If someone were to ask you, “What is the problem with this world?”, what would you say? We tend to know instinctively that something is not quite right - that things are out of alignment somehow, but we often can’t put into words what those things are. Today we are turning to the opening pages of the Old Testament to discover our origin, what went wrong, and God’s solution to the whole mess. Don’t miss this beginning to our Good News Everywhere Series with “Jesus in the Garden.”
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MESSAGE STUDY NOTES (also available as download above)
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WARM UP
Do you like working in the garden? Why or why not?
READ
Genesis 3:1-24
MAIN IDEA:
1. Common Virtue vs. True Virtue
2. Motivation: Pride, Fear
3. What to observe in Genesis 3:
♦ Problem
♦ Prophecy
♦ Penalty
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
1. In what ways do you see people “hiding” from each other?
2. What effects of hiding from each other have you noticed?
APPLICATION
How do you think we can stop hiding from each other?
FOR MENTORING
How do you tend to hide? Why do you do it?
