RESTORATION CHURCH
Pre-Encounter Worksheet
Session Two
The Fall of Man
The Entry of Sin into a Perfect World
When Adam sinned, sin entered the human race. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. For this one man, Adam, brought death to many through his sin…Adam’s sin led to condemnation…The sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over us… Because one person disobeyed God, many people were made sinners. Romans 5:12-19
What exactly happened in the Garden of Eden? (Genesis 3:1-6)
Satan used the serpent’s body to get close enough to Eve to __________ her.
Twisted Question: Indeed, _____ ______ ______, “You shall not eat from ______ tree of the garden?”
Eve’s confused response: “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, _______ _____ _______, ‘You shall not _____ from it or _______ it, lest you _______.’”
Temptation: “You surely shall not die! For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like_______, knowing good and evil.”
_________ Bit
She saw that the tree was good for ________
She saw that it was a __________ to the eyes
The tree was desirable to make one _______
She took from its fruit and ________
_________ Bit
She gave also to her husband with her
And he ________
What was lost when Adam and Eve fell? (Genesis 3:7-24)
The eyes of both of them were _____________, and they knew that they were naked…
___________ a perversion of ______________ (“I did something wrong.”)
___________ a perversion of ______________ (“I am something wrong.”)
They sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.
Trying to cover up ________ and ________.
The man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord.
Separation from God = _____________
Instead of intimate relationship with God, they considered Him someone from whom to ________.
_______________________
God with _________: “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
_________: “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate.”
What if Adam had just said, “Yes, I ate”?
God with ______: “What is this you have done?”
_________: “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
What if Eve had just said, “It’s true. I ate, and then I gave to my husband to eat”?
_________________ Consequences
The ___________ (for loaning Satan his body)
____________ among all animals
On it’s belly in the dust
Enemy of the woman; Her offspring vs. the serpent’s offspring. She would have a ____________ heel; the serpent would have a ______________ head.
The ___________ (for giving into temptation)
Multiplied pain in childbirth
_____________ for husband
Husband would have rule, or dominion over her
The _______ (for listening to his wife rather than listening to God)
__________ is the ground for the rest of his life
Thorns and thistles
Cultivating would be labor for him now
A return to the dust from which Adam was made- __________________
God ____________ Adam and Eve with skin: an animal was slain to cover their shame (knowing they were naked)
God ____________ them from the garden.
What does all of this have to do with me?
Every man and woman after Adam and Eve suffer the same _________________ for sin.
Through Adam and Eve sin entered God’s creation.
But I myself have _____________. (Romans 3:23)
The presence of sin in human beings is exactly ____________ of God’s nature and of His original intent.
Mankind was alone in being created in the image of God. (Genesis 1:26,27)
Mankind alone was given ______________ to subdue and rule over creation. (Genesis 1:28-31)
Mankind took on a sin nature and ________________ authority to the devil.
The sin nature is called the __________ in the New Testament :
(Romans 6:12-14) Sin _______________ me
(Romans 8:5-13) ______ nature vs. the _______ __________
Mindset of the _________ is opposite the mind of the Spirit
Mindset of the flesh is __________
Mindset of the flesh is ____________ toward God, and does not subject itself to His laws.
Those who are in the flesh can not ______________ God.
(Galatians 5:17) Flesh sets its desire vs. the Spirit.
(Galatians 5:17-21) The sinful nature produces fruit in my life.
Sexual sin in ____________, ___________, _____________, or ________
Participation in demonic activity or idolatry
Sin of rage __________, quarreling, or _____________
Sin of selfish ambition
Sin of partying, drunkenness, addictions
Am I stuck then?
There is ___________ I can do to overcome my sin nature.
There is ______________ God has done to overcome the sin nature in man.
God came to earth in the Person of Jesus Christ to free mankind of sin nature.
Jesus was beaten and crucified offering His ________ and _________ as a pure sacrifice for sin
Jesus was resurrected in power, and because of this, human beings may be ___________ up with Him
I am redeemed and ___________ to the ___________ of God, His original intent for mankind, when I _____________ Jesus, when He comes to live inside of me, and when I surrender _________ I am and _______ I do to Him.