Families in Genesis

Adam and Eve – Part 3

Perils in Paradise

I. The first case of disobedience – Gen 3:6

a. Disobedience was the problem then and it is the problem today
i. Father
ii. Mother
iii. Children
b. Adam was held responsible for the disobedience of his family
i. He tried to blame Eve (Gen 3:12)
ii. “Everything rises and falls on leadership” – Lee Roberson
II. Knowledge wasn’t all it was cracked up to be – Gen. 3:7
a. The thing they wanted so badly turned out to be one of Satan’s
counterfeits - John 7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the
doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
b. We need to guard the knowledge that our children have
c. Now, in the age of the internet, anyone can have knowledge of anything
III. The justifiably felt shame – Gen. 3:8
a. They were ashamed of their nakedness
i. Exodus 32:23-26
ii. Moses’ son seeing his father’s nakedness (Gen. 9)
iii. Hab 2:15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that
puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou
mayest look on their nakedness!
iv. The demon-possessed man of Gadera (Luke 8)
v. Historically, once a society plunges into decadence and immorality,
that society is on the brink of destruction.
b. They were ashamed of their sin
i. They now had a conscience – Romans 2:12-16
ii. It is possible to ignore your conscience
1. 1 Timothy 4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their
conscience seared with a hot iron;
2. Jer 6:15 Were they ashamed when they had committed
abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither
could they blush:
3. Jeremiah 3:1-6
IV. Disobedience always brings fear – Gen. 3:9-10
a. Sin produces guilt and shame
b. They could not hide from the Lord – Psalm 139:1-12