V1-14 Avoiding the Genesis 3 Trap

Why did Eve choose to believe the serpent? Why did Adam join her in disobeying God? How are we at risk of making the same mistakes today? These are just some of the questions to consider in this week’s edition of the Walking Talking Bible Project.

Bible Passages

The following Scripture quotations from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB) are provided for your convenience. Please feel free to use the Bible and translation of your choice.

Memory Passage: Genesis 3:4–5

Genesis 3:4–5

4 “You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.

5 “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.”

Connection Passage #1: Genesis 2:16–17

Genesis 2:16–17

16 And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,

17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

Connection Passage #2: Psalm 19:7–11

Psalm 19:7–11

7 The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.

8 The precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.

9 The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, being altogether righteous.

10 They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.

11 By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward.

Connection Passage #3: Job 28:28

Job 28:28

28 And He said to man, “Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.”

Connection Passage #4: Isaiah 55:8–9

Isaiah 55:8–9

8 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.

9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Connection Passage #5: Genesis 3:1–7

Genesis 3:1–7

1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”

2 The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,

3 but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”

4 “You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.

5 “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.”

6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

7 And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.

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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB).