Also, there is a continual struggle between the wicked and the godly in this world. It is the craft of Satan to speak of the Divine law as uncertain or unreasonable, and so to draw people to sin; it is our wisdom to keep up a firm belief of God's command, and a high respect for it. The person tempted was the woman: it was Satan's policy to enter into talk with her when she was alone. Not in the dead of night when the natural glooms of darkness might have increased the terrors of the criminal, not in the heat of the day, lest he should imagine that God come in the heat of passion; not in the early morning, as if in haste to slay, but at the close of the day, for God is long-suffering, slow to anger, and of great mercy. (Spurgeon). Uneasiness and weariness with labour are our just punishment, which we must patiently submit to, since they are less than our iniquity deserves. God confronted Adams problem squarely. If Adam would have sinned first, and if he had then given the fruit to Eve, she might have a partial excuse before God: I was simply obeying the head of our home. This was a sin problem and Adams wardrobe, fear or self-understanding could not be addressed until the sin problem was addressed. The devil's instruments must share in the devil's punishments. To eat dust has the idea of total defeat (Isaiah 65:25, Micah 7:17). 1. The principle of Galatians 3:13 is established as we consider that Jesus bore each aspect of the curse upon Adam and Eve in its totality: Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. The devil contradicts Gods word by falsely assuring Adam and Eve, you shall not surely die.. Any angel of the lowest rank could have dealt with Adam. c. She took of its fruit and ate: Satan could tempt Eve, but she didnt have to take it. But though Satan's subtlety may draw us into sin, yet it will not justify us in sin. b. Deceived me: The problem comes when we fail to see that being deceived is sin in itself. Major Prophets God bid man go out; told him he should no longer occupy and enjoy that garden: but man liked the place, and was unwilling to leave it, therefore God made him go out. Believe this (Spurgeon). In toil you shall eat of it Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you?. a. Little reason have we to be proud of our clothes, which are but the badges of our shame. Now the two angels came to Your desire shall be for your husband, The Old Testament Thus is the plaster as wide as the wound. i. (6-8) God calls upon Adam and Eve to answer. Take and eat will one day become verbs of salvation, but only after Jesus had lived in the world of Adams curse and surrendered to death. Cool of the day is literally the breeze of the day. From Hebrew geography and culture, we might guess this means late afternoon or early evening. Men and women have each known sorrow throughout history, yet the unique sorrow of women is well known. i. God named the man, and called him Adam, which signifies red earth; Adam named the woman, and called her Eve, that is, life. A verification email has been sent to the address you provided. range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed He became obedient unto death. It was the craftiness of Satan that made him successful against Eve: as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness (2 Corinthians 11:3). Adam sinned with his eyes wide open, in open rebellion against God. No marvel that they became a terror to themselves, and full of confusion. c. God has said: Eves ignorance of exactly what God said was really Adams responsibility. WebGenesis 3:16-19. They saw the happiness they fell from, and the misery they were fallen into. Did travailing pains come with sin? The creature that tempted Eve became a serpent as a result of Gods judgment on it, and it went slithering away into the bushes. (Boice), ii. (Genesis 3:2-3) Eves reply to the serpent. Because you have heeded the voice of your wife: It wasnt just as if Adam took Eves advice. The friendship Eve and the serpent seemed to enjoy earlier in the chapter is finished. i. Learn hence, that Satan's temptations are all beguilings; his arguments are all deceits; his allurements are all cheats; when he speaks fair, believe him not. Pentateuch And he shall rule over you.. There is no doubt this is a prophecy of Jesus ultimate defeat of Satan. The stronger ones in a chain must expect an attack against weaker links and support them against those attacks. Webhis body was composed of the dust, was of the earth, earthly, and should be reduced to that again by death, which is not an annihilation of man, but a bringing him back to Many other passages associate a serpent or a snake-like creature with Satan (such as Job 26:13 and Isaiah 51:9). (Genesis 3:8-9) Adam and Eve hide from God; God calls out to them. c. Your desire shall be for your husband: This is true of women in a way that it is not true for men. The heel is the part within the serpents reach. Error: Passwords should have at least 6 characters, Error: Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. ii. Now he moves in for the kill, with an outright contradiction of what God said. It has been observed that women bring forth children with more pain than just about any other creature. d. They sewed fig leaves together: Their own attempt to cover themselves took much ingenuity, but not much wisdom. The curse of death shows that the result of Adams sin extended to the entire human race. Therefore, it is Adam and not Eve who bears the responsibility for the fall of the human race and for the introduction of death into the created order (Romans 5:12, 1 Corinthians 15:22). Rather bless him that ever he should have consecrated the thorns by wearing them for his diadem (Spurgeon). He was crowned with thorns for us. When men deny the Scriptures and the truth of God, they always go to work in an underhand, mean, and serpentine style: Upon thy belly shalt thou go. If guilty man begins to plot for his own advantage, scheme for his own glory, and aim at perverting the truth, you will notice that he never takes a bold, open, manly stand, but he dodges, he conceals, he twists and shifts: Upon thy belly shalt thou go. Sin is a mean and despicable thing. Clarke on nor shall you touch it: Some Jewish writers state that as soon as the woman had asserted this, the serpent pushed her against the tree and said, See, you have touched it, and are still alive; you may therefore safely eat of the fruit, for surely you shall not die.. Pentateuch Johannine Writings Sooner or later it will bring shame; either the shame of true repentance, which ends in glory, or that shame and everlasting contempt, to which the wicked shall rise at the great day. 