Summary of part 1
God made the world “very good.” What happened?
Satan introduces doubt, makes you feel stupid, makes you think God is hiding something good.
In the beginning God vs Enter lie and tempt
Eve forgot about the good tree and focused on the forbidden tree
Nourshment, beauty, and wisdom
lust of flesh, eyes, pride of life
Where is Adam? – spiritual leader of your home.
What was true about what satan said, know good and evil
Covered their shame
Blamed others
Part 2
7. Observe what happened to the man and woman because of their sin (see 3:16-24).
How were their lives and tasks now different from their original state? (Compare 1:26-28; 2:7,15,18-25.)
a. man’s life and work (see 3:17-19) given garden – work field
b. woman’s life and work (see 3:16) fruitful – painful
c. relations between man and woman (see 3:12,16) helper equal – Adam betrayed her, rule over
d. relations between humans and God (see 3:10,23) walked with – afraid of, tree life blocked
8. What do you learn about God from the ways He responded to sin and sinners?
3:9,11,13 – questions them, like a conscience
3:14-15 Curses satan “cursed are you”
3:16-19 Curses the ground – thistles will grow easily and choke out crops – sharp hard to touch
3:21 covers their sin – first animal sacrifice?
3:22-24 protects them from eternity cursed
Hard to answer? Ask these
Why did God clothe the sinners instead of leaving them naked and ashamed?
Why did He curse the serpent and the ground rather than Adam and Eve?
Why did He banish them from the garden, multiply their toil and pain, and sentence them to death?
Why would it have been terrible for them to live forever without being reconciled to God?
What does the promise of 3:15 tell you about God’s feeling for His human creatures?
In what ways is life now different than God’s original plan?
– Profound disorder, relational estrangement with each other… with God, put into battle with evil.
How does God finally end this era in Eden?
– Keeps them from eating from the tree of life in their current state.
Notice that God does not question the serpent. Why?
-He is the tempter. He cannot roll blame to someone else
Why does God not use the term “offspring” with Adam and Eve? Why just Eve?
-Jesus will be born of a virgin.
9. a. Are you like Adam or Eve in any ways? If so, name one area in which you would like to change.
10. Consider what you learned about God from the way He dealt with the first human sinners. Are you moved to respond in prayer and/or action? If so, how?
For Thought and Discussion:
God showed Adam no reason for the command in 2:16-17. What might God’s purpose have been in giving the man a command without an explanation?
God promised that Adam would die if he ate from the forbidden tree (see 2:17). Why was death the necessary result of disobeying God (see John 1:4; Acts 17:28)?
What do you think the man should have done when the woman offered him the fruit?
Satan claimed that eating the fruit would make Eve like God (see 3:5). In what way was this true (see 3:22)? In what way was it a deception?
From this story, how would you define sin?
God said man would die when he ate the fruit. The serpent said he would not die. Which spoke the truth? How do you know? (See 3:7-10,19,22; 5:5.)
What evidence does 3:21-24 show of God’s plan to restore His creatures to their intended purposes?
The tree of the knowledge of good and evil (2:9,17).
It isn’t clear what this tree was, but the command in 2:16-17 was apparently the only restriction God gave Adam. The knowledge of good and evil (which may mean moral knowledge or discernment[1]) seems at first glance to be a necessary and desirable possession (see Genesis 3:22; Deuteronomy 1:39; 1 Kings 3:9; Hebrews 5:14). However, for reasons of His own, God forbade it. Derek Kidner believes that to speculate on the exact knowledge this tree conveyed and how it imparted this knowledge is to repeat Eve’s mistake. Eve felt she had a right to decide for herself whether the command was reasonable, but God wanted her to trust His judgment. Like Eve, we are told only that God empowered many trees in the garden to nourish human bodies—these were “pleasing to the eye and good for food” (2:9)—and one tree to inform human minds (see 3:6).
The tree of life (2:9; 3:22).
Most commentators agree that this was a second tree, and many believe it was or symbolized Christ. Again, we are not told how it was supposed to impart life; we assume that both trees figured in God’s loving intentions for His people. Observe that God did not forbid man from eating of the tree of life in 2:17. For further study, see Revelation 2:7; 22:2,14.
Serpent (3:1).
In many ancient cults, the serpent “was a symbol of deity and fertility, and the images of serpent-goddesses have been found in the ruins of many Canaanite towns and temples.”[3] Moses’ Israelite audience knew what the serpent meant to other nations, and Israel also knew that pagan gods were either demons or delusions exploited by demons. Therefore, the Israelites would have come to the same interpretation that the New Testament gives: the serpent was Satan in disguise (see John 8:44; Romans 16:20; Revelation 12:9). The serpent was a real creature, not just a symbol of evil or human weakness in a myth about every man’s encounter with temptation. Later pagan legends and rites about the serpent-goddess who gives power show this creature at the same work.
Clothed them (3:21).
Nakedness now signified shame, which the humans were unable to cover (see 2:25; 3:7). Some commentators find it significant that the covering of shame required an animal’s death, a foreshadowing of the sacrificial system to atone for (cover) sin.
Offspring (3:15).
“Seed” in KJV. Genesis 3:15 is a prophecy of Christ, the offspring of Eve who has crushed Satan and undone the effects of his temptation. Satan bruised Jesus in His crucifixion, but Jesus crushed Satan by canceling sin and so destroying Satan’s power of death (see Hebrews 2:14-15). Romans 5:12-19 and 1 Corinthians 15:20-26 further explain how Christ overcame Adam’s sin. As head of the human race, Adam passed on to his descendants his status as God’s enemy and his bent toward rebellion. But Christ became the “second Adam,” the representative head of all people who ally with Him.
Genesis (LifeChange Book 16). The Navigators. Kindle Edition.
Genesis (LifeGuide Bible Studies) Hummel/Hummel God’s Creative Call
The Gospel Project – https://www.gospelproject.com