There is No One like Our God: Part 3- The Garden of Eden

Part 3: The Garden of Eden

And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (Genesis 2:9 NKJV)

Life in God's Garden:

And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 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.” 

Genesis 2:16, 17 

Loving God Under Trials:

Blessed is the man who endures *temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of *life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. 

•But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own *desires and enticed. 

(Psalm 37:4)

•Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death. James 1:12-15 

Psalms 51:5 

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Psalms 58:3 

The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.

Psalms 58:4 

Their poison [is] like the poison of a serpent: [they are] like the deaf adder [that] stoppeth her ear;

Psalms 58:5 

Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

Psalms 58:6 

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.

Submit to God, Resist the Devil:

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. 

I Peter 5:8, 9 

The Temptation & Fall of Man:

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’?” 

And the woman said to the serpent,

 “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ” 

Then the serpent said to the woman,

 “You will not surely die. 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.” 

[The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself. Ezekiel 18:20]

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. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings. And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 

[Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. 

I John 3:4]

Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him,

 “Where are you?” 

So he said, 

“I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.” 

And He said, 

“Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?” 

Then the man said, 

“The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.” 

[So then each of us shall give account of himself to God. Romans 14:12]

And the Lord God said to the woman,

 “What is this you have done?” 

The woman said, 

“The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” 

[So then each of us shall give account of himself to God. (Romans 14:12]

In the sweat of your face you shall eat *bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.” 

Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. 

Isaiah 7:15 

Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”

— therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. 

Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, And the spirit will return to God who gave it. Ecclesiastes 12:7

So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to *the tree of life. (Ezekiel 47:12; Revelation 22:2)

Genesis 3:1-13, 19, 22-24 

Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid [his] face from you, that he will not hear.

The Whole Armor of God:

Put on the whole armor of God, that [you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.] For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that [you may be able to withstand in the evil day,] and having done all, to stand. 

Ephesians 6:11-13