Oakwood Church

I. The Devil’s Playbook
A. Question God’s Word

“Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree…’”
Genesis 3:1

I. The Devil’s Playbook
A. Question God’s Word

“If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.”
Matthew 4:3

I. The Devil’s Playbook
B. Downplay the Consequences

“You will not surely die…”
Genesis 3:4

I. The Devil’s Playbook
B. Downplay the Consequences

“Throw yourself down…‘He will command his angels…’”
Matthew 4:6

I. The Devil’s Playbook
C. Exaggerate the Benefits

“When you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God.”
Genesis 3:5

“She took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.”
Genesis 3:6

II. The Fallen World
• Dissension

“I will put enmity between you and the woman…” Genesis 3:15

II. The Fallen World
• Dissension

“The lion shall eat straw like the ox. The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra.”
Isaiah 11:7-8

II. The Fallen World
• Difficulty & Disasters

“Cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it…”
Genesis 3:17

II. The Fallen World
• Disease & Death

“Thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you…”
Genesis 3:18

II. The Fallen World
• Disease & Death

“You are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
Genesis 3:19

The Fallen World

• Dissension

• Difficulty & Disasters

• Disease & Death

III. Fallen People
• Guilt & Shame

“Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked.”
Genesis 3:7

III. Fallen People
• Guilt & Shame

“And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.”
Genesis 3:7

III. Fallen People
• Guilt & Shame

“And the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God.”
Genesis 3:8

III. Fallen People
• Conflict & Blame

“The man said, ‘The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit.’”
Genesis 3:12

III. Fallen People
• Suffering & Pain

“I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing.” Genesis 3:16

III. Fallen People
• Sin & Death

“Just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin.”
Romans 5:12

III. Fallen People
• Condemnation & Separation

“As one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.”
Romans 5:18

III. Fallen People
• Condemnation & Separation

“Whoever does not obey the son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”
John 3:36

III. Fallen People
• Condemnation & Separation

“As one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.”
Romans 5:18

Fallen People

• Guilt & Shame

• Conflict & Blame

• Suffering & Pain

• Sin & Death

• Condemnation & Separation