Genesis 3 3 questions: What can we see in the text?
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Genesis 3
Genesis 3
Genesis 3
3 questions: What can we see in the
text?
Genesis 3
3 questions: What can we see in the
text? Why is this passage in the
Bible?
Genesis 3
3 questions: What can we see in the
text? Why is this passage in the
Bible? What can we learn?
Genesis 3
1 Some observations
Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more crafty that any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
Genesis 3:2,3
The woman said, “We may eat . . . but God did say, ‘You must not eat from the tree in the middle of the garden’ . . . or you will die.’”
Genesis 3:4,5
“You will certainly not die . . . for God knows . . . your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Genesis 3:6-8
What the serpent said did happen- became like God- opened eyes- ashamed
Genesis 3:9-19
God speaks:vvs9-12 to Adamv13 to Evevvs14,15 to the serpentv16 to Evevvs17-19 to Adam
Genesis 3:9-13
When God speaks to Adam & Eve
- he asks a question- he gets an excuse
Genesis 3:14,15
When God speaks to the serpent he makes a judgement
Genesis 3:16-19
When God again speaks to Eve and Adam he makes a judgement
Judgement summary
PainSorrowFutilityGuiltRelationship difficultiesSeparation from God
Genesis 3
2 Why is this passage in the Bible?
Three suggestions
1 To explain the origin and presence of evil
Crush your head . . .
Crush your head . . .
. . . strike his heel
“strike his heel …”
In relation to- individuals
“strike his heel …”
In relation to- individuals- communities
“strike his heel …”
In relation to- individuals- communities- the world
Three suggestions
1 To explain the origin and presence of evil
2 To provide a learning opportunity
Three suggestions
1 To explain the origin and presence of evil
2 To provide a learning opportunity
3 To remind that God punishes sin
Genesis 3
3 What can we learn?
Two suggestions
* To be alertHegel said that “The only
thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history”
Two suggestions
* To be alert
* To seek help
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