The First Punishment
( Genesis 3. 14 - 19 )
Adam and the woman were not so sure what God might do. They had never disobeyed God before. Now all the bright happiness and security they had shared, in the garden which God had given them, seemed to be gone.
* example picture of snake ( of satan ) tempting the woman ( Eve )*
God said to the serpent, " Because you have tempted the woman to disobey me you must crawl on your belly in the dust. The woman and her children will always be your enemies."
Then God turned to Adam and the woman. The Lord was very sad because he must punish his children now in order to discipline them for the wrong they did. God did this because he cared. He wanted Adam and the woman to know that every choice were their own, but that some choices led to good things while other choices could be painful.
To the woman God said, " Because you have disobeyed me I will make it very painful for you to give birth to children, But the special bond I have given you with Adam will remain, and you will be subject to him."
The Lord God looked at Adam. " Adam, because you have disobeyed me, whenever you try to grow plants so that you will have food to eat, it will be hard work for you. It will not come easily. And when you die, your body will go back to dust, because that is where you came from."
Adam turned to the woman and took her hand...
( Genesis 3. 14 - 19 )
Adam and the woman were not so sure what God might do. They had never disobeyed God before. Now all the bright happiness and security they had shared, in the garden which God had given them, seemed to be gone.
* example picture of snake ( of satan ) tempting the woman ( Eve )*
God said to the serpent, " Because you have tempted the woman to disobey me you must crawl on your belly in the dust. The woman and her children will always be your enemies."
Then God turned to Adam and the woman. The Lord was very sad because he must punish his children now in order to discipline them for the wrong they did. God did this because he cared. He wanted Adam and the woman to know that every choice were their own, but that some choices led to good things while other choices could be painful.
To the woman God said, " Because you have disobeyed me I will make it very painful for you to give birth to children, But the special bond I have given you with Adam will remain, and you will be subject to him."
The Lord God looked at Adam. " Adam, because you have disobeyed me, whenever you try to grow plants so that you will have food to eat, it will be hard work for you. It will not come easily. And when you die, your body will go back to dust, because that is where you came from."
Adam turned to the woman and took her hand...
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