ILLUSTRATED BIBLE STORY

Adam and Eve Become SelfishGENESIS CHAPTERS 2-3

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JEHOVAH MADE THE FIRST HUMAN,ADAM, OUT OF DUST. HE PUT ADAMAND HIS WIFE, EVE, IN A BEAUTIFULGARDEN IN A PLACE CALLED EDEN.

HE GAVE THEM ALL SORTSOF BEAUTIFUL TREES ANDDELICIOUS FOOD.

HE LET THEM TAKE CARE OF THE ANIMALS, ANDHE INVITED ADAM AND EVE TO LIVE FOREVER INTHE PARADISE AS HIS FRIENDS. BUT JEHOVAHGAVE THEM ONE SPECIAL COMMAND . . .

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JEHOVAHSAYS THAT WE

SHOULD NOT EAT FRUITFROM THAT TREE ANDTHAT IF WE DO, WE

WILL DIE.

MAKING A SNAKE APPEAR TO TALK,SATAN THE DEVIL LIED TO EVE.

YOUWILL NOT

DIE.

SATAN WANTED EVE TO THINK ONLY ABOUTHERSELF AND NOT ABOUT JEHOVAH.

IF YOU EATIT, YOU WILL BE

LIKE GOD.

I TASTEDTHE FRUIT, ADAM.

YOU SHOULDTOO.

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BECAUSE ADAM AND EVESELFISHLY DISOBEYED HIM,JEHOVAH GOD WAS DEEPLY HURT.

WHAT IS THISYOU HAVE DONE?

YOU WILL EVENTUALLYDIE AND RETURN TO

THE DUST.

JEHOVAH EXPELLED ADAM AND EVE FROMTHE GARDEN OF EDEN, AND CHERUBSGUARDED THE ENTRANCE TO IT.

ADAM AND EVE’S SELFISHNESS COSTTHEM PARADISE, ETERNAL LIFE, ANDTHEIR FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD.

WHAT DO WE LEARN FROMTHIS STORY?WHAT GIFTS DID JEHOVAH GIVE TOADAM AND EVE?

CLUE: GENESIS 1:28; 2:7-9, 19, 22.WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE ADAMAND EVE WERE SELFISH?

CLUE: GENESIS 3:16-19;ROMANS 5:12.

HOW CAN YOU SHOW THAT YOUHAVE UNSELFISH LOVE?

CLUE: PHILIPPIANS 2:4; 1 JOHN 5:3.

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