasons we commit sinful acts.\u00a0 The church is not exempt from this attitude.\u00a0 No longer do we hear messages from the pulpit or Bible study classes concerning sin and its consequences.\u00a0 When we do speak of the ills of society it is the fault of the media or someone trying to keep others down.\u00a0 Adam and Eve learned a harsh lesson that should be an example for each of us.\u00a0 We are to take responsibility for our own sin. We are not to come before God with excuses but with humility, owning up to what we have done with a broken heart confessing and asking for forgiveness from the perfect Creator of this universe.<\/p>\n
God-<\/p>\n
Genesis 3:1<\/p>\n
In this verse the adversary of God and man came onto the scene.\u00a0 Even in the perfect world of the garden there was the presence of evil. He was described as a serpent which was, depending on the translation used, wise, subtle or crafty.\u00a0 There are words like cunning that could be used to tell of his attributes. He possessed what the other beasts did not have.\u00a0 It meant that whatever kind of beast the serpent was the devil had taken control and spoke through it.<\/p>\n
This creature came, not to Adam, but to Eve to begin his assault on mankind.\u00a0 It is on the surface strange that he would approach the woman and not the man.\u00a0 It was to the man, before the creation of woman, that the command was given to not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.\u00a0 The woman would have therefore received the information second handed from her husband.\u00a0 The other factor to consider, according to one commentator, is the psychological makeup of men and women.\u00a0 Women seem to be the more sensitive and emotional in dealing with issues.\u00a0 Men have a tendency to approach situations from a logical and intellectual point of view.<\/p>\n
The serpent began the conversation with a question that was meant to undermind God\u2019s authority in Eve\u2019s life.\u00a0 The question was more rhetorical in nature than the honest seeking of information.\u00a0 He knew the answer before he asked the question.\u00a0 It was asked in a way to start Eve thinking, why did God not want them to eat of every tree? Why was that particular tree off limits?<\/p>\n
Genesis 3:2-4<\/p>\n
Of course there is no returning to the way things were before the fall but there is a lesson to be learned from this conversation.\u00a0 Anytime someone contradicts the word of God man must be leery of what is being said.\u00a0 The woman lost the battle once she began to speak to this animal which had been created by God.\u00a0 The woman\u2019s answer completely changed the tenor of God\u2019s command to Adam.\u00a0 She spoke of:<\/p>\n
Genesis 3:5<\/p>\n
The serpent immediately picked up on the questioning of death and arrogantly stated that God would not kill either she or her husband. He carried his point even further. Not only did he declare that God would not kill them if she ate the fruit but would become like God knowing good and evil.\u00a0 Who would not want to be wise?\u00a0 Who would not want to be like God having total knowledge?\u00a0 Satan played to the one characteristic of mankind that has led to the downfall of many a person beginning with the first couple.\u00a0 Pride would lead to the fall wanting to dethrone God and to put one\u2019s self in His place.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Genesis 3:6<\/p>\n
Here is one verse upon which the history of man\u2019s relationship hinges.\u00a0 Pride had become full blown in the heart and mind of Eve.\u00a0 She could be like God.\u00a0 In First John it was written how the desires of what this world has to offer leads one to the devastating effect of Pride.\u00a0 John said, \u201cIf anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.\u00a0 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eye and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.\u201d\u00a0 (1 John 2:15-16)<\/p>\n
How was this played out in the garden?\u00a0 Eve saw<\/p>\n
