“Trouble in Paradise”

Genesis 3:1-7

Pastor Michael Vaughan

August 2, 2020

Introduction 

• In the Garden
• The Serpent (v. 1a)

 The Serpent Plants Seeds of Doubt

• The Misrepresentation of God’s Word (v. 1b-3)
• The Great Lie (v. 4)

The Seductive Insanity of Sin

• Anatomy of a Temptation (v. 4-5)
• The “Cosmic Tragedy (v. 6)

The Knowledge of Good and Evil (v. 7)

• Guilt and Shame
• A vain attempt at self-deliverance 

So What?

• The human race fell into sin when our first parents chose to reject God as Lord, and as guilty rebels we are unable to save ourselves.