the fall part 1 genesis 3 “the lord god made garments of skin for adam and his wife and clothed...
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The Fall Part 1
Genesis 3
“The LORD Godmade garments
of skin for Adam and his wifeand clothed them.”
v.21
ThemeMan’s problem and God’s
compassion and provisions for it
have been revealed
from the Beginning
– Trust In Them!
1. Can A Snake Talk? There are a number of unusual things in the Bible. We have
not yet been given an explanation as to how they work. They
follow unknown laws and principles.
• The parting of the Red Sea at Moses request
• The torrent of frogs during the 10 Plagues
• The brain reordering that suddenly changed the
language of mankind at Babel
• The sudden uniting of spirit and body at Jesus call
• The feeding of the 5000
• The healing of what appears to be thousands of people
during Jesus’ ministry
• Then there is Balaam’s talking donkey (Nu 22)
2a. Why Is The Sin In This EventSo Important For Mankind?
Everyone was in Adam doing what he did.
WE were in him.
“For as in Adam all die,
so in Christ all will be made alive.” 1Cor 15:22
Romans 5:12 When Adam sinned, sin entered the
entire human race. Adam’s sin brought death, so
death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.
2b. Why Is The Sin In This EventSo Important For Mankind?
Romans 5:13,14 Yes, people sinned even before the law was given. And though there was no law to break, since it had not yet been given, they all died anyway--even though they did not disobey an explicit commandment of God, as Adam did…
15 And what a difference between our sin and God’s generous gift of forgiveness. For this one man, Adam, brought death to many through his sin.
It was so significant that Jesus had to die because of the consequences.
3. The ConsequencesChanged Everything
Romans 8:19 The creation waits in eager expectation for the
sons of God to be revealed.
20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its
own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in
hope
21 that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to
decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of
God.
We will not see what things were like on Earth until Jesus
returns
A. The Serpent’s Consequences14 So the LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, “Cursed are you above all the livestock and all the wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life.
15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
• Serpent Symbol of Satan’s Agency
• Crawl and eat dust
• You will be enemies
• Her (eventual) offspring will crush
you while being bruised
Window #1 into the character of God…
15 “And I will put enmity between you and the
woman, and between your offspring and hers;
he will crush your head,
and you will strike his heel.”
B. The Woman’s Consequences
16 To the woman he said, “I will greatly increase
your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give
birth to children. Your desire will be for your
husband, and he will rule over you.”
• Painful childbirth
• You will want to dominate your husband
• He will have an ongoing
headship quarrel with you
Woman’s Consequences, cont.
“You will now have a tendency to dominate your
husband, and he will have the tendency to act
as a tyrant over you.”
The battle of the sexes has begun.
Each strives for control and neither lives in the best
interest of the other.
“…In humility consider others better than yourselves.
Phil. 2:3, 4
The antidote is in the restoration of respect and love
through Jesus Christ (see Eph. 5:21–33).
C. The Man’s Consequences
17b-19a “Cursed is the ground because of you;
through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground…”
Man’s Consequences, cont.• Work is good – ground cursed not the work
• Work is rewarding – joy of work hard to find
• Work is productive – new obstacles
will hinder the work (weeds & thorns)
• Work is demanding – now it requires
sweat-effort constantly
Window #2
Into The Character Of God…
21 The LORD God made garments of skin for
Adam & his wife & clothed them.
• Compassionate service
• Quality garments!
D. The Death Consequence
22 And the LORD God said, “The man has now
become like one of us, knowing good and evil.
He must not be allowed to reach out his hand
and take also from the tree of life and eat, and
live for ever.”
23 So the LORD God banished him from the
Garden of Eden…
More Compassion: death is a remedy to an
endlessly rebellious life.
ThemeMan’s problem and God’s
compassion and provisions for it
have been revealed
from the Beginning
– Trust In Them!