In contrast, we should be like Jesus, who came as a servant (Matthew 20:28). The Old Testament He was nailed to the cross; he hung there in thirst and fever, and darkness and desertion (Spurgeon). So when the woman saw: Eve surrendered to this temptation in exactly the way John describes in 1 John 2:16. The question was meant to show that seeks after lost man. Poetical Books iii. But the tree was nothing more than a restraint on Adam and Eve. you shall eat bread, Until you return to the ground, from which you were taken; For you are dust, and to dust you shall return. WebBut the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die (Genesis 3:4) God had expressly declared to Adam, in the day that you eat of (the forbidden tree) you shall surely die.. First, she gave in to the lust of the flesh (saw that it was good for food), then she gave in to the lust of the eyes (pleasant to the eyes), then she gave in to the pride of life (desirable to make one wise). Christ baffled Satan's temptations, rescued souls out of his hands. God passes sentence; and he begins where the sin began, with the serpent. Satans hatred of Eve was nothing new; it was already present but now man will, generally speaking, have antagonism towards Satan. a. I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid: Sin made Adam afraid of Gods presence and afraid of Gods voice. We can assume this is God, in the Person of Jesus Christ, appearing to Adam and Eve before His incarnation and birth at Bethlehem, because of God the Father it is said, No one has seen God at any time. Who told you that you were naked? i. The devil's instruments must share in the devil's punishments. Passwords should have at least 6 characters. And you shall eat dust Chapter 3. ii. Those who are willing to take the pleasure and profit of sin, are backward to take the blame and shame of it. Your desire shall be for your husband, This may well be true, but it makes Adams sin not one bit less rebellious. God ordained that the pain with which women bring children into this world be an example of the pain they experience more generally in life. iii. Web19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Satan wants us to see sin as something good that a bad God doesnt want us to have. And you shall bruise His heel.. b. Cursed is the ground: Because of Adam, there is a curse upon all creation. This was how the LORD had fellowship with Adam and Eve, in a very natural, close, intimate way. Pauline Epistles The principle of Adams headship as a husband was established before the fall (see Genesis 2:18 and 2:22). Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. To this point, death had been mentioned only as a threatened punishment for sin ( Genesis Luke-Acts The curse promised thorns and thistles, and we remember that Jesus was crowned with thorns (Matthew 27:29). i. i. i. It was a memorable discourse indeed, with Jehovah himself for the preacher, and the whole human race and the prince of darkness for the audience. (Spurgeon). Before they sinned, they would have welcomed God's gracious visits with humble joy; but now he was become a terror to them. In response, God issues three individual ''curses'' which affect humanity to this day. We are still made in Gods image, so we want to be in the presence of God and hear His voice, while at the same time, we are afraid of Him. Cookie Notice: b. Deceived me: The problem comes when we fail to see that being deceived is sin in itself. Such are all the rags of our own righteousness. It would not be until the cool of the day (Genesis 3:8) when God would normally come to them. The New Age movement and the desire to be god are just as strong as ever. Without shedding of blood there is no remission (Hebrews 9:22). The question was meant to express Gods sorrow over mans lost condition. c. In toil you shall eat of it: Adam worked before the curse, but it was all joy. All the days of your life. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. Minor Prophets The Old Testament GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Satan questioned whether it were a sin or not, to eat of this tree. What Satan said is more important than how he said it. ii. Let those that are meanly clad, learn from hence not to complain. One must be hardened to willingly and knowingly serve Satan. The words of our text, so far as they literally concern the serpent, threaten that a change would be wrought in him. Sin brought pain to childbirth, and no one knew more pain than Jesus did when He, through His suffering, brought many sons to glory (, Sin brought conflict, and Jesus endured great conflict to bring our salvation (, Thorns came with sin and the fall, and Jesus endured a crown of thorns to bring our salvation (, Sin brought sweat, and Jesus sweat, as it were, great drops of blood to win our salvation (, Sin brought sorrow, and Jesus became a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief, to save us (, Sin brought death, and Jesus tasted death for everyone that we might be saved (, Barnhouse, Donald Grey "Genesis: A Devotional Exposition" Volumes 1 and 2 (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1973), Boice, James Montgomery "Genesis: An Expositional Commentary" Volumes 1, 2, and 3 (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1987), Ginzberg, Louis "The Legends of the Jews" Volumes 1-7 (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1968), Leupold, H.C. "Exposition of Genesis: Volumes 1 and 2" (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1976), Spurgeon, Charles Haddon "The New Park Street Pulpit" Volumes 1-6 and "The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit" Volumes 7-63 (Pasadena, Texas: Pilgrim Publications, 1990). He was to live; the ground was to bring forth enough of the herb of the field for him to continue to exist. So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life. Barnhouse explained: This verse will be understood better when it is realized that the desire of man toward his wife alone is solely by Gods grace and not by nature.. He became obedient unto death. i. