THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST: GENESIS and EXODUS (2)

GENESIS 3-5

ENTRANCE and EXTENT of SIN

Key Passage: Genesis 3

^{CHAPTER 3}	^{CHAPTER 4}	^{CHAPTER 5}
^{Roots of Sin:} ^{Adams Rebellion}	^{Fruit of Sin:} ^{Cain’s Evil Line}	^{Fruit of Faith} ^{Seth’s Godly Line}
^{Entrance of Sin}	^Extent	^{of Sin}

OVERVIEW The perfect environment into which Adam was placed in now shattered by the entrance of sin. Satan, posing as the subtle serpent, challenges God’s only prohibition of Adam and Eve’s use of the garden. Disobedience follows as the first family eats from the forbidden tree and is expelled from Eden. The results of their sin are devastating, as humanity and the whole creation fall under the penalty of death. Cain becomes the first murderer, and the downward spiral continues from Adam to Noah, paving the way for God’s seeping judgment upon the wickedness of the world.

OUR DAILY WALK Have you ever seen an advertisement of a new "miracle product," then, gone out and brought it, only to discover it fails to live up to its billing?

The one who falls into sin is a human; the one who grieves at sin is a saint; the one who boasts of sun is a fool.

Satan has been overselling his "product" ̶ sin ̶ for thousands of years. He first tried this approach with Eve in the garden of Eden. Notice the promise, "God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil" (3:5). Eve believed his claim and tried his product. The result? Pain, bitter disappointment, expulsion from the garden, separation from God, death.

Where has your resistance to temptation been tested by Satan? What are some of the false promises he wants you to believe to sell you on sin? "if it feels good it must be right. Everyone else is doing it, so it must be OK. It won’t hurt to do it just once."

When tempted today to fall for one of Satan’s false promises, respond instead with this scriptural promise from James 4:7 ̶ "Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."

INSIGHT Same Scheme, Different Results

Compare Genesis 3 with Matthew 4:1-11 and you’ll notice an interesting fact. Satan tempted Jesus in the same three ways that he tempted Eve (lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and pride of life; see 1 John 2:16). But in Jesus’s case, Satan failed on every count.