Not only did she eat of the fruit, but implicated her husband in the transgression against God\u2019s commands.\u00a0 She gave him some of the fruit and he willingly ate of it.\u00a0 Again choices were made that carried the couple to their own destruction.\u00a0 Although Eve had been deceived, it was Adam who knowingly broke the command of God which he had personally received.\u00a0 His was an intentional violation of all that God had said and thus deserved the greater condemnation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There is an unspoken thread that runs throughout the Old Testament and into the New.\u00a0 The devil\u2019s ultimate goal has always been for the total destruction of mankind.\u00a0 He had accomplished this at the very beginning there would be no need for Christ to come and he would never be defeated causing continual problems for God.\u00a0 He has never been strong enough to confront God head on.\u00a0 By tempting God\u2019s children to sin, he might provoke God to destroy all of mankind.\u00a0 He did not nor will he ever succeed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Genesis 3:7<\/p>\n
Immediately, the first thing that happened to them was the loss of innocence that they had enjoyed up until this point.\u00a0 They now felt guilty at seeing the other person unclothed and knew that they could not face God in their sin.\u00a0 The knowledge of sinfulness, the broken relationship with God occurred the moment their eyes were opened and they saw each other as they were.\u00a0 As man always does when confronted with the reality of sin, they attempted to cover themselves with fig leaves sewn together.\u00a0 Of course throughout history there would be other attempts to hide one\u2019s sin from God.<\/p>\n
Genesis 3:8-13<\/p>\n
Some translations use the term voice when speaking of God\u2019s presence in the garden.\u00a0 The NASB uses the word sound.\u00a0 Whether it was the voice of God or His sound, the man knew that God was in the garden in a way that He had done so many times before.\u00a0 This time was different.\u00a0 Rather than welcoming the sweet fellowship the man and woman had experienced before they now feared making themselves known. They hid themselves because of their shame. When Moses wrote Genesis it was part of the mid eastern culture that public nudity was considered a shameful act.<\/p>\n
The initial question that God asked was not for His own benefit.\u00a0 He knew where the man was physically.\u00a0 It was asked for two purposes.\u00a0 He wanted man to explain his spiritual relationship with Him.\u00a0 It was to have man confront himself and use the opportunity to confess and take responsibility for what he had done.\u00a0 It was obvious that he was not going to do it voluntarily but only under the scrutiny of God.\u00a0 The man did not own up to the sin of disobedience but only the consequences of his action. Supposedly, he was afraid to come before God because of his nakedness.<\/p>\n
The answer given was unsatisfactory, so God asked a more penetrating one.\u00a0 He wanted to know how the man knew that he was naked.\u00a0 Then He went right to the heart of the problem when He asked whether the man had eaten of the tree.\u00a0 God reinforced this question with the words, \u201cOf which I commanded you not to eat?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
There was no way to evade the question, but like man from that point on, the man managed to deflect responsibility and blame the woman for his failure.\u00a0 God then turned to the woman giving her a chance to confess, but she like her husband, now put the blame on the serpent.\u00a0 Her answer was so telling.\u00a0 \u201cThe serpent deceived me, and I ate.\u201d\u00a0 This is like the cartoons that have been drawn in which everyone says \u201cNot I\u201d when confronted with the broken vase etc.<\/p>\n
Genesis 3:14-15<\/p>\n
The judgment on the serpent was twofold.\u00a0 God first dealt with the beast which had been inhabited by satan.\u00a0 He condemned it to move about on its belly and eat dust forever.\u00a0 Secondly, he pronounced on the devil himself with the first prophecy concerning the coming Savior.\u00a0 He said to the devil that he would be:<\/p>\n
\u00a0Genesis 3:16<\/p>\n
God then turned to the woman.\u00a0 As a consequence of her disobedience the woman would<\/p>\n
Genesis 3:17-19<\/p>\n
God explained to the man the reason that His judgment had come to him. The man had heeded the voice of his wife and had deliberately eaten the fruit from the tree. The command had been given to the man and no one else.\u00a0 As a result of his disobedience his future would be much different than he had experienced in the garden.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The final part of the judgment had to do with life itself.\u00a0 No longer was the blessing of living forever a possibility.\u00a0 When he died he would return to the ground from which he had been taken.<\/p>\n
Genesis 3:20<\/p>\n
