19 Genesis 3:6-7, 20-24 (The Fall)

The Rise & Fall & Rise of Humankind
Genesis 3:6-7, 20-24 / Romans 5:12-18
I. Review of Genesis
II. Review of Romans
III. The Fall of Man
A. Physical ramifications of the Fall (3:20-24)
1. Gender specific punishment (3:16-19)
2. The first death (3:21)
3. Cursed Creation (3:14, 21)
Romans 8:18-21
4. Loss of innocence / self-awareness (3:22)
5. Expulsion from paradise (3:23-24)
6. The first human death (4:8)
B. Spiritual ramifications (Romans 5:12-14)
1. Evolutionary view
2. Pelagianism
3. Confucianism
4. Catholic doctrine of original sin
5. The Biblical view: spiritual death
Rom 3:10-12, 7:18-19 / Isaiah 64:6 / Rom 3:23, 6:23 / Eph 2:1
Rom 1:8 / John 3:36 / Matt 1:21 / 1 Pe 2:4 / Rom 5:15 / 1 Cor 15:22
III. How should we then live?
1. Get right with God.
2. Have a biblical view of human nature.
3. Have a biblical view of your nature.
4. Judge righteously.