Old Testament - Genesis 3:1-7 (Fall of Man)
Channel: Calvary Chapel Windward
Date: 2016-01-26

Genesis 3:1-7 (Fall of Man)

Genesis 3:1-7 - Fall of Man - CC Windward - Pastor Tim

Genesis 3:1-7 - Fall of Man - Calvary Chapel Windward - OAHU, HAWAII - Pastor Tim Newman - From Local Olelo / Oceanic / Time Warner Cable show "A View from Calvary" - Episode #276: - Original Air Date: 07/24/2011 A.D.

PASTOR TIM's NOTES:

Gen 3:1-7
“The Fall of Man”
1. The temptation begins by CHALLENGING God’s word.
Vs. 1-3
1a. The CHALLENGE came from a cunning beast.
Its description as “cunning” (or “shrewd”) does not imply evil.
The New Testament identifies this serpent as the devil. Revelation 12:9; 20:2).7
 James 1:13-15, Eph 2:1-2, 2 Cor 11:13-15
1b. The CHALLENGE was against God’s word.
Satan now asks, “Did God [Elohim] actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in
the garden’?”
That was a complete distortion of God’s word.
God’s generosity was perverted by Satan’s question to suggest divine stinginess!
1c. The CHALLENGE did not have an accurate response
 She diminished God’s word,
 She added to God’s word,
 She softened God’s word.9
2. The tempter then questions God’s CHARACTER.
Vs. 4-5
2a. The integrity God’s CHARACTER is challenged.
The Hebrew places the word lo (“not”) in front of God’s declaration:
“not—you shall surely die.”10
Note, too, that the doctrine of divine judgment is the very first doctrine to
be denied.
2b. The benevolence of God’s CHARCTER is challenged.
According to the serpent, the threat of death was nothing more than a scare
tactic to keep Adam and Eve in their place.
The lie bore the lure of divinity for Eve—“you will be like God.”
Sin has an intrinsic spiritual lure. It holds a seemingly golden promise.
3. The temptation was a CHOICE that began in the mind.

7 G. C. Aalders, Genesis, Vol. 1, trans. William Heynen (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1981), pp. 98, 101.
9 Some have suggested that attributing such blatant revisions to Eve imputes too much intention to her. After all, Adam may not
have clearly communicated the divine prohibitions to her, and paraphrasing God’s word is something all believers have done.
However this ignores two facts: 1) Moses wrote under the inspiration of the Spirit with immense literary care and intentionality
(witness the literary structure and literary-numerical distinctives thus far). And 2) Adam and Eve lived in an unhindered, uncluttered
state of communication. And more, their history was recent and simple. No doubt they had discussed the trees and the prohibitions
more than casually at least once! Moses wants us to see the subtle revisions.
10 Ross, Creation and Blessing, p. 135.
Vs. 6
3a. The CHOICE came from an appeal to her basic needs and desires.
We notice that in verse 6 there is no dialogue—only Eve’s thoughts.
THE DEVIL UNDERSTANDS OUR basic needs and so he appeals to them.
PHYSICAL..........GOOD FOR FOOD- taste good or feel good
EMOTIONAL ...........PLEASANT TO THE EYES- it looks good
INTELLECTUAL..........DESIREABLE TO MAKE ONE WISE- it makes me good or makes
me better because I want to know more

1 John 2:15-17
The things of this world can be used to drive us away from doing the will of God.
3b. The CHOICE was a direct disobedience to God’s word.
She invites Adam to enter in to this same sin and he does.
Two things to note about Adam choice.
1) Adam was passive in watching the deception.
2) Adam was not deceived by the snake.
The Apostle Paul was insistent that
“Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived”
(1 Timothy 2:14; cf. Romans 5:12, 17–19).
4. The temptation resulted in tragic CONSEQUENCES.
Vs. 7
Rom 5:12
4a. The CONSEQUENCES of sin had been denied by Satan.
 Prov 7:18-20
4b. The CONSEQUENCES included an awareness of sin.
What Satan had told them was true—half true.
They did not die that day, as they supposed they might.
Did Moses continue to be passionate about this idea of holding to the word of God?
Deut 6:6-9

Deut 32:46-47
This “your very life” attitude became the standard for all the Old Testament.


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