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.. This was how the LORD had fellowship with Adam and Eve, in a very natural, close, intimate way. God knew the answer to this question. When God made clothes for our first parents, he made them warm and strong, but coarse and very plain; not robes of scarlet, but coats of skin. WebGenesis 3, Sermon Bible Commentary, One of over 125 Bible commentaries freely available, this 12 volume, chapter by chapter commentary of 4,800 sermon outlines and 24,000 homiletic references. Sin brought sorrow into the world; that made the world a vale of tears. It was the ground that was cursed due to Adam's sin, so that he had to toil by the sweat of his brow throughout this earthly life to provide what was originally bestowed in plentiful supply. The idea that the woman takes her name from the husband, and the idea that both genders are encompassed in terms like mankind, humanity, and chairman. He spoke in a taunting way. The serpent (Lucifer) deceives EveShe and then Adam partake of the forbidden fruitHer Seed (Christ) will bruise the serpents headThe roles of woman Adam named her in faith, trusting God would bring forth a deliverer from the woman because God said He would defeat Satan through the Seed of the woman (Genesis 3:15). And still the devil draws people into his interest, by suggesting to them hard thoughts of God, and false hopes of advantage by sin. See here what is commonly the folly of those that have sinned. In pain you shall bring forth children; It has the idea that women would experience pain in regard to their children in general, not just in the act of giving birth. Wisdom Literature When he gave me the fruit, I ate of it.. 2. Martin Luther said of this verse: This text embraces and comprehends within itself everything noble and glorious that is to be found anywhere in the Scriptures (Leupold). Wisdom Literature ii. His employments and enjoyments are imbittered to him. d. She also gave to her husband with her: Not only did Eve sin, but also she became the agent of temptation for Adam. This lost sheep had wandered without end, if the good Shepherd had not sought after him, and told him, that where he was straying he could not be either happy or easy. His main lie to us is sin is not bad, and God is not good., iv. This speaks of an inherent challenge in embracing the husbands role as leader of the home and family. c. The eyes of both of them were opened: The way they saw themselves changed, but also the way they saw the entire world was now different. He was nailed to the cross; he hung there in thirst and fever, and darkness and desertion (Spurgeon). Before they sinned, they would have welcomed God's gracious visits with humble joy; but now he was become a terror to them. Christ baffled Satan's temptations, rescued souls out of his hands. But God made them coats of skin, large, strong, durable, and fit for them: such is the righteousness of Christ; therefore put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ. b. Adam and his wife hid themselves: This shows that Adam and Eve knew that their attempt to cover themselves failed. Yes, I am sure he has, and it is well said; and by his grace I will abide by it. Demonic spirits evidently have the ability, under certain circumstances, to indwell human or animal bodies (Luke 8:33). b. WebGenesis 3:19 Catholic Bible: You will have to work hard and sweat to make the soil produce anything, until you go back to the soil from which you were formed. God gave the earth to the children of men, to be a comfortable dwelling; but it is now cursed for man's sin. iii. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, Before the curse on man, the ground only produced good. (22-24). No wonder our sorrows are multiplied, when our sins are so. e. Made themselves coverings: After making their coverings, Adam and Eve waited. (9-13) The serpent cursed, The promised Seed. We are still made in Gods image, so we want to be in the presence of God and hear His voice, while at the same time, we are afraid of Him. i. It is sin to exchange the truth of God for the lie (Romans 1:25). It is as if a deaf person was promised to be able to hear again, but all they could hear was screaming. Notice is given concerning Christ. i. She was not even pregnant yet. This failure on Adams part made Eve more vulnerable to temptation. Luke-Acts Yet man is not sentenced to eat dust as the serpent, only to eat the herb of the field. Sin brought pain to childbirth, and no one knew more pain than Jesus did when He, through His suffering, brought many sons to glory (, Sin brought conflict, and Jesus endured great conflict to bring our salvation (, Thorns came with sin and the fall, and Jesus endured a crown of thorns to bring our salvation (, Sin brought sweat, and Jesus sweat, as it were, great drops of blood to win our salvation (, Sin brought sorrow, and Jesus became a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief, to save us (, Sin brought death, and Jesus tasted death for everyone that we might be saved (, Barnhouse, Donald Grey "Genesis: A Devotional Exposition" Volumes 1 and 2 (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1973), Boice, James Montgomery "Genesis: An Expositional Commentary" Volumes 1, 2, and 3 (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1987), Ginzberg, Louis "The Legends of the Jews" Volumes 1-7 (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1968), Leupold, H.C. "Exposition of Genesis: Volumes 1 and 2" (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1976), Spurgeon, Charles Haddon "The New Park Street Pulpit" Volumes 1-6 and "The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit" Volumes 7-63 (Pasadena, Texas: Pilgrim Publications, 1990). In Jesus, we share in the victory over Satan: And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly (Romans 16:20). His victory over Satan thereby. The way to the tree of life was shut. (Genesis 3:16) Gods curse upon the woman. Minor Prophets Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden? It is his policy to send temptations by hands we do not suspect, and by those that have most influence upon us. In the sweat of thy face Though the whole body may be thrown into a profuse Bridgeway Bible The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him (John 1:18); and no man has ever seen God in the Person of the Father (1 Timothy 6:16). Our website uses cookies to store user preferences.
