SERPENT/SATAN
Genesis 3:1 ESV Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”
The fact that Satan came first to the woman, not to the man, also underscores his opposition to God’s authority. By getting the woman to act in disobedience not only of God, but also of her husband, was to subvert the image of God in man as male and female, thus undermining God’s authority. This is implied in God’s indictment of Adam, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife …” (3:17).
Genesis 3:4 ESV But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.
“You shall not die.” Isn’t it significant that the first doctrine Satan denies is God’s judgment? Satan’s lie is:
Sin isn’t all that serious. You can sin and get away with it.
Satan’s question smuggles in the assumption that God’s word is subject to our judgment.
Genesis 3:5 ESV For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Satan counters by “reinterpreting” God’s reason behind the command, smuggling in another dangerous assumption, that we don’t need to obey God unless we understand His reason behind a command.
SATAN CONVINCED EVE THAT HER SIN WOULD DEIFY HER.
SATAN PROMISES PLEASURE BUT DOESN’T MENTION THE PAIN.
EVE
Genesis 3:2 ESV And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden,
Genesis 3:3 ESV but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’
Genesis 3:6 ESV So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.
Genesis 2:9 ESV And out of the ground the Lord God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
ROOT OF ALL DISOBEDIENCE IS
ADAM
Genesis 3:6 ESV So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.
1 Timothy 2:14 ESV and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.
ADAM WAS NOT DECEIVED, HE FAILED TO FULFILL HIS
Genesis 2:16 ESV And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden,
Genesis 2:17 ESV but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
ADAM’S PASSIVITY PREVAILS IN THE LIVES OF HIS
LISTLESS - having or showing little or no interest in anything
THE SECOND ADAM’S OFFSPRING ARE CALLED TO LEAD BY
Genesis 3:7 ESV Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.
Genesis 3:8 ESV And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
Genesis 3:9 ESV But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”
Genesis 3:10 ESV And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.”
Genesis 3:11 ESV He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
Genesis 3:12 ESV The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.”
Genesis 3:13 ESV Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
SIN ALTERS OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OTHER AND GOD.
THE LORD GOD
HE PRONOUNCES A
Genesis 2:16 ESV And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden,
Genesis 2:17 ESV but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
Genesis 3:14 ESV The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.
Genesis 3:16 ESV To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be contrary to your husband, but he shall rule over you.”
Genesis 3:17 ESV And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
Genesis 3:18 ESV thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.
Genesis 3:18 ESV thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.
Genesis 3:19 ESV By the sweat of your face you 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.”
HE PRONOUNCES
Genesis 3:15 ESV 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.”
HE PRESERVES HIS
Genesis 3:21 ESV And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.
Genesis 3:8 ESV And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
Genesis 3:21 ESV And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.