1. Lesson 12: God’s Provision and Judgment
Firm Foundations
Lesson 12:
God’s Provision and Judgment

2. Introduction Genesis 3 affects us all
Our bodies
Our lives
The world
God cares about His creation and wants us to know Him

3. God refused Adam & Eve’s new clothing
Genesis 3:7 – they made their own clothes
Genesis 3:21 – God replaced their clothes
They couldn’t make themselves acceptable to God
God doesn’t accept things done according to man’s ideas
People today still try to do this
Good works
Isaiah 64:6
Ephesians 2:8-9

4. God killed animals How did God provide the skins for their clothing?
Killed animals, shed their blood
Took skins from the animals
God did this – not Adam and Eve
This was a reminder to them
sin = death

5. God provided clothing for Adam and Eve
Why did God kill the animals?
Did Adam and Eve deserve this help?
Was there any other way to provide clothing that would make them acceptable to God?
How did Adam and Eve get the clothing on?

6. God put Adam and Eve out of the garden
Genesis 3:22-23 (who is speaking?)
When they were first made, they knew nothing bad…now they knew evil
Adam and Eve should have trusted God
Now they were not allowed to eat from the tree of life
They would die
God would not allow sinners to live forever – an act of mercy
God does not allow sinners to live with Him

7. God guarded the way to the tree of life
Genesis 3:24
God placed a barrier so that they could not re-enter the garden
There was no way back to the garden
They would now grow old and die
God is the Supreme One
We cannot fight against Him and win
We cannot trick Him

8. God is the giver of life Genesis 4:1
God made Adam from the dust of the ground
God made Eve from Adam’s rib
Every person is given life from God
Yours too!
Psalm 100:3

9. Cain and Abel were born outside the garden
Genesis 4:2
Why were Cain and Abel born outside the garden?
Adam was the father of Cain and Abel, and the father of us all
We are not born in friendship with God
God has given us life and He owns us

10. Conclusion The Bible is true history
Adam and Eve were real people, we are their descendants
Adam and Eve’s sin affected all of us
God wrote His Word so that we could know Him