Sermon Bible Study Guides
the Fall
Read Genesis 3:1-6
- Who is introduced in v.1 and what does he do?
- What does his question imply and what does it seem to suggest?
- Who responds and how? Why is this significant?
- Where is the Adam?
- What does the serpent say and what effect does it have on the woman and man?
- What was God's designed order for the world and what happened to it?
Application:
- What do we learn about temptation?
- How does the devil seek to tempt us?
- How can we fight temptation?
Read Genesis 3:7-24
- Working through this whole section - what are the consequences of sin?
- Consider in terms of relationships.
- Consider in terms of our role(s).
- Consider in terms of the world we live in.
- How do the man and woman explain themselves?
- What does this show?
- What signs of mercy and grace are given, even within the context of God's judgment? How is this fulfilled in the story of the Bible?
Application:
- What does this whole chapter teach us about the world we live in?
- How should the consequences of sin cause us to think, feel, act?
- What is the solution to the fall? How can it's consequences be reversed?
Living as God’s Appointed Ruler
Read Genesis 2:4-17
- How was the earth cared for initially? What reason does Moses give as to why God cares for it this way?
- How does God create man?
- How is the Garden described in this passage? What stands out about the description the Garden?
- Why does God place man in the Garden?
Application:
- What does this teach about the responsibilities of humanity in the world?
- What does this teach about man’s relationship to God?
- How should this affect the way we view creation? Our day-to-day lives?
- The New Testament teaches that Jesus is a new Adam. How does this passage help explain that idea?
Read Genesis 2:18-25
- What statement does God make about man?
- What did Adam do with all the creatures of the earth? What does this say about his relationship to them?
- How does God create a helper fit for him?
- How does the man respond to the gift of the woman?
- What significance does Moses draw at the end of this passage?
Application:
- Why (according to the text) were none of the animals sufficient helpers for the man?
- What does it mean that the woman is provided as a helper?
- What does the man’s response to the woman teach us?
- How does this passage apply to how we think about marriage? Why is the direction of leaving the man leaving his father and mother?
- How does this passage apply to those who are not married?