The man now names his wife.\u00a0 He called her Eve, which meant \u201cliving.\u201d \u00a0She was to be the mother of all who would come after them.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Genesis 3:21<\/p>\n
Instead of the fig leaves that Adam and Eve had made to cover their nakedness, God made clothing from the skins of animals.\u00a0 This is the first time that animals would be sacrificed to cover man\u2019s sin.\u00a0 Throughout the Old Testament this is called atonement.<\/p>\n
Genesis 3:22-24<\/p>\n
To keep the man from having access to the tree God drove him out of the garden.\u00a0 If he had remained then he would lived in his fallen state forever.\u00a0 No longer did man have all of the vegetation of the garden but now had to cultivate the land in order to eat.<\/p>\n
After God drove man out of the garden He stationed the \u201ccherubim and the flaming sword\u201d to guard against the attempt on the part of man to return.\u00a0 The tree of life continued to be in the garden as a reminder of all man had lost. Man after the fall could no longer avail himself of it.<\/p>\n
You-<\/p>\n
We-<\/p>\n
If we truly understand the events that took place back in the garden there should only be one response on our part.\u00a0 To think how close the devil came to winning and having man destroyed should cause us to fall down on our faces and cry out for mercy.\u00a0 Let none of us think that we can\u00a0 stand up to the devil in our own strength.\u00a0 Perfect man and woman were no match for him, much less we who are fallen creatures. Thankfully God in His great compassion has heard our plea.\u00a0 He sent His son to ensure that the devil cannot win.\u00a0 Christ has won the victory. We now have the relationship with God that was lost in the garden. Let us continually praise Him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Additional Notes:<\/p>\n
BL- Bible Lesson<\/p>\n
WM- What\u2019s Missing<\/p>\n
UE- Unexpected Event<\/p>\n
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BL-In Genesis 3 Satan (as the Serpent) approaches Eve tempts her to be even “better” than she was\u00a0 already–to be gods, instead of godly–by eating from the tree of\u00a0the knowledge of good and evil.\u00a0 Eve succumbed\u00a0first then gave some of the fruit to Adam to eat.\u00a0 The Scripture tells that immediately their eyes were opened to the awareness of not good and evil but the fact they were naked.\u00a0 They DID gain\u00a0knowledge of both good and evil, but what they failed to consider was the terrible consequence of\u00a0their sin–the\u00a0loss of their previously perfect\u00a0relationship with God.\u00a0 This resulted in separation from Him and from each other, and introduced them\u00a0to\u00a0emotions they had\u00a0never experienced\u00a0before–shame, guilt, and fear.\u00a0 Sin hardened their hearts, and we saw Adam blaming the woman for\u00a0tempting him, blaming God for making the woman, and Eve blaming the serpent.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, we see God’s mercy in Genesis 3:15 when He tells the serpent, “And I will put enmity between you\u00a0and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and\u00a0you will strike his\u00a0heel (NIV).”\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the Old Testament family\u00a0lines are\u00a0normally traced through the man, but here the order is changed.\u00a0 God tells Eve that it would be her seed that would eventually defeat satan. This makes Genesis 3:15\u00a0the first prophecy of the coming of\u00a0the Messiah,\u00a0Jesus Christ, who was\u00a0not conceived by man, but through the Holy Spirit and was born of\u00a0the Virgin\u00a0Mary. Satan “struck” Him when He\u00a0suffered and died on the cross, but through His death and resurrection, Christ crushed Satan’s weapons of sin and\u00a0death\u00a0(see I Cor. 15:55-57).\u00a0 We see God’s mercy again in 3:24-25, when He banishes the couple from the Garden of Eden.\u00a0 He does this to keep\u00a0them\u00a0from eating from the tree of life and thus living in a state of separation from Him forever.<\/p>\n
GC-Do not provide satan an opportunity to make inroads into our lives by raising doubts about God\u2019s commands and His ultimate purpose for us. (What is our responsibility towards sin). (Gen. 3:4-6)<\/p>\n
GC-We must always be on guard against those things that stimulate the senses but may destroy the spirit.\u00a0 Remember man does not commit a sin in a vacuum, but there is the strong possibility that others\u00a0 can\u00a0 be grievously affected or destroyed along with us.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(Gen. 3:4-6; Josh. 7:20-21, 24-25)<\/p>\n
