GENESIS #3 – “THE FALL”

THE ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGINAL HUMAN SIN

ORIGINAL SIN BEGAN WITH SATAN17 Your heart was proud because of your beauty;you corrupted your wisdom for the sake

of your splendor. Ezekiel 28: 14-17

What We Need to Know About Our Enemy:Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had

made. Genesis 3:1

THE SERPENT IS IDENTIFIED AS SATAN. , that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world

—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. Revelation 12:9,

SATAN IS NOT EQUAL TO GOD IN ANY WAY.

SATAN IS CRAFTY

Satan Scheme:…so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes

2 Corinthians 2:11.

FOCUS ON WHAT GOD HAS RESTRICTED AND NOT ON WHAT GOD HAS PROVIDED

HE TWISTS & MANIPULATES GOD’S WORD.

APPEALS TO YOUR PRIDE

PROMISES TO DELIVER WHAT GOD HAS ALREADY PROVIDED

Adam/Men/Husbands: She also gave some to her husband, who was who was with her, and he ate.. Genesis 3:6

• We Are All Adam

• We Give Our Wives What They Want And Not What They Need

• When We Don’t Step Up Our Wives Will Step In

• Men Should Lead The Family

WHEN WE SIN, INSTEAD OF RUNNING TO GOD IN REPENTANCE WE RUN FROM GOD AND HIDE

“Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees

of the garden.” Genesis 3:8

GOD HOLDS THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONDITION OF HIS FAMILY. But the Lord God called to the man …Genesis 3:9

WHEN SIN CAUSES YOU TO RUN FROM GOD, GOD PURSUES YOU…and said to him, “Where are you? Genesis 3:9

INSTEAD OF REPENTING ADAM & EVE BLAME12 The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit …

13 The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” Genesis 3:12-13

PROTO-EVANGELION - THE FIRST GOSPEL. 15 I will put enmity between you and the woman,and between your offspring and her

offspring;he shall bruise your head,and you shall bruise his heel.” Genesis 3:15

Eve/Women/Wives:16 To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;in pain you shall bring forth children.Your desire shall be for your husband,and he shall rule over

you.”Genesis 3:16

• You Are All Eve

• Your Emotional & Physical Grief Will Be Tied Inextricably to Husband & Children

• You Will Have A Proclivity To Be Feminist

• You Will Have A Tendency To Manipulate Your Husband

• You Should Appeal To God; the Authority Over Your Husband

GOD DOES THIS TO GETS US TO THE PLACE OF HUMILITY & REPENTANCE19 By the sweat of your faceyou shall eat bread,till you return to the ground,for out of it

you were taken;for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Genesis 3:19

Life groups: Use this sermon outline as discussion material/ guides for your group. Remember to discuss & debates these issues respectfully, agreeing to disagree when necessary. We all do well to remember Paul’s statement in 1Corinthians 13:12 Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then i will

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