The document describes the origin of sin beginning with the serpent tempting Eve in the Garden of Eden by questioning God's command and telling her she would not die from eating the fruit. Eve then ate the fruit and gave some to Adam, who also ate it. As a consequence, they hid from God when He came to them. God punished the serpent, woman, and man, and introduced enmity, pain and hardship into the world. However, God also provided a remedy and hope by prophesying that the woman's seed would one day crush the serpent's head.
4. Anatomy of Sin
Now the serpent was more cunning than
any beast of the field which the LORD God
had made. And he said to the woman, Has
God indeed said, You shall not eat of every
tree of the garden?
Genesis 3:1-2
11. Anatomy of Sin
2 And the woman said to
the serpent, We may eat
the fruit of the trees of
the garden; 3 but of the
fruit of the tree which is
in the midst of the
garden, God has said,
You shall not eat it, nor
shall you touch it, lest
you die.
Genesis 3:2-3
16 And the LORD God
commanded the man,
saying, Of every tree of
the garden you may
freely eat; 17 but of the
tree of the knowledge of
good and evil you shall
not eat, for in the day
that you eat of it you
shall surely die.
Genesis 2:16-17
12. Anatomy of Sin
2 And the woman said to
the serpent, We may eat
the fruit of the trees of
the garden; 3 but of the
fruit of the tree which is
in the midst of the
garden, God has said,
You shall not eat it, nor
shall you touch it, lest
you die.
Genesis 3:2-3
16 And the LORD God
commanded the man,
saying, Of every tree of
the garden you may
freely eat; 17 but of the
tree of the knowledge of
good and evil you shall
not eat, for in the day
that you eat of it you
shall surely die.
Genesis 2:16-17
14. Anatomy of Sin
4 Then the serpent said to the woman, You will not
surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it
your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God,
knowing good and evil.
6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for
food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree
desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and
ate.
Genesis 3:4-6
16. Anatomy of Sin
4 Then the serpent said to the woman, You will not
surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it
your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God,
knowing good and evil.
6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for
food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree
desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and
ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
Genesis 3:4-6
21. Anatomy of Sin
8 And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking
in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and
his wife hid themselves from the presence of the
LORD God among the trees of the garden.
Genesis 3:8
22. Anatomy of Sin
9 Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him,
Where are you?
10 So he said, I heard Your voice in the garden, and
I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11 And He said, Who told you that you were naked?
Have you eaten from the tree of which I
commanded you that you should not eat?
Genesis 3:9-11
24. Anatomy of Sin
Snake
Cursed above all
animals
Enmity
Woman
Multiply pain in
childbirth
Submissive under
husband
Man
Work hard for his
existence
Return to dust at death
Nature
Cursed
Work against humanity
25. The village would have
61 Asians, 13 Africans,
12 Europeans, 9 Latin
Americans, and 5 from
the USA and Canada
80 would live in
substandard housing
16 would be unable to
read or write
50 would be
malnourished and 1
dying of starvation
33 would be without
access to a safe water
supply
39 would lack access to
improved sanitation
26. 24 would not have any
electricity (And of the
76 that do have
electricity, most would
only use it for light at
night.)
8 people would have
access to the Internet
1 would have a college
education
1 would have HIV
2 would be near birth; 1
near death
5 would control 32% of
the entire world's
wealth; all 5 would be
US citizens
48 would live on less
than US$ 2 a day
20 would live on less
than US$ 1 a day
28. Anatomy of Sin
And I will put enmity between thee and the
woman, and between thy seed and her
seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt
bruise his heel.
Genesis 3:15
29. Anatomy of Sin
And I will put enmity between you and the
woman, and between your seed and her
Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you
shall bruise His heel.
Genesis 3:15
33. Anatomy of Sin
3 disembodied evacuation
1 participatory physicality
34. Anatomy of Sin
The redemption that Jesus offers
then, brings hope not rooted in
escape, but engagement; not in
evacuation, but reclamation; not in
leaving, but staying and
overcoming!