Genesis 3:1-7 – The Fall

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Genesis 3:1-7 – The Fall

            As you read Genesis chapter 3 several questions come to mind.  One of the first is, why isn't Eve startled by having a conversation with a snake?  Where is Adam?  Is he right there as all this is going on, and if he is why doesn't he speak up. 

1 Timothy 2:14

14 And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being quite deceived, fell into transgression.  NASV

            There are several other questions that I have.  And so far the only sure answer I have if found in:

Deuteronomy 29:29

29 “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law.  NASV

Ezekiel 28:13-19

FIRST -- THERE WAS A CONVERSATION.

            Notice in verse one the phrase, "HE SAID UNTO THE WOMEN..."                             

            Now notice in verse 2, "THE WOMEN SAID UNTO THE SERPENT..."

            It is very obvious from verse 1 and verse 2 that the devil and Eve were having a conversation.  Now I want to ask you a question.  Eve doesn't have any business having a conversation with the devil.  And we don't have any business carrying on a discussion with the devil. 

            Do you know what we should do when the devil comes along side us?  We should do what Jesus did.  We should point the devil to the very Word of God.  And leave the devil with the Word of God.  Amen.  Isn't that what Jesus did?  What did Jesus say the to devil?  He said, "IT IS WRITTEN." 

            3 times Jesus reached for the Word of God.  You see, the devil hates the Word of God. 

Hebrews 4:12

12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart."  NASV

EPHESIANS 4:17  SWORD OF THE SPIRIT

            But Eve doesn't do that.  Instead she has a conversation with the devil.  Do you know what happens when you have a conversation with the devil?  The end result is you open up your mind to the devil. 

            Let me ask you a question.  Can you stop the birds of this world from flying over your head?  Of course you can't.  But you can stop the birds of this word from making in nest in your hair. 

            By a simple conversation Eve opened her  mind to the devil. 

After the conversation comes:

SECOND -- SKEPTIC.

            Look very closely at verse 1 and as you read verse 1 imagine hearing the sneer, the mocking,

the ridicule, of the devil. 

Genesis 3:1

1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?" NASV

            The devil is saying in effect, "What od you think jaout what God said?  Don't you think god is a little unreasonable?" 

            The devil is saying, Eve, did God say you can not eat from the orange tree, the plum tree, the cherry three, the pear tree.  Eve, didn't God say you can not eat from any tree?

            Do you know what the devil is trying to do?  He is trying to get Eve not to trust the Word of God.   

            Write it down, any person who can not trust the Word of God is going to do the devil's work. 

THIRD -- DENIAL

Genesis 3:2-4

2 And the woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat;  3 but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, lest you die.’” 4 And the serpent said to the woman, “You surely shall not die!" NASV

            That is an outright open lie.  The devil is saying that God's Word is not true.  The devil says you can sin and get away with it. 

            Why did the devil lie about God?  Because the devil know that as long as Adam and Eve dependent on God, they could not be touched.  As long as they trusted God's promise they were under His protection.  So the devil tries to discredit God.  The devil wants to get Adam and eve to move out of the God's protection and into the life of fire. 

            He will do that to you and me.  He will whisper into someone's ear, "It's OK to commit adultery ...if your in love it all right."

            Do you know what Jesus said about the devil?  In JOHN 8:44

he is a liar, and the father of lies.  nasv

            Did you know that the devil has a gospel?  The devil's gospel is that you can sin and get away with it.            

            Let me tell you what the Word of God says, "THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH"  ROM 6:23

"THE SOUL THAT SINNETH SHALL SURELY DIE"  EZEKIEL 18:4 & 20

            And the Bible says, "BE SURE YOUR SINS WILL FIND YOU OUT"  NUMBERS 32:23

            Several years ago an old preacher  told me something I have never forgotten.  I want to share it with you.  I want you to write it down so you will never forget it.  Sin will take you further than you intended to go.  Sin will make you pay you more than you intended to pay.  And sin will make you stay

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            Those 3 short statements sum up Genesis chapter 3.   

FOURTH -- THERE WAS DECEPTION

Genesis 3:5

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." NASV

            Do you know what the devil was saying?  He was telling Eve she could be your own god. 

Eve I want to liberate you.

Try it, you'll like it.  And Eve, how do you know if you don't try it, how do you know if.....

            Do you think this was a gross temptations?  Let me tell you, this was a religious temptation.  The devil was trying to get eve to commit a religious sin.  The devil was not trying to get Eve to be the devil, The devil was trying to get Eve to be a god. 

            Listen to me.  The devil doesn't mind if you come to church with a Bible in your hand.  Just as long as you live your life without God.  

FIVE -- DESIRE

Genesis 3:6

6 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 desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. NASV

            Eve now desire what God has forbidden. 

"LUST OF THE FLESH" -- "GOOD FOR FOOD":

"LUST OF THE EYES" -- PLEASANT TO LOOK AT"

"PRIDE OF LIFE" -- "DESIRED TO MAKE ONE WISE"

MATTHEW 4

FOOD -- LUST OF THE FLESH

KINGDOMS -- LUST OF THE EYES

JUMP -- PRIDE OF LIFE

            The devil know how to tempt us, doesn't he.  The devil likes to find a good desire and he then perverts that desire. 

           

            You see, the devil can only take what God has created and twist it and pervert it. 

            For example the desire for good is good.  But gluttony is a perversion. 

SIX -- DECISION

Genesis 3:6

6 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 desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. NASV

            Eve made a decision all by her self.  She tried to say that the devil made her do it.  But God did not buy that. 

SEVENTH -- DEATH

Genesis 2:17

17 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.”  NASV

            Did Eve die?  It doesn't look like she died.  After all, she lived to have a family.  Did Eve die?  Yes she died.  Well, how did she die?  She died spiritually.  You see death in the Bible is not always physical death.  There is also a spiritual death. 

            Spiritual death is being cut off from God.  At the very moment she eat from the forbidden fruit, fellowship with God was `broken. 

            Do you know what salvation is?  Salvation  is not just getting your sins forgiven.  Salvation is not just going to heaven. 

            Salvation is getting God into man.  When Eve sinned she died.  She became minus God. 

EIGHT -- CORRUPTION

Genesis 3:6

6 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 desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.  NASV            

            Dead things foul things around them.  You know, like one bad apple spoils another apple. 

            Eve is going to foul things around her.  Do you know what she is going to foul?  Her husband.  Eve is going to drag Adam down with her.  The devil likes to get someone else to do his dirty work.  So Adam become a sinner. 

            Now here is the principle:  If you go to heaven, most likely you will take someone with you .  You will influence someone. 

            But if you go to hell, you will most likely take someone to hell with you.  You will influence someone into hell. 

            If you are not a Christian, list to me.  I warn you.  If you do not become a Christian, your going to die and go to hell.  But not only will you go to hell, you will drag into hell others. 

            The hell of all hells, will be for you not only to go to hell, but to drag your family and friends into hell. 

 

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