lesson 4: genesis foundations Bible study

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Lesson 4: Genesis Foundations Study

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Genesis 3:6-19 (NIV)

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. 8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” 10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.” 11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?” 12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” 13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” 14 So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, “Cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. 15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” 16 To the woman he said, “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.” 17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life. 18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”

1. What was Eve’s sin?(Required)

2. What was Adam’s sin?(Required)

Romans 5:12-21 (NIV)

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned— 13 To be sure, sin was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not charged against anyone’s account where there is no law. 14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who is a pattern of the one to come. 15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! 16 Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification. 17 For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ! 18 Consequently, just as one trespass resulted in condemnation for all people, so also one righteous act resulted in justification and life for all people. 19 For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous. 20 The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

3. What was the impact of Adam and Eve’s sin on us?(Required)

Adam and Eve’s disobedience to what the Lord commanded resulted in sin. Read the story of Cain and Abel in Genesis 4:6-7: “The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.”

4. What does sin crouching at the door make you picture?(Required)

5. How would you define sin given what we have seen in the stories of Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel?(Required)

Consequences:

6. God gives us commands and holds us accountable to the responsibility He has given us. God gave Adam and Eve a rule (don’t eat from the tree), and a consequence (you will surely die). The consequences of sin include this broken and fallen world. What are some of the curses that come as a result of Adam and Eve’s sin?

The curses for woman (Genesis 3:16):(Required)

The curses for man (Genesis 3:17-19):(Required)

Do you see any other curses (Genesis 3)?(Required)

7. How does the curse for man affect farming?(Required)

8. How does the curse for man affect a man who owns a business?(Required)

9. How does the coming of Jesus and His death and resurrection affect God’s curse of men and women in the Garden of Eden? Did Jesus’s death take away the consequences of their sin? Read Romans 6:22 and Romans 8:19-23.(Required)

10. On the other hand, did Jesus’s death take away the judgment of their sin? How? See Romans 5:12-21, 1 Corinthians 15:20-22, and Galatians 3:10-13.(Required)

11. How did Jesus’s death change humanity’s relationship with God? See John 10:10, Romans 6:1-14, Ephesians 2:18, 2 Corinthians 5:17 and John 3:16.(Required)

12. What do we have to do to have a relationship with God? See Romans 10:9.(Required)

13. What did Adam and Eve do as soon as they realized they were naked? Did they seek God’s provision first or try to make their own?(Required)

14. How did God provide for and take care of Adam and Eve now that they know they are naked?(Required)

15. In what ways do you observe people trying to hide from God rather than pursuing Him?(Required)

16. In what ways do you try to hide from God rather than pursuing Him?(Required)

17. In Genesis 1:28, God calls us to “fill the earth and subdue it”—to fill the earth with His image and make the world work for others. How does understanding the difference between work before and after sin entered the world help you see the importance of having a personal relationship with God as you fulfill this calling?(Required)