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Genesis 3

Genesis 3. The Fall of the Human Race. Genesis 3. Why does a fall from grace matter? Compare creation 1:10 …and God saw that it was good. 1:12 …and God saw that it was good. 1:17 …and God saw that it was good. 1:21 …and God saw that it was good. 1:25 …and God saw that it was good.

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Genesis 3

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  1. Genesis 3 • The Fall of the Human Race

  2. Genesis 3 • Why does a fall from grace matter? • Compare creation • 1:10 …and God saw that it was good. • 1:12 …and God saw that it was good. • 1:17 …and God saw that it was good. • 1:21 …and God saw that it was good. • 1:25 …and God saw that it was good. • 1:31 And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good.

  3. Genesis 3 • Why does a fall from grace matter? • Compare creation • To what we see today • Something must have happened!

  4. Genesis 3 Without the fall: The world is normal, and as it should be With the fall: The world is abnormal, and broken

  5. Genesis 3 Without the fall: The world is normal, and as it should be Any problems on earth are God’s responsibility With the fall: The world is abnormal, and broken The problems on earth are humans’ responsibility

  6. Genesis 3 Without the fall: The world is normal, and as it should be Any problems on earth are God’s responsibility God = author of human evil With the fall: The world is abnormal, and broken The problems on earth are humans’ responsibility God = author of human freedom

  7. Genesis 3 1 Now the serpent was the shrewdest of all the creatures the Lord God had made. “Really?” he asked the woman. “Did God really say you must not eat any of the fruit in the garden?”

  8. Genesis 3 1 Now the serpent was the shrewdest of all the creatures the Lord God had made. “Really?” he asked the woman. “Did God really say you must not eat any of the fruit in the garden?” The serpent = Satan

  9. Genesis 3 1 Now the serpent was the shrewdest of all the creatures the Lord God had made. “Really?” he asked the woman. “Did God really say you must not eat any of the fruit in the garden?” The serpent = Satan Rev 12:10 “Satan; the devil and serpent of old…” Satan exists!

  10. Genesis 3 1 Now the serpent was the shrewdest of all the creatures the Lord God had made. “Really?” he asked the woman. “Did God really say you must not eat any of the fruit in the garden?”

  11. Genesis 3 1 Now the serpent was the shrewdest of all the creatures the Lord God had made. “Really?” he asked the woman. “Did God really say you must not eat any of the fruit in the garden?” First step: Questions and distorts the word of God “Can you believe he said that?”

  12. Genesis 3 2 “Of course we may eat it,” the woman told him.  3 “It’s only the fruit from the tree at the center of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God says we must not eat it or even touch it, or we will die.” 

  13. Genesis 3 2 “Of course we may eat it,” the woman told him.  3 “It’s only the fruit from the tree at the center of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God says we must not eat it or even touch it, or we will die.”  Questionable quotation of 2:16,17 More restrictive than what God said

  14. Genesis 3 4 And the serpent said to the woman, “You surely shall not die!” Denies the word of God

  15. Genesis 3 5 “For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” Replaces the word of God

  16. Genesis 3 5 “For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” The real explanation... Partially true!

  17. Genesis 3 5 “For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” The real explanation... Partially true! Fundamentally false

  18. Genesis 3 5 “For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” Basic effect: suspicion re. God!

  19. Genesis 3 c.f. last week: The importance of trust 5 “For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” Basic effect: suspicion re. God!

  20. Genesis 3 5 “For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” The importance of accusation and slander to Satan

  21. Genesis 3 6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

  22. Genesis 3 1 6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 2 3

  23. Genesis 3 1 6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 2 3 Happens to correlate with three things that animate the world system still today

  24. Genesis 3 1 6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 2 3 1 John 2:15 Do not love the world, nor the things in the world… 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. Happens to correlate with three things that animate the world system still today

  25. Genesis 3 1 6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 2 3 1 John 2:15 Do not love the world, nor the things in the world… 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. Happens to correlate with three things that animate the world system still today

  26. Genesis 3 7 At that moment, their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness.

  27. Genesis 3 7 At that moment, their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they strung fig leaves together around their hips to cover themselves.

