Genesis Lesson 4
MAN’S FALL AND GOD’S REDEMPTIVE LOVE
Genesis 3:1-24
Key Verse 3:15
What was the serpent’s character (1)? What role does the serpent play in the passage (Rev 12:9)? Describe Satan’s origin and nature (Jude 6; 2Pe 2:4; Jn 8:44).
How did Satan plant the seed of doubt about God’s words in the woman’s heart (1)? What was the woman’s answer (2,3)? How was it different from the command God gave (2:16,17)? What does this tell us about the root cause of Eve falling for Satan’s temptation (Ro 1:21)?
What false assurance did Satan give Eve (4)? How did Satan make her proud and doubt God’s love (5)? After Eve listened to Satan, how did her view of the tree change (6a)? Why did Adam also commit sin (6b,17a)?
What unexpected change came about for the man and woman after they ate the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil (7,8)? Why did they hide from the LORD God (10)? What was the first thing God said to Adam after he sinned (9)? What does it mean?
How did God reprove them of their sin (11,13a)? What was Adam and Eve’s excuse (12,13b)? How did mutual relationships between people change from then on ()?
How did God curse the serpent (14,15)? What is God’s plan of redemption for all humanity? Who is meant by the woman’s offspring (Gal 4:4)? What would he do and suffer (Heb 2:14,15; Isa 53:5,6)?
How did God curse the woman (16)? In what sense was childbearing a curse? How did the situation between husband and wife change? How was the ground cursed because of Adam’s sin (17,18; Ro 8:20-22)? How would Adam have to struggle in this world for survival (17b,19a)? And what would be his end (19b)?
What did Adam name his wife (20)? How can we see God’s love for Adam, despite the curse (21)? Why did God banish mankind from the Garden of Eden (22,23)? What hope for eternal life did God give them (24)?