God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them
– Genesis 1:27 (NASU)
Jesus: To know God’s just look at the
Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?” And He answered and said, “Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE, and said, ‘FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH’? “So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.” – Matthew 19:3-6 (NASU)
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you shall surely die ”
– Genesis 2:15-17 (NASU)
Genesis 3:1-14
(v.1)
Now the serpent (נחשׁ Nachash) was more crafty than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made (v.1) (NASB95)
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And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan… – Revelation 20:2 (NASB95)
Satan’s Plan Then and Now:
…in order that no advantage be taken of us by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his schemes
– 2 Corinthians 2:11 (NASB77)
Waits till we are at the place of
…the Lord…sent them two by two… – Luke 10:1 (NET)
And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage and warn each other, especially now that the day of his coming back again is drawing near. – Hebrews 10:25
Satan begins to question the (v.1)
Gets us to to God’s Word (Legalism) (vv.2-3)
Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, “Do not go beyond what is written.” Then you will not take pride in one man over against another. – 1 Corinthians 4:6 (NIV)
A Legalist is someone who has a
Satan questions the of God (vv.4-5)
Satan’s Lie: By obeying God I’ll be
(Satan) …you will be like God (Genesis 3:5)
The Result of Sin:
Sin people (v.7)
…they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings. (v.7) (NASB95)
Sin makes us afraid (v.8)
…the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God… (v.8) (NASB)
The Good News: God (v.9)
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. – Luke 19:10 (KJV)