GC-A Christian must beware of deception (things appearing differently than they really are).\u00a0 Eve was deceived by the serpent. (Gen. 3:4; Matt. 7:15; Luke 6:26; Eph. 4:14; 5:6)<\/p>\n
M-In this text is the essence of the motivational theories of today.\u00a0 The idea that is pervasive is to be independent of God.\u00a0 Man has the ability to accomplish all he desires on our own.\u00a0 It is to be like God and to have the knowledge of good and evil with us and by what we do.\u00a0 He is continually stepping out into areas that God calls taboo, which includes those things that are not good for our own well-being.\u00a0 The whole concept comes down to self.\u00a0 Maslow talks about everything I need finally resulting in what he calls self-actualization. (Gen. 3:5)<\/p>\n
WM-To desire to want to be on the same plane as God shows a lack of understanding and acceptance of who God is. (Gen. 3:5)<\/p>\n
RT-It should have been enough for Eve to already be like God. Both she and Adam were created in His image.\u00a0 They were also given all responsibility and authority that they could handle. (Gen. 3:5)<\/p>\n
RT-In order for change to come there must be a physical, mental or spiritual condition preexisting that needs to be altered.\u00a0 Part of what will be written in these notes started as many of the studies that I have done because of some events that were occurring in the life of the church.\u00a0 It was a conscious decision to look at this subject from a biblical perspective.\u00a0 Every remark that follows talking about change will have a C preceding it.<\/p>\n
C-Since the beginning of time there has never been a time when change has not been occurring.\u00a0 Of course this is not news to anyone no matter how isolated from the rest of the world they may have been.\u00a0 Understanding that changes seem to be taking place more rapidly today than ever before, I decided to look at all of the changes in the Bible.\u00a0 Since we seem to deal with them reluctantly, especially in the church, the Bible should provide a clear picture of all the different changes man may face.\u00a0 Today we may put different tags on them, but in reality are they that much different than what man has already experienced?\u00a0 From the beginning we shall see how dynamic this world is.\u00a0<\/p>\n
RT-As a free moral agent man is allowed to choose the path he will take.<\/p>\n
RT-Man decided he could do a better job without God\u2019s help, therefore alienating himself from God.\u00a0 This decision made man an unfit vessel to carry out God\u2019s plan for this world.\u00a0 In that fallen state man could no longer accomplish any good thing for God.\u00a0 It took Jesus to bring about the reconciliation between God and man.\u00a0 Through Christ man can once again carry out the purpose of God. (Gen. 3:1-6)<\/p>\n
RT-To mourn for the lost innocence, the lost purity of each and every man should be in the hearts of each of us.\u00a0 Our sorrow is that the ways of this world have become the dominating factor in the lives of most people, the god of life and so each person lives in opposition to God. (Gen. 3:1-7)<\/p>\n
C-Perfect man and perfect woman were no match for satan\u2019s guile.\u00a0 Since that was true for them, how do we think we can face him in our own strength?\u00a0 (Gen. 3:1-6)<\/p>\n
WM-Missing in the life of Adam and Eve was the whole concept of self-control.\u00a0 They were more willing to gratify their own desires than to obey God.\u00a0 (How much like them are we? (Gen. 3:6)<\/p>\n
DM-Eve did three things that would show her rebellion to God\u2019s authority.\u00a0 By her actions and the involvement of Adam she received what she desired.\u00a0 Her eyes were opened but not what God had determined was best for her. (Gen. 3:6-7)<\/p>\n
DM-Adam was a party on this rebellion. Both of them and subsequently the whole earth has suffered for the acts and decisions in Eden. (Gen. 3:6-24)<\/p>\n
C-When the serpent entered the picture and man succumbed to the temptation to be like God a whole new chapter for Adam and Eve began.\u00a0 No longer would they stewards of a perfect environment, but would have to labor to provide for themselves and their family from a land that would grudgingly yield its fruit.\u00a0 Even the thing that would be precious in their lives, giving birth to a new life, would now be accompanied by submission and pain.\u00a0 The Bible indicates that this new life was difficult for Adam and Eve to accept.\u00a0 In Genesis 3:23 it says, \u201cTherefore the Lord sent him out of the garden of Eden.\u201d One verse later we are told, \u201cHe drove the man out.\u201d\u00a0 Adam went from maintaining the garden to becoming a farmer eeking out his existence from the very ground out of which God had formed him. How could a loving God do such a thing to His special created being?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Gen. 3:1-24)<\/p>\n
