IN THE BEGINNING Quarter One Creation To Job Adult Bible Class 2015 April - June
Lesson Four Part Two The Book Of Genesis Genesis 2:17 (NKJV) ---- 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. THE NOTS IN THE DEVILS TALE ---- Genesis 3:4 (NKJV) ---- 4 Then the serpent said to the woman, You will not surely die. - The New King James Version. Nashville : Thomas Nelson, 1982 GETTING TO KNOW OUR ENEMY ---- TACTICS USED 4/17/2015 From Creation to Job Slide # 2
2 Cor. 2:11 (NKJV) lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices. 4/17/2015 3
2 Cor. 11:3 (NKJV) But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4/17/2015 4
2 Cor. 11:14 (NKJV) And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. 4/17/2015 5
Satan Works Through Intermediate Means Satan Attempts To Cast Doubt Upon God s Word Satan Misuses God s Word Satan Impugns The Character & Motives of God Satan Appeals To The Here & Now! 4/17/2015 6
Through the cunning serpent (Gen. 3:1) Through a lying man of God 1 Kings 13:11-24 Through enemies & trials Neh 6:1-14; 2Chr. 32:1-21; Job Through friends Job; Prov 13:20 Religious leaders & prophets Jer 23:16,17; 36 4/17/2015 7
Satan has serpents working for him today!! 2 Peter 2:1-3; 1 John 4:1 Teachers claiming to be ministers of righteousness 2 Cor. 11:13-15 Using SMOOTH & flattering speech Rom 16:18 Wolves in sheep s clothing Mat 7:15 4/17/2015 8
Satan has serpents working for him today!! 2 Peter 2:1-3; 1 John 4:1 Satan uses our families, friends & enemies to discourage and tempt us!! Mat 10:34-39; Acts 8:1-4; 26:9-11; Satan uses television radio - music the internet books etc.... Gal 6:7-9 4/17/2015 9
Has God indeed said... You shall NOT surely die (Gen 3:1,4) Israel doubted God s promises - Num. 13,14 Achan doubted God s word Josh 6:18; 7:10-26; Jews in NT often doubted God s word Acts 13:42-46 4/17/2015 10
Satan is working hard today to generate doubt in God s word Evolution Humanism Gnosticism Post Modernism Denominationalism (Jn 20:31) Hypocrisy (Rom. 2:17-24) 4/17/2015 11
Genesis 3:1,4 (NKJV) [1] Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, "Has God indeed said, 'You shall not eat of every tree of the garden'?"... [4] Then the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. 4/17/2015 12
Satan tested Eve s knowledge of God s word Satan tried to twist God s word isolating one statement against another (compare Gen 3:1 with 2:16) Satan added ONE word to God s words NOT 3:4 4/17/2015 13
Ignorance of God s word makes Satan s work easy Hos 4:6; Eph 5:17; 2 Pet 3:17 Satan continues to twist God s word Acts 13:10; Gal. 1:6-9; 2 Peter 2:1-3 Incomplete evidence - Failure to harmonize Eisegesis NOT exegesis! 4/17/2015 14
Ignorance of God s word makes Satan s work easy Hos 4:6; Eph 5:17; 2 Pet 3:17 Satan continues to twist God s word Acts 13:10; Gal. 1:6-9; 2 Peter 2:1-3 To add one word to the word of God changes the truth into a lie!! Prov. 30:6; 1 Cor 4:6; Rev 22:18 4/17/2015 15
Let God be true and every man a liar... Rom 3:4 Sin?? Jesus?? Salvation?? The church?? Eschatology?? 4/17/2015 16
Genesis 3:5 (NKJV) For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." 4/17/2015 17
Satan is telling Eve... God doesn t want what is really in your best interest! God is holding you back You can achieve so much more by listening to me 4/17/2015 18
Satan Impugns God s Character & Motives: Through Humanism! Through Postmodernism! Through Calvinism! Through Premillennialism! 4/17/2015 19
Genesis 3:6 (NKJV) So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. 4/17/2015 20
1 John 2:15-17 (NKJV) 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 lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life--is not of the Father but is of the world. 4/17/2015 21
Satan appeals to: Selfishness! (sex, money, power) Immediate gratification! The path of ease & shortcuts! Dissatisfaction! Human wisdom! Pride! Deception! (Gal. 6:7-9) 4/17/2015 22
Satan works By: The influence of evil people Getting People Hooked On "The Things Of The World" Hypocrisy Division Blinding The Minds Of People Persecuting Those Who Try To Do Right 4/17/2015 23
Satan CAN Be Resisted: By growing in the knowledge of our Lord - 2 Peter 3:17,18 By adding to our faith 2 Peter 1:5-10 By walking according to the spirit Rom 8:1-14 By putting on the armor God has provided Eph 6:10-18 By submitting to God James 4:7 4/17/2015 24
Satan Attempts To Cast Doubt Upon God s Word Satan Misuses God s Word Satan Impugns The Character & Motives of God Satan Appeals To The Here & Now! 4/17/2015 25
2 Cor. 11:14 (NKJV) And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. 4/17/2015 26
2 Cor. 11:3 (NKJV) But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4/17/2015 27
James 4:7 (NKJV) Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 2 Cor. 2:11 (NKJV) lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices. 4/17/2015 28