c. Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat? The devil, as he is a liar, so he is a scoffer from the beginning; and scoffers are his children. Though he is the tempter, we are the sinners. Even so, God continues to provide for His creation. Pauline Epistles Adam even blames God. Blessed be God for his Son our Lord Jesus Christ. b. Because of this sin, posterity has been cursed with overwhelming toil just to stay ahead, paradoxically for our ultimate benefit. When God made clothes for our first parents, he made them warm and strong, but coarse and very plain; not robes of scarlet, but coats of skin. God gave His approval of the sense of shame which had led our first parents to cover their nakedness. (Leupold). WebLot and his family flee toward the nearby city of Zoar while God rains sulfur and fire onto Sodom and Gomorrah. Did sweat come in with sin? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat? The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate, I will put enmity between you and the woman, You shall eat dust all the days of your life, Enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed, He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel, Your sorrow and your conception; in pain you shall bring forth children, Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you, Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, Dust you are, and to dust you shall return, The LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them, Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil, And take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever, The LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden, He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, David Guzik :: 1 Corintios 7 Principios Sobre el Matrimonio y la Soltera, David Guzik :: 1 Juan 2 Impedimentos para una comunin con Dios, David Guzik :: Gnesis 3 La tentacin y cada del hombre, David Guzik :: Gnesis 2 La CreacinTerminada; Adn en el Jardn del Edn, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus and the Holy Trinity (Walter Martin), 1 Samuel 1-10 (1979-82 Audio) (Chuck Smith), Genesis 15-18 (1979-82 Audio) (Chuck Smith), Third Person of the Trinity (Chuck Smith). Many other passages associate a serpent or a snake-like creature with Satan (such as Job 26:13 and Isaiah 51:9). By his death he gave a fatal blow to the devil's kingdom, a wound to the head of this serpent that cannot be healed. This wasnt primarily a wardrobe problem or a fear problem or a self-esteem problem. Historical Books The question was meant to show that seeks after lost man. The lifting of a bronze serpent is the lifting up of sin judged, in the form of a cross. Are not his days also like the days of a hired man? Till you return to the ground, Now the curse on Eve makes it much harder for her to submit and flow with Gods institution of male headship in the home. 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. He shall bruise your head, Now he moves in for the kill, with an outright contradiction of what God said. You were made from Barnes' Notes on the Bible Here begins the judgment. Labour is our duty, which we must faithfully perform; it is part of man's sentence, which idleness daringly defies. Genesis 3 i. d. Then the man said: Notice that to this point, God has not addressed Eve at all. The excuses men make to cover and lessen their sins, are vain and frivolous; like the aprons of fig-leaves, they make the matter never the better: yet we are all apt to cover our transgressions as Adam. The devil contradicts Gods word by falsely assuring Adam and Eve, you shall not surely die.. He turned aside quickly. They knew they were naked, in the sense of having their shame exposed to all creation. 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. Robbins is also recognized as a leader in the New Age movement. He promises advantage from their eating this fruit. 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. i. Leupold on walking in the garden in the cool of the day: The almost casual way in which this is remarked indicates that this did not occur for the first time just then There is extreme likelihood that the Almighty assumed some form analogous to the human form which was made in His image.. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.. Those who by sin go astray from God, should seriously consider where they are; they are afar off from all good, in the midst of their enemies, in bondage to Satan, and in the high road to utter ruin. If God lies to her, how can He be good? Christ baffled Satan's temptations, rescued souls out of his hands. i. His victory over Satan thereby. Despite that, Adam and Eve needed only a bit of prompting from a talking serpent to Cookie Notice: Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat? Then the man said, The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.. This shows the falsehood of the tempter, and the frauds of his temptations. Matthew Henrys Bible Commentary (concise), Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. A complete lie is rarely effective in temptation. i. WebAs Genesis 3:20 records an instance of humble, apprehending faith in the divine word, so here we have a manifest act of mercy on the part of God, indicating the pardon and acceptance of confessing, believing man, rejoicing in anticipation of that future victory over the serpent which was to be accomplished by the seed of the woman. He can undermine just as effectively by getting us to neglect Gods Word as by getting us to doubt it. iii. Satan will often attack a chain at its weakest link, so he gets at Adam by tempting Eve. Although the sentence took away from Adam the luscious fruits of paradise, yet it secured him a livelihood. The question was meant to lead Adam to confess his sin. Such are all the rags of our own righteousness. Like a servant who earnestly desires the shade, and like a hired man who eagerly looks for his wages (Job 7:1-2). 