U of I Spring 11 Week 2

This week, we will meditate on Gen 3.
Here are some questions to ponder.

Discussion questions (Genesis 3)

1. Why is it important to notice that the serpent in Genesis 3 is not equivalent to God, s sort of mirror image bad god, but a creature who himself has rebelled against God?

2. In Genesis 3, what makes the initial questions that the serpent asks Eve so disgusting, so essentially evil?

3. What element in Genesis 3 show just how tragic and awful eating the forbidden fruit was?

4. How, in Genesis 3, does human defiance of God end up in broken human relationships?

5. Why is Genesis 3:15 sometimes called the “protevangelium,” the first announcement of the gospel (that is, the “Good News” about Jesus)?

6. Why, in the Bible, is idolatry the supreme evil?

7. In D.A. Carson's book, The God who is there, the curse pronounced on Adam, “The whole created order of which we are a part is not now working properly. It is under a curse, subjected by God himself to death and decay. “ What is the contemporary evidence of this point?

8. According to the Bible, what do we human beings most need? What do you most need?