RT-Most of us go out into the world spiritually unprepared to face the reality that satan is wreaking havoc on our homes, church and society as a whole. (Gen. 3:1-4)<\/p>\n
WM-The thing missing in the lives of Adam and Eve was that they did not fear God enough to completely obey Him. (Gen. 3)\u00a0<\/p>\n
WM-When we live in perfect relationship with God our heart does not convict us.\u00a0 Sin brings shame and separation. (Gen. 3:7)<\/p>\n
UE-The first death that followed eating of the fruit was the loss of innocence.\u00a0 They lost that childlike faith that calls every man to have who wants a relationship with Him.\u00a0\u00a0 (Gen. 3:7-11)<\/p>\n
E-Before the fall of man God used to spend time walking with Adam and Eve in the garden communing with them. (Gen. 3:8)<\/p>\n
C-For Adam there was not the option of holding on to the past.\u00a0 By his actions he closed that door forever.\u00a0 Both he and Eve did not view the consequences of what they were about to do through the eyes of God.\u00a0 If they had they would certainly have made a different choice.\u00a0 Mankind is so short-sighted in only seeing what is in the moment without any real thought of how what it does affects others.\u00a0 The last point to be made is that in much the same way we cannot hold on to the ways we once knew.\u00a0 Each new moment of life brings changes and new challenges from where we have been. (Gen. 3:24)<\/p>\n
\u00a0RT-Eve saw that the fruit on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was<\/p>\n
She then took of the fruit and ate of it herself.\u00a0 The fruit was then shared with Adam.\u00a0 With this last act she involved others even though willing in her sin. (Gen. 3:6)<\/p>\n
RT-A man of vision cannot be one with an appetite just for what can be accomplished only for today.\u00a0 He must think beyond himself to the benefits can come when he seeks for the greater good of those around him.\u00a0 This is where Adam failed. He saw the possibility of self-promotion, becoming like God, doing the one think that indicated that he was living for the now. Sadly, like many of us, his actions did not make him wise or give him the power and position he desperately sought.\u00a0 It brought only death, heartaches and unfulfilling labor. (Gen. 3:6)<\/p>\n
M-We need to take look at the things we do if we are to understand if they are going to produce the desired results in our lives.\u00a0 Disobedience to God\u2019s direction will always bring shame not glory. (Gen. 3:7-8)<\/p>\n
WM-There was a failure to accept responsibility for their actions.\u00a0 It is so easy to play the blame game when we are caught in our sin.\u00a0 They did not have the courage to confess what they had done. (Gen. 3:12)<\/p>\n
M-One of the negative results of motivation of fallen man is to not accept responsibility for his actions. (Gen. 3:12-13)<\/p>\n
GC-He realizes that God is always the One seeking to restore each person to a right relationship with Him.\u00a0 It is man who seeks to hide from Him or tries to cover up his sin. (Gen. 3:10; Is. 1:18; 29:15)<\/p>\n
GC-We must take full responsibility for our sin and not blame someone else for our actions.\u00a0 The ultimate decision to serve God, to obey Him or to sin rests with each one of us individually. (Gen. 3:12-13; Ex. 32:21-22; 2 Kings 14:6)<\/p>\n
RT-What are the things in your life that if exposed would make you ashamed before God. (Gen. 3:7-11)<\/p>\n
RT-Universalism is as old as the Garden of Eden.\u00a0 Even then satan\u2019s great lie was at work.\u00a0 He used the same argument with Eve then that is still heard today.\u00a0 Surely a loving God will not let you die spiritually. To say such a thing means that those who make such a statement expect everyone to go to heaven. Another example of worldly reasoning is If God is so powerful why is there so much evil in the world?\u00a0 But his most devastating words are you can become life God which means to become a god yourself. (Gen. 3:4)<\/p>\n
Those things that bring about spiritual death are the ones that are all too often the most appealing to man. (Gen. 3:6)<\/p>\n
