Firm Foundation lesson 3: Adam and Eve Disobeyed God. Taught on 9/10/2011 in the church during Bible study.

Psal. 119:160. Through the Word, we know that God placed Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. He placed two important trees in that garden: The tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God told Adam that he must not eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. He warned that disobedience would bring death. This meant immediate separation from God who is the source of life, that friendship with God would be broken, that physical death would start and an eternal separation (to those who will refuse God's reconcilliation plan) in the day that God will judge Satan and his demons. In Gen.3:1, we see disobedience that led to the fall of Adam and Eve and the entire human-race that would follow. Satan disguised himself as snake thus lying about his identity. He lied to Eve about the facts. No wonder in Jhn.8:44 Jesus calls him the father of lies. Even in our days satan uses whatever deception people will accept. He may
call fornication and adulterly, love and care. Prostitution, he may call an effective business venture. Lying may be called use of tactics etc. Anything that is rebellion against God is sin no matter how sweet the name tag it is given. So is anything that makes evil seem good or funny and anything that denies God or the truth of the Bible. Through the disobedience of Adam and Eve we see that sin is disobedience to God and that sin brings fear, shame and causes people to turn away from God. In conclusion, God always tells the truth. He always does exactly what He says. But satan is a liar and a murderer. He is the deceiver of our souls.