Key Thought: The warning God gave Adam and Eve against eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil shows us that, though they were to know good, they were not to know evil..
April 9, 2022

1. Have a volunteer read Genesis3:1,2 ; Rev 12:7-9..

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. Who is the serpent and how does he deceive Eve?
3. Personal Application: How much more vulnerable are we now than Eve was then? What is the best defense against Satan’s deceptions? Share your thoughts..
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “I believe we are all born with immortality. God meant for us to live forever. Satan told the truth about death. We don’t sie; we just pass from one level of our lives to another level. The body may die, but the spirit lives on after death.” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Genesis 3:7-13.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. Why did Adam and Eve feel the need to hide from God? How did they seek to justify their behavior?
3. Personal Application: How often do we blame others for what we have done? How do we keep from doing this? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “Why does God allow so much evil to exist on this earth now? My son was killed by a stray bullet. My husband has cancer. We have been robbed. Why did God allow all these things to happen? Couldn’t He stop these things from happening?” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Genesis 3:15..

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
2. What did the Lord say to the serpent here, and what hope is implied in these verses?
3. Personal Application: Why is it comforting and hopeful to see God begin to open up the plan of salvation to humankind when sin began? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states: “Why did Eve think that eating from the tree would give her wisdom? Did she think she could get something better than God had already given her?” How would you respond to your relative?

4. Have a volunteer read Genesis 3:15-24..

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What happened to Adam and Eve as a result of the fall?
3. Personal Application: In what ways could knowledge not always be a good thing? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.

(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

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