The Book of Beginnings

Studies in Genesis

Lesson 20 : Genesis 3:1-7 – Fifth Paragraph: Adam’s Sin

THE SIN OF ADAM – THE IDENTITY OF THE SERPENT ACCORDING TO GENESIS – SNAKES IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST – THE IDENTITY OF THE SERPENT FROM THE REST OF THE SCRIPTURES – WAS ADAM PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE TEMPTATION? – THE FIRST DOCTRINE TO BE DENIED IS JUDGMENT FOR SIN – THE DEPTHS OF THEIR SIN – CAN WE TRUST THE CHARACTER OF GOD? – ADAM’S FAILURE CONTRASTED WITH THE SECOND ADAM’S OBEDIENCE – DID THE SERPENT LIE? – THE THREE AREAS IN WHICH WE ARE TEMPTED – ONCE THE DECISION WAS MADE, THE ACTIONS WERE SWIFT – WHY DID ADAM SIN? – THE THEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ADAM’S TRANSGRESSION – THE UTTER FAILURE OF SELF-EFFORTS FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS