The Scarlet Thread
Christ in the Garden of Eden; Part II (Genesis 3)
Christopher W. Martin © 2017
I. Perspectives on Eden
· Temptation
· Sin
· Christ
II. Christ and Sin
· A Theophany (3:8)
· Us and Sin
· God and Sin: the First act of ____________.
· What God Wants: (3:9-13): 1) _________________
2) _________________
3) _________________
· God’s Judgment on the Serpent (3:14-15a)
o Humiliation
o Conflict
· God’s Good News (3:15b) (The “protoevangelium”)
o A “Seed” of Good News
A Victor
Who Will be Injured
o Huge Question: Why Not Then & There…?
· Life After the Fall (3:16-19)
· First Act of Faith (3:20)
· Finding Favor with God (3:21-24)
o Our Ways vs. God’s Way(v.21)
Our Efforts
God’s Provision
The Role of Blood
A Picture
A Prophecy
God’s Requirement (Hebrews 9:22)
God’s Lamb (Exodus 12: 5-13;John 1:29 & 36; 1 Peter 1: 18-19)
o Lessons from an Act of Mercy (v.22)
o Lessons from the Cherubim (v.24)
III. Conclusion
