In this text we hear the tragic words of God’s judgment on Adam for his sin.  Adam will live under sentence of death. The life that remains to him will be stricken with misery as he strives to till the soil for food.  He will struggle in all the endeavors of his life without a sense of […]

Sin produces pain.  It destroys joy.  It grabs our attention from its proper focus on our Creator.  When Adam and Eve sinned, God punished them, announcing the suffering that would follow.  In this text, Eve learns that her role as helper to her husband and as child bearer will be afflicted with pain.  Eve’s pain would not just be physical […]

When Adam and Eve committed the first sin known to the human race, the outlook for them or any descendants was hopeless.  They had chosen to believe Satan ‘s lie that they would not die if they sinned.  When God confronted them, they already bore the guilt and shame and fear that sin brings.  Was there a future […]

Satan, the serpent in the garden, established himself as the archenemy of God and man when he tempted our first parents to believe him instead of their Creator.  This set into motion their destruction and that of all God’s creation.  But God intervened.  His first act of rescue was by the power of His word.  He cursed the serpent, […]