2. “Be Not Deceived” Two Great Lies About Influence:
1 Cor 15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Two Great Lies About Influence:
I will not be influenced by the people or things that surround me.
I am not accountable if I am influenced by others to sin.

3. “Be Not Deceived”
1 Cor 6:9-10 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

4. “Be Not Deceived”
Gal 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
We can deceive others and ourselves, but God is never fooled.

5. Four Lies In Genesis 3 Gen. 3:1-6 The first lie is from the serpent
He approaches woman: easier, alone, near the tree (Rom. 13:14)
Does she know God’s law (Gen. 3:1)
If she knows, how does she feel about it
Small changes in Eve’s version indicate she did not appreciate God (Matt. 26:73)

6. What Small Changes Reveal
What God Actually Said
What Eve Said God Said
Gen 2:16-17 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Gen 3:2-3 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

7. Temptation Grows When we do not appreciate blessings
When we get vague about sinning
When God is viewed as an obstacle to our having fun
When we exaggerate restrictions
When we doubt the penalty will come

8. The First Lie In Genesis 3
Ye shall not surely die (Gen. 3:4-6)
He removes the penalty for disobedience
He questions God’s motives in the command
He provides positive incentive to disobey
Eve gives into the influence, persuades Adam, and they become corrupted (I Cor. 15:33)

9. Greatest Lies Are The Ones We Tell Ourselves
We can remedy the problem (Gen. 3:7)
The fig leaf aprons did not cover their sin nor their flesh (Gen. 3:21)
Perhaps first animal sacrifice for sin
We make our own fig leaf contraptions for removing the symptoms of sin (reinvent God, redefine sin, erase concept of hell…)

10. Greatest Lies Are The Ones We Tell Ourselves
We can hide from God (Gen. 3:8-11)
We push guilt away from our minds
We stay so busy we can’t face our fears
We distract ourselves with recreation
Gal 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

11. Greatest Lies Are The Ones We Tell Ourselves
It is not my fault (Gen. 3:12)
Adam blamed the woman (protector?)
Adam blamed God for making her
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
I DID EAT!

12. “Be Not Deceived” Eve blames the serpent Gen. 3:13
God curses each in turn Gen. 3:14-19
Curses remind us at birth, life, and death
1 Cor 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: