What Went Wrong
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Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’ ” “You will not surely die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
The serpent
The serpent
Used by Satan
Created good, but with free will
Became proud
Your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before kings.
The temptation
The temptation
Questioning God – did God really say
Contradicting God – you will not die. The judgment is the first thing denied
Lying about God – implied God wanted to keep them from having wisdom
Eyes will be opened
Will be like God
Knowing good and evil
The response
The response
Misquotes what God had said – didn’t know God’s word
Lessened God’s provision – God said eat from any tree except the one
Added to the strictness – not even touch it
Softened the penalty – made it less certain
Saw the fruit was good for food – physical appetite
Pleasing to the eye
Desirable for gaining wisdom
Disobeyed
Adam was also present during this. The serpent uses the plural ‘you’, and v. 6 says he was with Eve. Adam was not deceived, he had received the command not to eat from this tree directly from God.
Instead of considering all the good things God had provided, being satisfied with what they had, they desired the one thing they didn’t have.
The result
The result
Did not die physically right away, but death entered the world, did die spiritually – their fellowship with God was brokem
Did receive knowledge – now they know both good and evil, before they only knew good
Did not become like God
Shame – sewed fig leaves
Guilt – hid from God
Fear
In his new self-focused state he was more concerned about how he felt than about his sin against God.
All died
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned—
Creation affected
For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope
Why let it happen?
Why let it happen?
God had given free will
Somehow allowing the fall ultimately leads to a greater end
Facing temptations help strengthen us
Where are you?
Where are you?
First question God asks
First question we must answer
Know God’s word – example of Jesus’ temptation
Trust in God’s goodness
Be aware of Satan’s schemes – we can’t win the battle if we don’t realize we are in one