  28. Genesis 3 7 At that moment, their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they strung fig leaves together around their hips to cover themselves. Psychological alienation

  29. Genesis 3 8 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.

  30. Genesis 3 8 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. Theological alienation

  31. Genesis 3 9 But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” 10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”

  32. Genesis 3 9 But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” 10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.” Dishonesty

  33. Genesis 3 9 But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” 10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.” 11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”

  34. Genesis 3 9 But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” 10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.” 11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?” Giving Adam a chance to confess

  35. Genesis 3 12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me--she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

  36. Genesis 3 12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me--she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” Sociological alienation

  37. Genesis 3 17 “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.”

  38. Genesis 3 17 “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.” Ecological alienation

  39. The Outcome of the Fall • God gave us things to enjoy before the fall

  40. The Outcome of the Fall • God gave us things to enjoy before the fall Before After Benevolent rulership Creative accomplishment Free moral agent Relational Intellectual creativity Sex, unity & diversity Shameless, uninhibited & free

  41. The Outcome of the Fall • God gave us things to enjoy before the fall Before After Benevolent rulership Creative accomplishment Free moral agent Relational Intellectual creativity Sex, unity & diversity Shameless, uninhibited & free Becoming “like God” put self at the center

  42. The Outcome of the Fall • God gave us things to enjoy before the fall Before After Benevolent rulership Creative accomplishment Free moral agent Relational Intellectual creativity Sex, unity & diversity Shameless, uninhibited & free Selfish domination

  43. The Outcome of the Fall • God gave us things to enjoy before the fall Before After Benevolent rulership Creative accomplishment Free moral agent Relational Intellectual creativity Sex, unity & diversity Shameless, uninhibited & free Selfish domination Work = Drudgery & identity base

  44. The Outcome of the Fall • God gave us things to enjoy before the fall Before After Benevolent rulership Creative accomplishment Free moral agent Relational Intellectual creativity Sex, unity & diversity Shameless, uninhibited & free Selfish domination Work = Drudgery & identity base Substantially lost

  45. The Outcome of the Fall • God gave us things to enjoy before the fall Before After Benevolent rulership Creative accomplishment Free moral agent Relational Intellectual creativity Sex, unity & diversity Shameless, uninhibited & free Selfish domination Work = Drudgery & identity base Substantially lost Can’t relate--lonely

  46. The Outcome of the Fall • God gave us things to enjoy before the fall Before After Benevolent rulership Creative accomplishment Free moral agent Relational Intellectual creativity Sex, unity & diversity Shameless, uninhibited & free Selfish domination Drudgery & identity base Substantially lost Can’t relate--lonely Rom. 1:21 “futile” Romans 1:21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.

  47. The Outcome of the Fall • God gave us things to enjoy before the fall Before After Benevolent rulership Creative accomplishment Free moral agent Relational Intellectual creativity Sex, unity & diversity Shameless, uninhibited & free Selfish domination Work = Drudgery & identity base Substantially lost Can’t relate--lonely Rom. 1:21 “futile” Sexual exploitation

  48. The Outcome of the Fall • God gave us things to enjoy before the fall Before After Benevolent rulership Creative accomplishment Free moral agent Relational Intellectual creativity Sex, unity & diversity Shameless, uninhibited & free Selfish domination Work = Drudgery & identity base Substantially lost Can’t relate--lonely Rom. 1:21 “futile” Sexual exploitation Ashamed, tied up in selves, afraid of God

  49. The Outcome of the Fall • God gave us things to enjoy before the fall Each can be substantially recovered in Christ! Before After Benevolent rulership Creative accomplishment Free moral agent Relational Intellectual creativity Sex, unity & diversity Shameless, uninhibited & free Selfish domination Work = Drudgery & identity base Substantially lost Can’t relate--lonely Rom. 1:21 “futile” Sexual exploitation Ashamed, tied up in selves, afraid of God

  50. The Outcome of the Fall • God gave us things to enjoy before the fall Each can be substantially recovered in Christ! Before After Benevolent rulership Creative accomplishment Free moral agent Relational Intellectual creativity Sex, unity & diversity Shameless, uninhibited & free Selfish domination Work = Drudgery & identity base Substantially lost Can’t relate--lonely Rom. 1:21 “futile” Sexual exploitation Ashamed, tied up in selves, afraid of God Next Week!

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