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The Great Warning

Genesis 3:1–24 KJV 1900

1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 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. 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. 8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. 9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. 11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? 12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. 20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. 21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them. 22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: 23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Genesis:3

What was the big deal about the fruit of that tree?

It didn't look poisonous

It must have looked pretty good- Pleasant to the eyes

Apparently Adam couldn't figure out why God said what he said but he knew he meant what he said cause he told her not to touch the tree.

Eve would have been OK except for 1 problem- The serpent showed up asking all kinds of questions

Surely God didn't mean what he said,

Why would he plant it if we couldn't eat it

Do you really think you will die? Why would God say that?

Questions with no answers is a playground for the devil

Proverbs 1:7 KJV 1900

7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Eve said Gods not even here right now so lets just try it

In that moment the whole world started to unravel

Eve was the one who gave in to Satan but the effects were far reaching

The Hook was set and they swallowed the bait and nothing would ever be the same again.

Sin was only a theory before but now it had became a reality

The relationship with God was now strained because of sin

Work was hard now and frustrating

Chid-birth was painful

God was still there but it was diffrent

God pursued them but they hid from him

Afraid of what they would look like

Scared to death that God would just eradicate them from the earth

Not only was sin present in their lives it showed up in their children.

Kids were leaning away from God

Kids were killing kids

Grandchildren comes along and sin just spreads

Problems just seem to get worse and worse more kids doing wrong and plotting new ways to do wrong in the sight of God

The Hook that Adam and Eve swallowed had burrowed its way deep into thier off spring

All this started with a harmless little act of eating a pice of forbidden fruit and now Kids were killing kids, swearing vengeance, taking multiple wives.

They lacked the ability to restrain themselves

Every thought was evil all the time.

God had had enough so he used Noah to build an Ark and flood the earth because of sin.

As soon as the water subsided Noah built a vineyard, grew some grapes, made some wine, got drunk, passed out naked, embarrassed himself and his sons, woke up, and through his hangover managed to curse his unborn grandchildren

What a MESS

With just one act of disobedience , Gods creation became the Jerry Springer Show. Families torn apart, Frustration, Aleination, and fear all from the first bite and the hook was set deep into hearts and Minds.

Warning!!!!! Do not eat of the fruit of that tree.