The Genesis Path to Salvation

Genesis 1:31–2:3 “And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.”

Something that is so perfect, we all understand not wanting to have anything disrupt that.

2. The Sin Entrance

Genesis 3:6 “And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

Then Eve sinned in the Garden and partook of the forbidden fruit, giving it to Adam sin passed upon all men. (Romans 5:12)

When the disruption enters, the sadness that comes with it, the fear, the emotions. We all have been there.

3. The Realization of Sin

Genesis 3:7 “And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.”

When Adam and Eve realized they had sinned they were ashamed because they knew it was something they were told not to do so they hid.

To show this from the New Testament,

4. The Revealing of Sin

Genesis 3:7 “And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.”

The When God came walking in the Garden to find Adam and Eve, he asked them where they were and they confessed that they knew they were naked and then proceeded to continue the blame game.

5. The Attempt to Cover Sin

Genesis 3:7 “And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.”

Adam and Eve had tried to cover their own sin with fig leaves but it didn’t work. God could see their sin still. God couldn’t allow sin in the perfect Garden of Eden. Much like how God cannot let sin into Heaven

6. The Payment for Sin

Genesis 3:21 “Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.”

God sacrificed a lamb to cover the sins of Adam and Eve. Much like how Jesus died for us to cover our sins.

Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

7. The Result of Payment

There had to be a cost for sin. And it had to be covered by blood. The same way we are sinners and there was a price to be paid but Christ already paid it. When God paid for the sin of Adam and Eve he didn’t see their sin anymore.