THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE FIRST SIN

I. When God created man and placed him in the Garden of Eden. He gave man the following commandment in Gen. 2:16-17.

II. In Gen. 3:1, we have the serpent tempting Eve.

III. Eve’s answer in Gen. 3:2-3.

IV. The serpent’s answer. Gen. 3:4-5

V. Eve gives in. Gen. 3:6 (thus we have sin entering the world)

VI. God talks to Adam, Eve, and the serpent. Gen. 3:9-13.

VII. He then pronounces the consequences of Adam and Eve’s sin.

I. Upon Adam and Eve personally.

A. Earthly Hardships. Gen. 3:17-19.

1. Part of the strength of the ground would henceforth be diverted from the crop to weeds and pests."

2. Briarless blackberries were the original blackberries.

3. Work would be difficult, and life would not be easy anymore.

B. Eve was made subject to Adam. Gen. 3:16b.

1. Each time she submitted to Adam, it would remind her of her guilt.

C. Sorrows. Gen. 3:16a, 17b.

1. Now Adam had to work hard to raise food, which he did not use to.

2. When Eve brought forth her children.

3. When Cain murdered Able.

D. Pain. Gen. 3:16a.

E. Death.

1. Scripture – Gen. 2:17.

2. Death basically means separation.

3. They died spiritually.

a. Sin separates from God. Isa. 59:2; Eph. 2:1.

b. When they sinned, they died at that time.

4. Also, it resulted in their physical death. Gen. 3:22-24.

II. Upon Successive Generations.

A. Adam and Eve alone must answer for their sin.

1. Ezekiel 18:2-4, 19-20.

2. Rom. 14:12.

3. II Cor. 5:10.

4. James 4:17.

5. I Jn. 3:4 (sin is transgression of law).

6. I Jn. 4:17 (all unrightnessousness…)

7. Rom. 14:23.

B. Nevertheless, we do share in the earthly consequences of Adam and Eve’s sin.

1. illus. – the son of the drunk.

2. I Cor. 15:21, 22.

3. Rom. 5:12

C. We can see the evidences of these consequences on every hand. ("life is not fair") (we are living in a world of injustice, etc.)

1. Why do women bear children through bitter pain today?

2. Why do men find work difficult and sometimes unaccomplishing?

3. Why wives are to be under the rule of their husbands? Eph. 5:22-24; I Pt. 3:1.

III. Upon the Devil and his program.

A. The serpent was cursed. Gen. 3:14,1; 1:25.

B. The devil’s doom by the seed of the woman was pronounced.

1. Gen. 3:15 ("The battle between the Son of God and the devil raged bitterly throughout Jesus’ ministry. In every temptation laid for Jesus’ ministry. In every temptation laid for Jesus by the devil, Jesus emerged victorious though only after bitter struggles. Each victory, however, was in itself but a promise of the ultimate outcome. But when finally the devil working through Judas, the leaders, and the mob brought about the terrible death of Jesus on the cross, what appeared to be a certain victory for the devil actually turned out to be a death blow to the head of the devil." Donald G. Hunt. "The Unfolded Plan of God")

2. I Jn. 3:8.

3. Heb. 2:14-15.

4. The time will come when all who refuse the Son of God as their Savior will be cast into the lake of fire with the devil, their master, for he will precede them there. Rev. 20:10, 15.

I. Of all the consequences of the First Sin, the most serious of all them is spiritual death because of the end result of spiritual death.

II. But God through His mercy and grace has provided a way to have spiritual life.

A. Eph. 2:5 ("made us alive together with Christ." NAS).

B. Eph. 1:7, 3.

C. Gal. 3:26-27; Rom. 6:3-4.

III. Are you spiritually dead?

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