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.. iii. This same word for desire is used in Genesis 4:7 of the desire of sin to master over Cain. range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him (John 1:18); and no man has ever seen God in the Person of the Father (1 Timothy 6:16). This is why we are called to never give place to the devil (Ephesians 4:27). Satan came in the form of a serpent to tempt Eve He can undermine just as effectively by getting us to neglect Gods Word as by getting us to doubt it. He promises advantage from their eating this fruit. His victory over Satan thereby. i. General Epistles God named the man, and called him Adam, which signifies red earth; Adam named the woman, and called her Eve, that is, life. Men know not that they shall die, even though they confess it with their lips almost daily. All the days of your life. iv. Eve was responsible. A verification email has been sent to the address you provided. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forevertherefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. Genesis 2. d. You shall eat dust all the days of your life: This was true of the serpent as an animal, but it is also true of Satan. The Gospels See Romans 7:11; Hebrews 3:13. Genesis 3:19 in all English translations. I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; When cherubim are represented on earth (such as in the tabernacle, Exodus 25:10-22), they mark a meeting place with God. As He creates and destroys worlds, so will you have the power to create and destroy. In pain you shall bring forth children; Blessed be God for his Son our Lord Jesus Christ. i. Let it not lessen our sorrow for sin, that we were beguiled into it; but let it increase our self-indignation, that we should suffer ourselves to be deceived by a known cheat, and a sworn enemy, who would destroy our souls. 1. This gracious revelation of a Saviour came unasked, and unlooked for. b. Historical Books If we are born naturally rebellious against God, we are also born cautious and afraid of Satan. We may not understand everything involved in the way Satan used the body of a serpent, but we can know it was true and this is no mere fable. For this reason, women should take special care in which man they marry. Demonic spirits evidently have the ability, under certain circumstances, to indwell human or animal bodies (Luke 8:33). Genesis 3:19. The Old Testament (Genesis 3:2-3) Eves reply to the serpent. As a result of the fall, man no longer rules easily; he must fight from his headship. c. God has said: Eves ignorance of exactly what God said was really Adams responsibility. The creature that tempted Eve became a serpent as a result of Gods judgment on it, and it went slithering away into the bushes. (Boice), ii. God gave His approval of the sense of shame which had led our first parents to cover their nakedness. (Leupold). Here was the drawn of the gospel day: no sooner was the wound given, than the remedy was provided and revealed. Mankind can no longer stay in the ''very good'' garden, and is banished. However, Lots wife glances back, and she is turned into a pillar of salt. b. d. Lest you die: This may seem like a small thing to hinge the destiny of the human race and all creation on. Eve was tricked into sinning; Adam knew exactly what he was doing (1 Timothy 2:14). In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread His business, before he sinned, was a constant pleasure to him; but now his labour shall be a weariness. General Epistles (1) The serpent begins his temptation.. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD 2. The serpent was more cunning than any beast. Sin is failure to do what God has commanded us. Instinctively, we dont serve God or Satan; we serve ourselves (which is fine with Satan). i. WebAlthough death was the fruit of Adam's sin, it was by God's grace that His curse did not fall upon Adam. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings. God came to them patiently, waiting for the cool of the day the evening time. a. A woman gains more of her identity from her husband than the man does from the wife. Wisdom Literature Between you and the woman, i. Because you have done this, Often neglected in favor of more "exciting" prophecies, this first prophecy holds the fundamental principles for understanding the nature of Satan's relationship to Christ and the church, woman's relationship with man, man's relationship with nature, and sin's role in human suffering. Adam and Eve made for themselves aprons of fig-leaves, a covering too narrow for them to wrap themselves in, Isaiah 28:20. Charles Spurgeon thought the sense was, in the wind of the evening, when the evening breeze was blowing through the garden. But it is a dangerous thing to teach the doctrines of man as if they are the commandments of God (Matthew 15:9). Web3. 2. All Rights Reserved. Humanity was originally given every perfect thing they could need or want, and virtually no restrictions. There is a sense in which idolatry of Eve was an aspect of Adams disobedience against God. b. f. Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Adam and Eve were clothed with a garment that was purchased with the life of another. This lost sheep had wandered without end, if the good Shepherd had not sought after him, and told him, that where he was straying he could not be either happy or easy. If God lies to her, how can He be good? Because of this, God has implanted it in the minds of men that more modesty is appropriate for these areas of our body. Revelation 12:9 and 20:2 speak of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan. God bid man go out; told him he should no longer occupy and enjoy that garden: but man liked the place, and was unwilling to leave it, therefore God made him go out. iii. of Scripture. Web2 And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, Yet death being dreadful to nature, even when life is unpleasant, that concludes the punishment. 