Fall of Man

11/14/2024

Adam and Eve Disobey God by Jennifer Tolbert

This is the story of how sin entered the world. While sin offered many consequences, the worst, of course, was a separation between God and his people. Many times, people try to make sin complicated. In truth, it rarely is. It comes down to the same decision Adam and Eve had to make-do you trust what God says? Fortunately for Adam and Eve, and their millions of descendants, our God is full of compassion. The rest of the Bible is a record of a rescue mission to redeem God's people and rescue them from the consequences of sin.

Key Concepts:
1. God created you and loves you.
2. Sin has consequences.
3. Sin happens anytime we disobey God.

Memory Verse

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:1

Songs

Books of the Old Testament
Awesome God
The Word Was with God
Genesis 1:1
I've Got the Joy, Joy, Joy
Shake the Devil Off
1, 2, 3 The Devils After Me
My God is So Big

Story

Begin Class with Songs, Games, Table Activity, or Sharing Time

Open Class in Prayer

Introducing the Story Ideas
1. I Wonder: Remind the children about the story of Creation and Adam and Eve. Guide the kids in imagining a little bit of what the Garden of Eden was like. Remember, the garden of Eden was like a giant zoo except all of the animals were nice and got along! What animals would you want to play with? Which one would you make your pet?
SAY: Living in the garden of Eden must have been so wonderful! But Adam and Eve made a terrible mistake and couldn't live there anymore.

2. Puzzle: Show a simple puzzle that you have put together. SAY: Imagine you worked hard to put together this puzzle. Finally, when you had it just right, someone comes along and messes it up. (Mess up the puzzle). How would you feel? (Let children respond: Mad, Sad, Angry, etc.). SAY: I bet God felt all of those things when a sneaky serpent came and messed up his wonderful creation. Today, we are going to talk about the first sin and how God started to piece his wonderful world back together again.

3. Sneaky Snakes: Show this education video about snakes. SAY: Today we are going to learn about a serpent that tricked Adam and Eve into the first sin. In our Bible story, God gives the snake a curse for causing this sin. Emphasize the attributes of snakes that are in line with what this story says about them.

Story: Do your mom and dad ever give you a direction? Like, put your shoes in your closet or pick up your toys. If you do it, then you are obeying. But if you don't do it, then you are disobeying. When we disobey, there are usually consequences, right?

In our story today, God gave Adam a very specific direction about living in the garden. However, he and Eve did not obey. When we don't obey God, it's called a sin and there were consequences to the first sin!

READ Genesis 3 or show the power point Adam and Eve disobey God.
EMPHASIZE that: