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Food for Thought…

Food for Thought…. What are some attributes of God that you know are true? How do you know they are true?. Adam and Eve Disobeyed God. Part 1. Introduction. Today’s lesson… One of the most critical events in all human history

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Food for Thought…

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  1. Food for Thought… • What are some attributes of God that you know are true? • How do you know they are true?

  2. Adam and Eve Disobeyed God Part 1

  3. Introduction • Today’s lesson… • One of the most critical events in all human history • Let’s take a quick peek at where we’ve been leading up to today’s lesson…

  4. Introduction • Where did God place Adam after creating him? • What two very important trees (among the others) did God place in the garden? • Which tree was Adam not to eat from? • What would happen if Adam ate from this tree?

  5. Introduction • What did God mean when he said that man would surely die? • Who did God create for Adam after placing Adam in the Garden? • Why did God create Eve?

  6. Life in the Garden • What was life like in the Garden with respect to Adam and Eve’s needs? • What was Garden life like with respect to work? • What was Garden life like in terms of Adam and Eve’s relationship with God?

  7. Life in the Garden GOD MAN Perfect Friendship And Fellowship

  8. Review on Spirit Beings • How did Satan come to be? • What does his name “Satan” mean? • When Adam and Eve were living in the Garden, where was Satan living? • What was Satan’s view towards man?

  9. Satan and His Tactics… • Read Genesis 3:1 • Satan disguised himself as a snake so he could DECEIVE Eve • Satan did not reveal who he really was to Eve - this was part of the deception • The more we study God’s Word, the more we’ll see how deceitful and wicked Satan really is!!

  10. Satan and His Tactics… • God’s Word says… • Satan is a liar and a murderer • What are his lies? • He tries to make good appear useless or evil • He tries to make evil appear good • He tries to infer that God is a liar and that God is trying to keep “good” from us

  11. Satan and His Tactics… • 2 Corinthians 11:14 • “…Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.” • Tactic against Eve: deception by coming in the form of a crafty serpent • Eve had no need to be fearful of any animals…ALL WERE GOOD.

  12. Satan Still Deceives Today! • Does Satan exist today? • If so, how does he work? • Satan has not changed… he’s still trying to deceive and destroy people today!

  13. Satan Still Deceives Today! • Read Acts 5:3 • Satan fills our hearts with deception (speaks to our minds) • Recall…Satan doesn’t let you know that he is the one speaking. Often, we think those thoughts are our own thoughts. • Since Satan speaks to our minds, what is the importance of God’s Word?

  14. Why should I believe the Bible? Satan Still Deceives Today! • Note… • Satan can only be in one place at a time! • Many angels followed Satan in his rebellion. • These angels (now called demons) do his work on earth as they and Satan fight against God and humans. • These demons are most likely the ones speaking lies in our minds.

  15. Satan Still Deceives Today! • Read Matthew 16:22-23 • Sometimes Satan uses other people to speak lies to us • These people may be knowingly following Satan or just deceived like Eve

  16. Satan Still Deceives Today! • Satan tries to make following others look very attractive, even though their way may lead us to destruction.

  17. Satan Still Deceives Today! • Satan feeds us lies like… • “I’ll miss out on something if I don’t follow along.” • “If I don’t go along with this, even though I know it’s wrong, I might loose my ‘friends.’ ”

  18. Satan Still Deceives Today! • Satan will attack our own Pride! • “I am self-sufficient, independent, and I don’t need anyone!” • “I can be independent of God and do as I please because I am so intelligent and capable.” • “I am strong and have the will-power to withstand temptation.”

  19. Satan Still Deceives Today! • Satan tries to get us to take our eyes off of God any way he possibly can! • Basic lie for this… “The here and now is more important than eternity.”

  20. Satan Still Deceives Today! • Most people have no desire to follow obvious satanic worship & practices, but • Many people are becoming involved in more subtle things that actually have Satan as their focus

  21. Satan Still Deceives Today! • Where is Satan subtly at work?… • Anything that makes you look to a power other than God for answers to life • Anything that exalts or gives good, pleasant, or attractive feelings to anything that is, in reality, evil • Entertainment that exalts killing, lying, stealing, filthy language, immorality…

  22. Satan Still Deceives Today! • Where is Satan subtly at work?… • Anything that denies God’s existence or twists the meaning of God’s Word • Satan is the driving force behind all these things no matter how innocent or popular or harmless they may seem • The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials)

  23. Check for Understanding • How did Satan approach Eve to deceive her? • How does Satan work today to deceive people and keep them from God?

  24. Satan Tempted and Deceived Eve • Read Genesis 3:1 Again • Why do you think Satan asked Eve this question? • He was testing Eve so he could trick her. • He was attempting to cast doubt on what she knew and believed about God’s Word • It’s obvious from Satan’s question, that Genesis 2:16-17 applied to Adam and Eve!

  25. Satan Tempted and Deceived Eve • Read Genesis 3:2-3 • In light of Genesis 2:16-17, what do you think of Eve’s response to Satan? • Eve was already showing confusion between what God said what she said God said!

  26. Satan Tempted and Deceived Eve • Just like what God said to Adam also applied to Eve, what God has written down several thousand years ago still applies to us today! • His Word is timeless and written for everyone in the world!

  27. Satan Tempted and Deceived Eve • Read Genesis 3:4-5 • Satan was calling God a liar here! • God said, “you will surely die.” • Satan said, “you will not surely die.” • Satan was denying the truth!

  28. Satan Tempted and Deceived Eve • Recall Satan’s Rebellion… • He was overcome with Pride and wanted to take God’s place • He didn’t want to obey God anymore • He wanted to be independent from God and rule his own life.

  29. Satan Tempted and Deceived Eve • What was Satan trying to do with Eve? • He was trying to get Eve to believe that she didn’t need God anymore to tell her what was good and right and what was wrong. • Satan was trying to get Eve to rebel, to come out from under God’s rule, protection, love, and care.

  30. Satan Tempted and Deceived Eve • Bottom line for us… • God didn’t make people to live by their own ideas and thoughts. • God made people to be guided by His own Word. • It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks or says; what matters is what God says!

  31. Check for Understanding • What specific tactics does Satan use to deceive people? • How was Satan’s rebellion similar to what Satan was attempting with Eve? • Why is it not good for people to try to live by their own thoughts and ideas?

  32. Conclusion • Satan is alive and active today. He is still trying to deceive men so they will not look toward God. • Satan lies and twists the truth to get us off track. He appear to us as an angel of light. • If we do not know God’s truth, we can not know Satan’s lies! We would have no basis for comparison!

  33. Review • Questions 1 through 9 on handout.

  34. Next Week… • Drop kids off at the Covert’s around 5 PM. • Go to Tim and Tomi-Jo’s for hors d’ourves

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