FOUR LIES
THAT RUINED THE WORLD
Genesis 3 :1-9
by Rev. Richard Jones
Lie # 1: God is Not Good
Genesis 3: 1-3
1Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’”
2 Corinthians 11: 13-14
13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
Psalm 37: 4
Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Genesis 2: 16
16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden,
Genesis 2: 17
17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
2 Corinthians 11: 3
3 But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
Lie # 2: God is Not Truthful
Genesis 3: 4-5
4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
John 17: 15-17
15 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
2 Thessalonians 2: 9-10
9 The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
2 Corinthians 10: 3-5
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. 5 We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,
John 8:44
44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Lie # 3: God is Not Righteous
Genesis 3: 5
5 “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
Deuteronomy 32: 4
“The Rock, his work is perfect, for all His ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is He.”
Lie # 4: God is Not Gracious
Genesis 3: 6
6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.
1 John 2: 15-16
15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.
The Result of Sin
Genesis 3: 7
7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.
Genesis 2: 25
25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.
The Mercy of God
Genesis 3: 8-9
8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”
Psalm 139: 7-12
7 Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? 8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! 9 If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, 10 even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. 11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,” 12 even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.
Genesis 3: 21
21 And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.
Luke 19:10
10 “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”