Firm Foundations

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Firm Foundations

• Lesson 11
• Gods Promise and Curse
• Memory verse Proverbs 910

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Introduction

• What was life like in the garden before there was
  sin?
• What trick did Satan use to disguise himself?
  Whats another way that Satan can disguise
  himself?
• What would be the consequence of Adam Eves
  sin?

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Keep in mind

• God created them in his OWN image
• They belonged to Him
• He loved them
• He gave them everything they could ever need
• He had warned them of the consequences of
  disobedience
• They had chosen to disobey Him

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God called Adam

• Genesis 39
• They didnt come out to talk to God
• Why did God call them?
• God still calls today
• His Creation
• His Word
• God wants us to know Him

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Adam and Eve tried to hide

• Genesis 310 I was afraid
• They were afraid because they had disobeyed God
• They had good reason to be afraid
• They knew what they had done
• And they knew what God said would happen if they
  disobeyed

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God questioned Adam

• Genesis 311
• God gave them opportunity to repent
• God had the right to question Adam
• Acts 1725 he gives life and breath
• Hebrews 413

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Adam and Eve tried to pass the blame

• Genesis 312,13
• the woman gave to me
• the serpent deceived me
• Nothing is hidden from God

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God promised a Deliverer

• Adam and Eve became children of Satan
• whose spirit now works in the sons of
  disobedience Eph. 212
• Satan became the god of this world
• He is the ruler of this world John 1231
• God promised a deliverer
• Genesis 315 the Deliverer would be the child
  of a woman
• The man is not mentioned
• The head of Satan will be crushed
• Isaiah 714 the mother would be a virgin
• Psalm 1458

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Gods curse on the woman

• Genesis 316
• She and all her descendants would suffer in
  childbirth
• Her husband would have authority over her

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Gods curse on the man and on the earth

• Genesis 317-19
• Adam listened to Eve instead of obeying God
• The whole world was cursed
• Why?
• What was affected?
• The world is still cursed
• God didnt create us to die but we must
• Romans 623

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Adam and Eve are the parents of all people

• Genesis 320
• We all came from the same parents
• Acts 1726 made of one blood all nations of
  men
• Adams sin set off a chain of sorrows
• Romans 512

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Conclusion

• The devil did not make them do it
• Adam and Eve knew what God said
• They knew that God loved them
• They disobeyed anyway
• Sin brought terrible consequences
• We live with those consequences every day
• The Bible shows how all sorrows in life began
• God promised to send a Deliverer to rescue man