Are we important?
• Yes
• John 3:16 – “For God so LOVED the world
that HE gave His ONLY son”
• God values each of our life so much, that
he made a way, for us to have eternal life.
To live life here on earth and beyond.
Man like God
• 1:26 – Ability to rule, work, take care of
creation
• 1:28 – Ability to create life, procreate
• 1:29 – Ability to enjoy creation
Genesis 1:26 (New International Version)
“Then God said, "Let us make man in our
image, in our likeness, and let them rule
over the fish of the sea and the birds of the
air, over the livestock, over all the earth,
and over all the creatures that move along
the ground."
The Test
• Two Trees
Genesis 2:7 (New International Version)
“the LORD God formed the man from the
dust of the ground and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life, and the man
became a living being”
Tree of Life
• Not much was said about tree of life,
but it says that it gives
eternal life (3:22b)
• God did not forbid them
to eat from this tree
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 Tree of Knowledge of G&E
•Specific instruction to Adam not to
eat from this tree, or “you will
surely die” (2:17)
•Eve knew about it as well (3:2)
Innocence Lost
“Did Adam and Eve have belly buttons?”
Fall of Man = Part of God’s Plan?
• Why did God create humans that will
ultimately disobey him?
• Why did God create Lucifer, who
ultimately disobeyed him, became Satan,
who tempted Eve to take the first bite?
• Why did God create the tree of the
knowledge of Good and Evil?
The Lie
• Satan in the form of a snake, reveals
• 3:4 "You will not surely die," the serpent
said to the woman.
• 3:5 "For God knows that when you eat of it
your eyes will be opened, and you will be
like God, knowing good and evil."
Innocence Lost
• Adam was created a grown man, Eve a
grown woman
• They were created innocent, without the
knowledge to differentiate good and evil
• Just like babies and young children, they
do not know what’s right from wrong.
• No concept of modesty
Fall of Man = Part of God’s Plan?
Why would God create beings who will
disobey him, which will ultimately require
the death of His own son?
The Lie
• Two parts 1) you will NOT surely die
• 2) you will be like God, knowing good and
evil
• First part a lie, because they DID die,
physical deaths, just as God said
• Second part is true, they DID know good
and evil
Modesty
• At some point in their development, children
realize that they are “naked”.
• At around the same time, children also realize
the difference between right and wrong.
• After eating the fruit, they “lost their innocence”.
First thing they realized was they were naked. A
sign that they are recognizing right from wrong
• 3:11 – God asked them “who told you, you were
naked?”
God as a Parent
• V8 – Adam and Eve like children, try to hide from God
• V9 – God calls out “Where are you?” as if God didn’t
know
• V10 – Guilt ridden, Adam
• V11 – God asks who told them they were naked, as if he
didn’t know
• V12 – Adam blames God and Eve
• V13 – God asks Eve “What have you done?”, as if he
didn’t know. And Eve answers correctly
• V14 onwards, God grounds Adam and Eve
• V21 – God still looks after them by making them skin
(animal) garments
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 Why the Test?
• Why did God still decide to test them on a
test that he knows they will fail?
• Why did God have to question them after
the test?
• An omniscient God would already know
Adam and Eve’s excuses
Why Us?
• Why did God desire to create a species in
His image and likeness in the first place?
• What is so special about us?
Shadow of God
“In his original, incorruptible form, Adam was
in the image and likeness of God and
given rulership over his own little universe,
the earth. This Adamic microcosm was a
type and a shadow of God's rulership over
ALL things, all bundled up in Adam's
rulership over the earth”
Why the Test?
• Not for God’s benefit, but for Adam and
Eve’s benefit.
• He wanted them to know that with their
new found knowledge of good and evil,
they are now capable of lying, and blaming
each other.
• Adam and Eve learned of their
wretchedness, their sinfulness
Sequence of Event
• 2:15 – God creates Adam first. Why?
• 2:19 – 21 – Adam was alone for a time
• Why not create both of them at the same
time?
The Purpose
“The purpose of Eve to Adam is the shadow
of mankind’s purpose to God.”
Like One of Us
• 3:22 – Only AFTER the fall of man that God
says, “The man has now become like one of us”
• Remember his initial purpose 1:26 (make man in
own image)
• So another aspect of God is endowed upon man
• 1:26 – Ability to rule, work, take care of creation
• 1:28 – Ability to create life, procreate
• 1:29 – Ability to enjoy the bounties of nature
• 3:22 – Ability to discern
A Suitable Helper
• 2:18, 20b – God says it is not good for a
man to be alone
• No suitable helper for Adam to be found
Verses to look up
• Hebrews 2:5 – 13. Jesus calls us brothers
• Romans 8:14-17. Joint Heirs with Jesus
• Galatians 3:26-29. Children of God. Heirs according to
the promise
• 1 John 3:1,2 – When Jesus appears, we shall be like him
• Romans 8:29-30 – Jesus is the “first of many” of his kind
• 1 Corinthians 6:2-3 – The saints to judge the world as
well as angels
• 1 Corinthians 2:7-16 – No one has yet seen, heard or
known what God has in store for us
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 Our Response
• Church = Bride of Christ
• We are destined to rule with Christ
• But not yet…
Our Response
• Earth = Spiritual Training Ground
• Romans 8:28
“And we know that in all things God works
for the good of those who love him”
• God prepares us for much greater things
The Tree of Life
• John 15:5 (New International Version)
"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a
man remains in me and I in him, he will
bear much fruit; apart
from me you can do
nothing.”