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When God created the world it was absolutely perfect. But something terrible happened — and that “something” is what the Bible calls sin. The world was no longer perfect; evil and death had invaded God’s perfect world, and they have been with us ever since.
As 1 John 3:8 states, “The devil has been sinning from the beginning.”. Having turned away from God to pursue sin and evil, the devil made himself an enemy of God. He then set out to ruin God’s perfect creation and human race. Genesis 3 calls the devil “the serpent.”.
- The Cause of Sin
- The Consciousness of Sin
- The Consequences Off Sin
- The Conqueror Over Sin
- The Covering For Sin
The cause of sin was Satan, the adversary of God. Satan’s tactics were deceit and trickery. He approached the woman, Eve, as a serpent, a creature who was “more cunning than any beast of the field.” Satan began by questioning God’s Word: “Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?” He then proceeded to contradict God’s Word...
Immediately, Adam and Eve became conscious of their nakedness and their sin. This is evidenced by the fact that they tried to cover their nakedness with fig leaves, they tried to hide themselves from God because they were afraid of Him, and then they tried to blame someone else for what they had done. Adam blamed Eve and God by saying, “The woman w...
The entrance of sin resulted in grave consequences. God pronounced judgment upon the serpent (vs. 14-15), upon the woman (vs. 16, 22-24), upon the man (vs. 17, 19, 22-24), upon the creation itself (vs. 17-18, Rom. 8:20-22), and upon all mankind (Rom. 5:12-14). The grave consequences were no surprise. God had stated them up front: “You shall surely ...
God is a God of love, mercy, and grace. Along with the pronouncement of these judgments, God gave the first promise of the One who would eventually conquer sin and death and redeem mankind from the curse of sin. This promise is given in Genesis 3:15, “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall brui...
Adam and Eve’s attempts to cover their nakedness and sin were futile. God provided the required covering for their sin by making coats of skins for them. This act by God introduced the requirement He placed upon man for this new dispensation; the shedding of blood to cover man’s sins (Heb. 9:22). This requirement was to remain in effect until the p...
Apr 29, 2015 · Why did God make a world like ours, with so much pain, sickness, and brokenness? In these four minutes, Pastor John speaks to the horrors of sin, the meaning of all our suffering, and the conquering hope we have in Christ.
Dec 11, 2023 · This chapter affirms that human sin marred God’s created order as well as individual human beings, family life and the world. The term “good” functions as a key concept in Genesis. In Chapter 1, “good” occurs seven times to describe God’s creation (vv. 4, 10, 12, 18, 21, 25, 31).
God made a perfect world, and He gave the perfect man and woman the privilege of choosing. They were created holy, but they had the choice to choose evil. God did not hide anything from them. He told them the facts, explained the consequences, and they chose evil anyway.
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Jul 21, 2023 · Even when God made humans, God said we were made ‘very good’ but again, we weren’t made perfect. For instance, God told Adam to name the animals and to subdue the earth.
