CrossWay Church
December 3, 2023: Genesis 3:1-15
These are the Bible passage and sermon notes for our Sunday morning worship services.
Locations & Times
CrossWay Church Battle Ground
311 N Parkway Ave, Battle Ground, WA 98604, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
Genesis 3:1-19: The first prophesy
C.S. Lewis: The Weight of Glory: “It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
I) The evil one's gameplan.
A) Adam and Eve were confronted by a personal intelligent evil ____________.
1) It tried to get them to disbelieve God’s ___________.
2) It wanted them to doubt God’s _______________ and plan.
B) The evil being communicated _________ truths.
1) It wasn’t honest with about their actions’ _______________.
2) It falsely appealed to their ___________.
II) There were _________________ for their sin.
A) Their relationship with _______ changed. They hid from him.
B) Their relationship with each other changed. They ____________ others.
C) Sin _________________ the world and death entered in.
D) Adam and Eve are sent from the presence of a ________ God.
III) God's compassion and mercy
A) God ___________ them even after they sin.
B) God helps them to be ____________ or their sin.
C) He promises a _____________ will come and destroy evil.
D) Jesus accomplished this when he _____________ sin and death.
IV) Implications for us today.
A) Evil forces are still trying to get us to ______________ God’s word and his plan for our life.
B) Christ ______________ us in spite of our sin.
C) Christ wants us to be aware of our sin so he can __________ it with his mercy.
C.S. Lewis: The Weight of Glory: “It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
I) The evil one's gameplan.
A) Adam and Eve were confronted by a personal intelligent evil ____________.
1) It tried to get them to disbelieve God’s ___________.
2) It wanted them to doubt God’s _______________ and plan.
B) The evil being communicated _________ truths.
1) It wasn’t honest with about their actions’ _______________.
2) It falsely appealed to their ___________.
II) There were _________________ for their sin.
A) Their relationship with _______ changed. They hid from him.
B) Their relationship with each other changed. They ____________ others.
C) Sin _________________ the world and death entered in.
D) Adam and Eve are sent from the presence of a ________ God.
III) God's compassion and mercy
A) God ___________ them even after they sin.
B) God helps them to be ____________ or their sin.
C) He promises a _____________ will come and destroy evil.
D) Jesus accomplished this when he _____________ sin and death.
IV) Implications for us today.
A) Evil forces are still trying to get us to ______________ God’s word and his plan for our life.
B) Christ ______________ us in spite of our sin.
C) Christ wants us to be aware of our sin so he can __________ it with his mercy.