DISOBEDIENCE: FIRST HUMAN DISOBEDIENCE. GEN 3:1-24

CONTENT

‘Sin’ means deviation from the laws of good to bad. This means that sin is deviation from right to wrong; doing the things that goes contrary to the laws of nature and laws of God. E.g. stealing, murder, breaking the laws of the land, fighting etc. Sin came into the world as a result of the disobedience of Adam and Eve who disobeyed God by eating the forbidden fruit.Since then, sin has become a major thing in the world.

After the creation Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden. God satisfied them with everything but commanded them not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil which was in the midst of the garden. They were deceived by the serpent and ate the fruit of the tree.

God cursed them and drove them away from the garden. This is known as the fall of man. Adam was cursed and told to eat from his sweat. The woman as well was cursed and commanded to conceive and bear children in pain. The serpent was also cursed and commanded to crawl on his belly and eat dust of the earth. God put enmity between the serpent and the woman. The general consequences of their sin are death, pain and struggle.

EVALUATION

1. Discuss the consequence of the sin of Adam and Eve.
2. Read your first term’s note on “Human Relationship and the Creation of the Earth”.
3. What do you think can be done to the problem of sin in the world today?

GENERAL EVALUATION/ REVISIONAL QUESTIONS

1. Discuss the consequence of the sin of Adam and Eve.
2. What is sin?
3. What do you think can be done to the problem of sin in the world today?
4. Write one bible verse talking about ‘sin’.

READING ASSIGMENT

1. Ilesanmi Christian Religious studies for JSS BK1 by TundeErumevbaetal
2. RSV Bible Read Gen. 3:1-24

WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT

1. The word “woman” means (a) bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh

(b) flesh of my flesh (c) flesh of my bone

• The first man God created is _________ (a) Jacob (b) Adam (c) Eve
• Eve means- (a) mother of all living (b) mother of all generation (c) mother of Christ
• ________was the first born of Adam (a) Cain (b) Abel (c) Jacob
• The consequence of Adam’s sin is _______ (a) joy and pain (b) death and Joy (c) death, pain and struggle

THEORY

1. What was the sin of Adam and Eve ?
2. What was the curse placed on the woman by God?