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Why is there Death...in the World Today? Discovering the Bible Class 3
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3 OpenerOpener Observations from Genesis 2?
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4 IntroductionIntroduction Turn to page 25 and answer the questions 1 through 5 for review of the content from last week.
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5 IntroductionIntroduction [1,25] List some of the awesome attributes of God from the last lesson that enabled him to create all things. [2,25] How are God and man similar? [3,25] According to the Bible, how old is the earth?
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6 IntroductionIntroduction [4,25] What line of thinking in our culture vehemently opposes the Bible in terms of explaining where all things came from? [5,25] What are some arguments that can be used to oppose evolution in the field of astronomy, geology, and biology?
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8 IntroductionIntroduction Over the next seven weeks... ❖ Where did the Bible come from? ❖ Where did the universe come from (Creation)? ❖ Why is there death, sickness, disease, suffering, and crime in the world today (Corruption)? ❖ What evidence is there that the earth was completely covered with water? (Catastrophe)? 8
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9 IntroductionIntroduction Over the next eight weeks... ❖ Where did all the races of people all over the earth come from (Confusion)? ❖ Who is this man called Jesus (Christ)? ❖ What makes Jesus different than other prophets and teachers in the past (Cross)? ❖ What is the final destiny of all people? (Consummation)? 9
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10 IntroductionIntroduction Lesson Objectives ❖ 3.1State God’s original job for mankind. ❖ 3.2Identify the result of rebelling against God. ❖ 3.3Describe the three attributes of death. ❖ 3.4Define pride. ❖ 3.5Describe the relationship between God, Satan, and man. 10
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11 IntroductionIntroduction Lesson Objectives ❖ 3.6Describe why Satan tempted mankind to rebel against God. ❖ 3.7Describe the process Satan used to deceive Eve. ❖ 3.8Describe the effects of man’s choice to rebel/sin against God. ❖ 3.9Describe God’s attributes in spite of man’s disobedience. ❖ 3.10Compare and contrast life before sin to life after sin. 11
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12 [6,26] Read Genesis 1:28. ❖ According to this verse, what responsibility did God give to man? [7,26] Read Genesis 2:7-9, 15. ❖ What responsibility did God give to mankind with respect to the Garden of Eden? God’s Original Plan for Man
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13 [8,26] Read Genesis 2:16-17. ❖ According to this verse, what command did God give to mankind? God’s Original Plan for Man
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14 [8,26] Read Genesis 2:16-17. ❖ According to this verse, what command did God give to mankind? [9,26] What did God say would happen to them if they chose to eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil? God’s Original Plan for Man
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15 [10,26] Not believing God’s Word and, thus, choosing to do things our own way results in death. [11,26] Doing things our own way is called sin!! We do things our own way because we don’t believe what God’s Word tells us. The Bible is making it very clear here that the consequence of (or another way to say it is, “the payment for”) sin is death!! God’s Original Plan for Man
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16 [12,26] Three aspects of death are found in the Bible. ❖ Spiritual Separation from God ❖ Separation of Man’s Spirit from his Body ❖ Separation from God Forever Death in the Bible
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17 ReviewReview Answer questions 13-15 on page 27 of your booklet with someone next to you. You have two minutes.