2. ii. It is the common fault and folly of those that have done ill, when questioned about it, to acknowledge only that which is so manifest that they cannot deny it. He was crowned with thorns for us. Rebellion against God is not better when motivated by a romantic impulse. Though Adam and Eve and their descendants were prevented from eating the fruit of the tree of life (by Gods mercy), they could still come there to meet God. Your good works are essential to what it takes to live out your life, but they are not legal tender before God. Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year. Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. Adam and Eve were now miserable comforters to each other! i. 1. An immaterial spirit must be invisible; and therefore he must embody himself in some way or other before he can be seen. b. Ever since Adam, men run from Gods presence and dont want to listen to His Word. Perhaps Satan made the voice supernaturally seem to come forth from the serpent, or perhaps Satan communicated this to Eve in her thoughts. And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. Adam sinned willfully, having abdicated his leadership position. If this fruit is something good for her, why doesnt God want her to have it? i. Satan teaches men first to doubt, and then to deny. Despite that, Adam and Eve needed only a bit of prompting from a talking serpent to Has God said, Ye shall not lie, nor take his name in vain, nor be drunk, &c.? d. You will be like God, knowing good and evil: The final enticement was the most powerful because it was how Satan himself fell, wanting to be equal with God. Cool of the day is literally the breeze of the day. From Hebrew geography and culture, we might guess this means late afternoon or early evening. Poetical Books God commanded the serpent to slither on the ground instead of walking on legs like any other animal. Did thorns come in with sin? He asked it because He allowed Adam to make the best of a bad situation by repenting right then and there, but Adam didnt come clean and repent before God. Gods judgment on Satan is for him to always know defeat. Major Prophets It was the craftiness of Satan that made him successful against Eve: as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness (2 Corinthians 11:3). He tempts them to seek preferment, as if they were fit to be gods. WebCommentary on Genesis 3:16-19. The two angels come to Sodom. i. ii. The flaming sword was pointed against Satan to keep him from destroying the way of access to the altar, which God had set up. (Barnhouse). e. Has God indeed said: Satans first attack was leveled against the Word of God. In virtually all cultures, adults cover their genital areas, even though other parts of the human body may be more or less exposed from culture to culture. a. I will greatly multiply your sorrow: God first cursed the woman with multiplied sorrow. On this occasion, Satan chose to indwell the body of a pre-curse serpent. In 1995, New Age influence made it all the way to the White House. It was as if God could not wait to announce His plan of salvation, to bring deliverance through the one known as the Seed of the woman. c. The eyes of both of them were opened: The way they saw themselves changed, but also the way they saw the entire world was now different. Web(Read Genesis 3:16-19) The woman, for her sin, is condemned to a state of sorrow, and of subjection; proper punishments of that sin, in which she had sought to gratify the desire of For out of it you were taken; Having food and a covering, let them be content; they are as well off as Adam and Eve. d. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you: The idea is to contrast the womans desire and the husbands rule over her. Satan took Gods positive command in Genesis 2:16-17 (Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat) and rephrased it in a purely negative way: God wont let you eat of every tree.. Observe the steps of the transgression: not steps upward, but downward toward the pit. Then to Adam He said, Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it: Cursed is the ground for your sake; Poetical Books Wisdom Literature They have more care to save their credit before men, than to obtain their pardon from God. Minor Prophets (Genesis 3:22-24) God sets cherubim to guard the Tree of Life. i. By saying the woman whom You gave to be with me, Adam essentially blamed God for the sin saying, You gave me the woman, and she is the problem. Adam wasnt content to blame Eve; he had to blame God also. See her what dishonour and trouble sin is; it makes mischief wherever it gets in, and destroys all comfort. It is idle to call the narrative of the Fall a mere allegory; one had better say at once that he does not believe the Book There was a real serpent, as there was a real paradise; there was a real Adam and Eve, who stood at the head of our race, and they really sinned, and our race is really fallen. His main lie to us is sin is not bad, and God is not good., iv. Jesus, in taking on humanity, brought Himself near to Satans domain so Satan could strike Him. This does not mean God did not have a name for Eve, but we are told what the name is in Genesis 5:2: He called them Mankind. The womans desire is to control her husband (to usurp his divinely appointed headship), and he must master her, if he can. Pauline Epistles As the gospel gains ground, Satan falls. According to a 1992 survey, as many as 12 million Americans can be considered active participants in the New Age movement, and another 30 million are avidly interested. a. But man was only sent to till the ground out of which he was taken. From the beginning, Satan has tried to undermine Gods people by undermining Gods Word.

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