Paradise Lost

Genesis 3:1-12

Sermon Notes:

1) Naked Aggression | 1-5

2) Naked Ambition | 5-6

3) Naked and Afraid | 7-12

Reflection questions:

1. How does Eve mishandle/misremember/misstate the Word of God when talking with the serpent? (Compare Genesis 2:16-17 to 3:1-3.) How might an accurate remembering of the Word of God have helped her? See Psalm 119 (Especially vv. 9, 105) and Revelation 22:18-19.

2. Read I John 2:15-17. How do you see Eve being tempted by the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life in Genesis 3:6? Now read Matthew 4:1- 11. How is Jesus tempted by the same temptations (and by the same tempter)? How does Jesus defeat those temptations?

3. How does Adam respond (v.12) when God directly confronts him about his sin in v.11? Does his reaction show us anything about our own natural tendency to run from God when confronted with our sin? How does confidence of God’s love counteract this natural/SINFUL tendency to run? See Psalm 139; compare vv.1-7 to vv.23-24.