RT-One other fallout occurred from Adam and Eve\u2019s sin.\u00a0 No longer did they enjoy the relationship with God that they had had.\u00a0 They lost the experience of His presence they had enjoyed while in the garden.\u00a0 Sin puts up that kind of barrier in the lives of people, alienating them from God. (Gen. 3:8) \u00a0<\/p>\n
RT-When God asked Adam and Eve, \u201cWhere are you?\u201d He was seeking to know of their physical presence but their current spiritual relationship with Him.\u00a0 This is the same question that has plagued mankind ever since the fall.\u00a0 We continue to wrestle on a daily basis with that relationship because of our fallen nature.<\/p>\n
Paul shared his own struggle when he speaks of not doing what he should and doing that which he should not be doing.\u00a0 He then asked the rhetorical question, \u201cWho shall deliver me from this body of death,\u201d knowing of course the answer for him and for us is Christ.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Gen 3:9; Rom. 7:15-25)<\/p>\n
RT-To be na\u00efve is a form of rebellion.\u00a0 God has provided for each of us the means to know Him.\u00a0 To fail to do so is to bring judgment on ourselves. (Gen. 3:12-17)<\/p>\n
RT-However, we see God’s mercy in Genesis 3:15 when He tells the serpent, “And I will put enmity between you\u00a0and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and\u00a0you will strike his\u00a0heel (NIV).”<\/p>\n
DM-A critical moment occurs at the point when God showed to Adam and Eve that the serpent (the devil) was their mortal enemy and all their descendents. (Gen. 3:15)\u00a0<\/p>\n
OC-Man would finally overcame the work done by satan in the garden of Eden thought the seed of Mary who would finally defeat our enemy the devil and crush his head.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Gen. 3:15)<\/p>\n
UE-Even in the time of judging the sin of Adam and Eve, God was speaking of His provision for forgiveness and the ultimate defeat of satan.\u00a0 As parents when we had to discipline our children did we give any thought to what we would do once the disciplining had been completed?\u00a0 What actions should we have taken to bring about a restoration of the relationship?\u00a0 (Gen. 3:15)<\/p>\n
UE-The very thing that satan hoped would occur never did take place.\u00a0 His desire in the garden and in our time was and is the total destruction of mankind.\u00a0 If he cannot accomplish that then he attempts to severe our relationship with God.\u00a0 This is important to him because on it hinged his survival.\u00a0 Destroy man and Christ would have no reason to come.\u00a0 No Christ and satan would not have to face his ultimate end.\u00a0 Life for Adam and Eve would now be difficult in a hostile world, but God\u2019s plan of salvation for the world remained intact. (Gen. 3:15-19)<\/p>\n
C-With the fall of man there came a change in the relationship with God and creation.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Gen. 3:15-24)<\/p>\n
GC-A godly person should always be convicted of the shame which disobeying God always brings. (Gen. 3:17; Is. 42:17)<\/p>\n
GC-Work done within the will of God is meaningful, but once we step outside of His will it then becomes a curse and drudgery. (Gen. 3:17-19; Prov. 12:14)<\/p>\n
\u00a0UE-When God sent Adam and Eve forth out of the garden, it must have been another of the unexpected series of events that was a consequence of the fall.\u00a0 Something they could not have foreseen as happening. (Gen. 3:24)<\/p>\n
RT-In the Old Testament family\u00a0lines are\u00a0normally traced through the man, but here the order is changed.\u00a0 God tells Eve that it would be her seed that would eventually defeat satan. This makes Genesis 3:15\u00a0the first prophecy of the coming of\u00a0the Messiah,\u00a0Jesus Christ, who was\u00a0not conceived by man, but through the Holy Spirit and was born of\u00a0the Virgin\u00a0Mary. Satan “struck” Him when He\u00a0suffered and died on the cross, but through His death and resurrection, Christ crushed Satan’s weapons of sin and\u00a0death\u00a0(see I Cor. 15:55-57).\u00a0 We see God’s mercy again in 3:24-25, when He banishes the couple from the Garden of Eden.\u00a0 He does this to keep\u00a0them\u00a0from eating from the tree of life and thus living in a state of separation from Him forever.<\/p>\n
GC-When considering the whole matter of the knowledge of good and evil, we grow when we can discern the difference and learn to stay away from evil. (Gen. 3:22)<\/p>\n
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