Genesis 3

• What changed about the tree?
  • It changed in Even’s mind. Satan convinced her that she needed it.
• The curses
  • God apparently would visit Adam and Eve.
  • They were ashamed.
  • They made excuses.
  • They blamed others.
  • They blamed the accuser.
• Sin immediately required the sacrifice of Jesus.
• Gender roles were redefined.
  • Women would painfully bear children and seek the satisfaction of their husbands.
  • Men would be the provider and servant to the family.
• The need for rain is met.
  • Man would be the cultivator.
  • He would eat the plants of the field.
• God drove our man so that he would not eat of the Tree of Life.
  • Is that why we will never find the Garden of Eden?
    • No. The flood would have destroyed it.

Genesis 4 – Cain and Abel

• Eve obtained a man from the Lord.
  • She now has an attitude of reliance on God.
• In the course of time …
  • God instructed them to make sacrifices.
• Cain and Abel brought what they thought were good sacrifices.
• God has no regard for Cain and his offering.
  • God still wanted Cain to do right.
  • God warned Cain about his sin.
• We can master sin.
• “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
• Can puts himself on equal footing with God.
  • God wants us to rely on Him for everything.
  • Cain’s pride got in the way.
• God punishes Cain with an unbearable punishment.
  • God takes away what Cain was most proud of.
• Cain is afraid of being killed.
  • By whom?
  • What mark?
• Where did Cain’s wife come from?
  • Adam and Eve evidently had more children that are not listed.