Sermons on Bereshis 3:16:

What's So Bad About Sin?

Contributed by David Beirne on May 23, 2005

Since we all do it, why make a big deal about sin? A look at the damaging power of sin against today’s backdrop of relativism.

What’s So Bad About Sin? Genesis 3:1-19 (I showed a cartoon on the screen of a woman sharing with her Bible study group--"I’ve never really been dead to sin, but I did feel rather faint once.") Our apathy toward sin is destroying us. If All Of Us Have Sinned, Why Worry About It? 1. Consider The ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-19

Denomination: Baptist

Genesis 3

Contributed by Richard Cathers on Feb 17, 2007

Verse by verse study of Genesis 3

Genesis 3 Sunday Morning Bible Study November 19, 2006 Introduction The book of Genesis is the book of “beginnings”. It was the beginning of the universe. It was the beginning of mankind. It was the beginning of marriage. It is also the beginning of sin and temptation. Illustration A woman was ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-24

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

Sin Always Leads To A Breakdown In Relationships Series

Contributed by Nigel Heath on Feb 1, 2009

The sin of Adam and Eve was to cease to trust God and to choose not to love him, which inevitably led to a breakdown of the relationship.

18.1.09 INTRO Computer virus analogy: Story this week – Trojan virus. Had to deal with it. The worm – infects everything Best cure is a reformat = wipe clean and start again POINT A very good comparison to the origin and the effects of sin. One of the most damaging computer viruses written was ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-24

Denomination: Baptist

The Beginning Of… Pain Series

Contributed by Glenn Durham on Apr 20, 2010

God curses the universe for our rebellion, but in discipline there is hope.

Scripture Introduction In certain segments of Jewish culture, there is a way of pretending to say something nice, then adding a twist that turns it into a curse. Alan King lists a number of these in his Great Jewish Joke Book: • May you inherit a hotel and die in every room. • May ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:16-24

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

An Evening Of Sin

Contributed by James Jack on Apr 29, 2010

The power and penalty of sin is clear in Scripture adn we need to understand the devastation of the fall to truly glory in the cross.

We begin Genesis 3 with the serpent – Satan, although it’s not until Revelation 12 that “this ancient serpent” is clearly identified as the devil. He’s a talking serpent, which might seem strange and has for many people reinforced their belief that Genesis 1-3 is ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-23

Denomination: Anglican

The First Promise – The Enduring Hope Series

Contributed by Glenn Durham on Jun 7, 2010

God’s promise interposes Christ between us and Satan, sin, and self.

Scripture Introduction Singer and songwriter Michael Card calls his Christmas album, “The Promise.” The words to the title song are: The Lord God said when time was full He would shine His light in the darkness He said a virgin would conceive And give birth to the Promise For a thousand years ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-24

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Who Do You Trust? Series

Contributed by Mark Haines on Jan 20, 2010

Sin is deadly in the end even though it may seem pleasurable in the beginning. Humans cannot determine what is right and wrong in the universe God created. It is beyond our limitations. So we can and must trust God. The question is will you trust him.

Series Introduction: Middle Eastern people in the Bible, from Abraham to Paul, were as acquainted with covenants as we are with weddings. The Greeks and Romans did not have covenants. In fact, when the Jews translated the OT into Greek, they had to use the Greek word for “will” or ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-24

Denomination: Wesleyan

Life Man's Way

Contributed by Paul Carlson on Jan 25, 2010

Because Christ made a way to defeat Satan; you must refuse to yield to His crafty temptations to sin.

I. Have biblical convictions and always flee sin! v. 1-5 A. The strategy of confusion (1-3). B. The strategy of presumption (4). C. The strategy of ambition (5). II. Refuse to allow sin to germinate and take root by yielding to it! v. 5-6 ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-24

Denomination: Baptist

A New Leaf On Life Series

Contributed by Frank Edwards on Jan 29, 2010

As we celebrate this most blessed occasion, I'm reminded of a song that says "Ring out the old..Ring in the new." God is the giver of many new wonderful things. Now- to you and me, God is giving a new year. Now, we have not lived for God as we should,but

Genesis - Chapter 3: verses 7, 20 and 21. They sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. For Adam also and for his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them. A NEW LEAF ON LIFE (repeat) As ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-21

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Real Fellowship Series

Contributed by Jim Drake on Feb 20, 2010

What does the word “fellowship” bring to your mind? Do you think of coffee or fried chicken or church socials? Paul had a wonderful fellowship with the Philippian church that didn’t have anything to do with any of those.

I love our times of fellowship, don’t you? We joke all the time about how much Baptists love to eat, but I think that one of the reasons we like to eat so much is because of the fellowship that goes along with it. Those times are wonderful and I wouldn’t trade anything in the world ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 1:3-8, Genesis 3:14-19

Denomination: Baptist

Health Issues And Facing Death Series

Contributed by Sean Harder on Sep 30, 2010

Two things are inevitable when we are born into this fallen world. We will all get sick in some way, and we will all die. What is God's role in all of this?

Two things are inevitable when we are born into this fallen world. We will all get sick in some way, and we will all die. So it makes sense that we understand how to deal with these certainties according to Scripture. When the Bible talks about suffering, it is almost never speaking about physical ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:16-24

Living Under Two Trees

Contributed by Richard Futrell on Oct 7, 2010

We live under two trees. The first tree was one by which Satan conquered us. But the second tree was one by which Jesus conquered Satan for us. And because of that we live.

Intro Satan is patient, stoking the power of evil that he believes is stronger than God. He devises a scheme and becomes one with a snake. And there he waits. He will wait as long it takes to entrap and ensnare. And so he waits. He waits for Eve to walk past the Tree of the Knowledge of Good ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-21

Denomination: Lutheran

The Lamb Is Promised Series

Contributed by Carl Allen on Nov 18, 2009

As we enter into the beginning of the Christmas season, it is important that we look at the truh reason for the season.

The Lamb is Promised Genesis 3:1-21 Introduction This may seem like a strange place from which to preach a Christmas sermon. Yet, here in the midst of man’s greatest tragedy, is the revelation of man’s greatest hope. For it is in this tale of sin, judgment and death that we meet the message of ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-21

Denomination: Baptist

God Who Serves

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Aug 17, 2010

To God the Church is fundamentally God's sent Children obediently carrying out God's mission, which began in the Garden of Eden, was completed in the resurrection, and is now left to us to tell the sotry both in content and by our way of life.

God Who Serves Gen 3:21 Aug 15, 2010 Intro: I want to begin by thanking Randy for preaching last week, a good message from John 14. I had been at Gull Lake Camp with some of our young boys, and the first morning we were there I went to the 7:30am leaders meeting and heard the general ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-24

Denomination: Baptist

Grace In The Curse Series

Contributed by Ken Mckinley on Aug 17, 2010

The 9th in a series on the Book of Genesis. This sermon looks at how God showed mercy and grace even in the curse upon Adam and Eve. He could've judged them immediately but instead we see that even in the curse, God had grace.

Genesis (Pt. 9) (Grace in the Curse) Text: Genesis 3:9 - 24 By: Ken McKinley (Read Text) Now last week we talked about how sin is lawlessness, how it is deceptive and how it always brings shame and guilt. This week we’re going to look at the result of Adam’s sin but also how God ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:9-24

Denomination: Independent/Bible