Scripture: Please read Genesis 2:4-3:24,
Laurie will be preaching focusing on chapter 3:1-15 and then part of Cain and
Abel's story from chapter 4. Her sermon title is “Making Excuses”.
Questions for Reflection
1.
What makes forbidden things so tempting?2. Why did the serpent say that God did not want the woman to eat the forbidden fruit? (3:4-5)
3. What happened when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit? (3:6-7)
4. What did Adam and Eve do when they heard God? Why? (3:8-10)
5. How did Adam and Eve respond when God asked them why they disobeyed? (3:11-13)
6. What’s the problem with having “knowledge of good and evil”?
7. Why are we attracted to do what God has forbidden?
8. How does this original sin affect us on a daily basis?
9. What do these verses tell us about temptation and how to resist it?
10. What does the fact that Adam and Eve felt no shame before their sin and that they felt shame after their sin tell us about the effects of sin?