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18 [13,27] What were some of the responsibilities that God gave to man after He created man? [14,27] What consequence would man experience if he chose to rebel against God? [15,27] Explain the three aspects of death. 18 ReviewReview
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19 [16,27] Read Ezekiel 28:12b-15. ❖ Accepting that these verses speak of Satan before he rebelled against God, how does verse 14 describe Satan’s position, who was also called Lucifer (Isaiah 14:12), before he rebelled? 19 Some Angels Rebelled
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20 [17,27] Read Ezekiel 28:17a. ❖ What sin motivated Lucifer to rebel against God? [18,27] Pride is desiring recognition in place of the one who really deserves the recognition, God!! 20 Some Angels Rebelled
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21 [19,27] Read Isaiah 14:12-14. ❖ How many times did Lucifer say, “I will...”? 21 Some Angels Rebelled
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22 [19,27] Read Isaiah 14:12-14. ❖ How many times did Lucifer say, “I will...”? [20,28] We know and believe these fallen angels to be demons. [20,28] We know and believe these fallen angels to be demons. 22 Some Angels Rebelled
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23 [21,28] Because Satan hated God, he wanted to destroy man. Man Rebelled Against God 23
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26 [22,28] Read Genesis 3:1-6. ❖ What was the first thing Satan did in his attack against the woman? [23,28] Let’s look at the steps that Satan took in his attack: ❖ Sowing Doubt about God and His Word ❖ Denying God and His Word ❖ Accusing God Man Rebelled Against God 26
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27 ReviewReview Answer questions 24-26 on page 29 of your booklet with someone next to you. You have two minutes.
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28 [24,29] What was Lucifer’s (Satan’s) motivation to rebel against God? [25,29] What are demons? Are they real? [26,29] How did Satan go about deceiving Eve into eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil? ReviewReview 28
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29 [27,29] Read Genesis 3:7. ❖ What happened to the “eyes” of Adam and Eve after they ate the fruit? New Feelings and Experiences: ❖ Shame ❖ Guilt Effects of Man’s Rebellion 29
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30 Let’s read Genesis 3:8-10. ❖ We also see fear being something new that they never felt before ❖ We know that they recognized that there was a rift between them and God because they ran away from God to hide!! Effects of Man’s Rebellion 30
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31 Let’s read further - Genesis 3:11-13. ❖ God gave them both an opportunity to confess what they had done. ❖ But, we see that they did not. Instead, they blamed someone else for their behavior! This is exactly what we do today! Effects of Man’s Rebellion 31
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32 Others Effects... ❖ The woman - pain in child birthing ❖ The woman - usurp the rule of her husband, but her husband would rule over her ❖ The man - work much harder to harvest food ❖ Physical death Effects of Man’s Rebellion 32
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33 [28,30] Read Genesis 3:21. ❖ What did God do? We see the first physical death resulting from their sin - the death of an animal! Effects of Man’s Rebellion 33
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34 [29,30] We see here a demonstration of God’s grace and mercy!! ❖ Grace - receiving something you don’t deserve (a gift you didn’t work for) ❖ Mercy - withhold something you do deserve (punishment for wrongdoing) Effects of Man’s Rebellion 34
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35 [30,30] God will never accept man by man’s own works. Effects of Man’s Rebellion 35
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36 [31,30] Adam and Eve then wore a constant reminder of God’s grace and mercy on their bodies in the form of an animal covering!!! Effects of Man’s Rebellion 36
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37 [32,31] Romans 5:12 says, “just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, so death spread to all men.” The Sin Nature Passed On... 37
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39 [33,31] Not only that, but man changed his allegiance from God to Satan! The Sin Nature Passed On... 39
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41 [34,31] At the time of man’s rebellion, death, sickness, disease, pain, suffering, war and the like all came into existence. The Sin Nature Passed On... 41
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42 [35,32] Read Genesis 3:14-15. ❖ Who will be at odds with each other according to this passage? God’s Provision... 42
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43 [36,32] Genesis 3:15 is God making a promise that one day someone born from a woman would come to deal with Satan (through his offspring) and to redeem man back to God. We call this person, “The Promised Redeemer.” God’s Provision... 43
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44 ReviewReview Answer questions 36-37 on page 32 of your booklet with someone next to you. You have two minutes.
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45 [36,32] What are grace and mercy? [37,32] How did God demonstrate grace and mercy to mankind after they sinned against Him? [37,32] What negative effects did mankind experience as a result of their choice to rebel against God? ReviewReview 45
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46 Last week... This week... Next week... ConclusionConclusion 46
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