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. Sooner or later it will bring shame; either the shame of true repentance, which ends in glory, or that shame and everlasting contempt, to which the wicked shall rise at the great day. WebGenesis 3:14-19. And you shall eat the herb of the field. Uneasiness and weariness with labour are our just punishment, which we must patiently submit to, since they are less than our iniquity deserves. See Romans 7:11; Hebrews 3:13. He spoke in a taunting way. Ezekiel 28 tells us Satan, before his fall, was an angel of the highest rank and prominence, even something of a leader of worship in heaven. Perhaps Satan knew by observation Adam didnt do an effective job of communicating to Eve what the LORD told him. Eve tried to become a god by rebelling against God. Perhaps they felt if they left the garden, they might never see God again because it was the only place where they met Him. (Genesis 3:1) The serpent begins his temptation. Satan tempted Eve, that by her he might tempt Adam. i. 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 verification email has been sent to the address you provided. i. Satan, by their corruptions, buffets them, sifts them, and seeks to devour them. That Satan has power to enter into living bodies is clear, for he did so upon a very large scale with regard to men in the days of Christ Being compelled to have an embodiment, the master evil spirit perceived the serpent to be at that time among the most subtle of all creatures; and therefore he entered into the serpent as feeling that he would be most at home in that animal (Spurgeon). There are only two religions; there is the religion of fig leaves and there is the religion of Gods perfect provision through Jesus. When cherubim are represented on earth (such as in the tabernacle, Exodus 25:10-22), they mark a meeting place with God. i. And more than every beast of the field; GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point e. Made themselves coverings: After making their coverings, Adam and Eve waited. This was a sin problem and Adams wardrobe, fear or self-understanding could not be addressed until the sin problem was addressed. In attacking Jesus, Satan made his own doom certain. Demonic spirits evidently have the ability, under certain circumstances, to indwell human or animal bodies (Luke 8:33). In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread ii. Because you have done this, The curse of death shows that the result of Adams sin extended to the entire human race. If sinners will but consider where they are, they will not rest till they return to God. 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. Satan ruined himself by desiring to be like the Most High, therefore he sought to infect our first parents with the same desire, that he might ruin them too. e. Has God indeed said: Satans first attack was leveled against the Word of God. WebGenesis 3, Sermon Bible Commentary, One of over 125 Bible commentaries freely available, this 12 volume, chapter by chapter commentary of 4,800 sermon outlines and 24,000 homiletic references. Let those that are meanly clad, learn from hence not to complain. Humanity was originally given every perfect thing they could need or want, and virtually no restrictions. WebGenesis 19 The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah A. iii. There are many temptations to which being alone gives great advantage; but the communion of saints tends very much to their strength and safety. 1. The serpent was more cunning than any beast. We all sin, but when we sin, we can still give glory to God by openly confessing without shifting the blame onto others (Joshua 7:19-20). No marvel that they became a terror to themselves, and full of confusion. Before the curse on man, the ground only produced good. Adam and Eve must have been terrified as this once-beautiful creature called a serpent was transformed into the creeping, slithering, hissing snake we know today. He had no corrupt nature within, to betray him; but had a freedom of will, in full strength, not weakened or impaired. Genesis 3 Bible Commentary - Matthew Henry (concise) 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 Genesis 3:17 Commentaries: Then to Adam He said, "Because We cant outsmart Satan, but we can overcome him with the power of Jesus. (Genesis 3:4-5) Satans direct challenge to Gods Word. He sweat for us, as it had been great drops of blood.