Genesis 3:8 – 19

The Curse

Read Daily Bread Nov. 3 - Where is God?  Sin makes you want to hide from God

1  Adam and Eve ate forbidden fruit & immediately changed

   a, they saw themselves differently than they ever had before

   b. now there was shame and guilt the consequence of sin

2.Adam and Eve heard God calling for them

   a. they could not face Him and so they tried to hide

   b. God knew all along what had happened & where they were

   c. God called, not to find them but that they would find Him

   d. He is calling you from a life of sin because of His love

3. Coming before God w/ sin is a fearful thing fear of torment

   a. God does not shade anything He confronts it head on

   b. Ro. 1:28 people keep saying no & God finally says OK

4. Adam blamed God and Eve, Eve blamed the serpent

   a. today we look for someone else to blame for our sin

   b. born or raised that way, TV, movies, video games,

   c. the influence of our environment does not remove us from the responsibility of our actions

5. God begins verse 14 with “because you have done this”

   a. God then states the curse which is the consequence of sin

   b. curse is not because of God’s anger but His love

   c. Ro. 6:7 curse puts limits on sin in our lives thru death

   d. decay & aging are visual reminders of  the effects of sin

   d. Adam & Eve were cast out of Garden lest they eat of the tree of Life and remain forever in their sin

Deuteronomy 30:19

God wants to spend all of eternity with you.  He will not force you to be with Him.  There are consequences to your response, Life or death, blessing or cursing.  Don’t try to hide from God.  He knows where you are.  The answer is to choose Life to choose the Son Jesus whom the Father sent to call us to Himself. It is decision time.