Genesis 3

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  1. The Big Story · Ochorus Originals

    The Day Everything Broke cites Genesis 3:1

    …“Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made” (Genesis 3:1). Genesis doesn’t explain where this snake came from, but much later the Bible names who…

  2. Selected Sermons of George Whitefield · George Whitefield

    The Seed of the Woman, and the Seed of the Serpent cites Genesis 3:15

    Genesis 3:15 — “And I will put Enmity between thee and the Woman, and between thy Seed and her Seed…

  3. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Adam's Sin cites Gen 3:3

    …as an impostor, he ushered in his temptation by lies. 1st Lie. ‘Ye shall not surely die.’ Gen 3:3. 2nd Lie. That God did envy our first parents their happiness. ‘God knows, that in the…

  4. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Sluggard's Farm cites Genesis 3:18

    …come regret, perhaps for eternity. “Thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you” (Genesis 3:18, ESV). Often the evil growth will be abundant. Good land yields abundant weeds if…

  5. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    January cites Gen. iii. 9

    …ineffable praises from all the hosts of heaven.—Andrew Bonar. January 3 Where art thou? Gen. iii. 9. Art thou hiding thyself away from Him who would send thee forth to do His own blessed…

  6. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Fourth Stage cites Gen. 3:6

    …know not which. So they opened the matter to her, and she held up her hands and wondered. Gen. 3:6; Rom. 7:24. Then they had her to a place, and showed her Jacob’s ladder. Gen. 28:12. Now…

  7. Communion with God · John Owen

    Digression II: all solid wisdom laid up in Christ cites Gen. iii. 8

    …the father of us all; who, when he had sinned, had no reserve for mercy, but hid himself, Gen. iii. 8. He did it לְרוּחַ הַיּוֹם, when the wind did but a little blow at the presence of God…

  8. The Holy Spirit, or Power from on High · A. B. Simpson

    The Sword of the Spirit cites Genesis iii. 24

    …and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.” — Genesis iii. 24. “And the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.” — Eph. vi. 17. “For the Word of…

  9. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of communion with Christ in a conjugal relation, in its consequential affections cites Gen. iii. 15

    …was enough) that God gave Adam in his inexpressible distress, to relieve and comfort him, Gen. iii. 15. Eve perhaps supposed that the promised seed had been born in her first-born, when she…

  10. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of communion with Christ in holiness cites Gen. iii. 15

    …which are the fruits of the covenant, being himself the original promise thereof, Gen. iii. 15; the whole being so “ordered in all things, and made sure,” 2 Sam. xxiii. 5, that the…

  11. Rise Up, Men of God · Ochorus Originals

    Created to Lead cites Genesis 3:6

    …have never noticed: "She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it" (Genesis 3:6). Who was with her? Adam. Where was he when his wife was being deceived by the serpent?…

  12. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The Atonement: God's Doctrine of the Atonement vs. Unitarian and Christian Science Doctrines of the Atonement cites Gen. 3:19

    …and he here distinctly teaches that as every child of Adam loses life (physical life—see Gen. 3:19) in the first Adam, so also in Jesus Christ, the second Adam, he obtains resurrection…

  13. He Holds My Tomorrows · Gareth Evans

    Cain and Abel cites Genesis 3:15

    …promised by God in His declaration of war against the serpent who had deceived her (Genesis 3:15). She named him Cain - which means “spear” - saying “I have a man from the Lord.” She…

  14. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    July cites Gen. iii. 3

    …personal Christ among us, and to follow.—Phillips Brooks. July 16 Ye shall not eat of it. Gen. iii. 3. The Sin of Paradise was eating the tree of knowledge before the tree of life. Life must…

  15. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The Devil cites Gen. 3:2

    …of God's Word and of God's goodness. He began by saying: "Yea, hath God said. . . .?" (Gen. 3:2), and further on when Eve stated exactly what God had said, the Devil flatly contradicted…

  16. The Bondage of the Will · Martin Luther

    Discussion: Part the First cites Gen. iii. 16

    …be said concerning the woman, “Be thou under thy husband, and let him rule over thee,” (Gen. iii. 16.) But that it was not spoken indicatively unto Cain is manifest from this: — it would…

  17. The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith · R. A. Torrey

    The Christian Conception of God—The Infinite Perfection and Unity of God cites Gen. 3:22

    …and there confound their language, that they cannot understand one another's speech." In Gen. 3:22 we read: "And Jehovah God said, Behold, man is become as one of us to know good and…

  18. Rise Up, Men of God · Ochorus Originals

    By the Sweat of Your Brow cites Genesis 3:19

    …make work harder. God said to Adam, "By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food" (Genesis 3:19). The soil now produces thorns. The business now faces corruption. The field now suffers…

  19. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    Riches and Poverty cites Gen. iii. 19

    …place where rich and poor meet together. Dust they were, and unto dust they returned. (Gen. iii. 19.) This is the lot of all men. It will be our own, unless the Lord shall first return in…

  20. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    Heirs of God cites Gen. iii. 8

    …himself in the trees of the garden," and Cain "go out from the presence of the Lord." (Gen. iii. 8; iv. 16.) They are no longer afraid of God's holiness, and justice, and majesty. They no…

  21. The Key Teachings of G. K. Chesterton · Ochorus Originals

    The Strangest Story in the World cites GENESIS 3:8

    …And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day. GENESIS 3:8 Weighing it These chapters are Chesterton’s greatest achievement, and they are thoroughly…

  22. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    The Great Separation cites Gen. iii. 4

    …mightily. They are preaching up his own favourite doctrine: "Ye shall not surely die." (Gen. iii. 4.) (b) I know, furthermore, that some do not believe that hell is eternal. They tell us it…

  23. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    Eternity! cites Gen. iii. 4

    …sin entered into the world by the devil's daring falsehood,—"Ye shall not surely die." (Gen. iii. 4.) At the end of six thousand years the great enemy of mankind is still using his old…

  24. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 1, Chapter 14 — In the Creation of the World, and All Things in It, the True God Distinguished by Certain Marks from Fictitious Gods cites Gen. 3:15

    …is common to all the children of God. But as the promise of bruising Satan’s head (Gen. 3:15) applies alike to Christ and to all his members, I deny that believers can ever be…

  25. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites Gen 3: 19

    …That law in paradise was never repealed. ‘In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.’ Gen 3: 19. Such professors are to be disliked who talk of living by faith, but live out of a…

  26. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    October cites Gen. iii. 24

    …He placed . . . cherubims, and a flaming sword . . . to keep the way of the tree of life. Gen. iii. 24. Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life.…

  27. They Were Young – Book 2: Tested · Ochorus Originals

    Perpetua: What a Thing Is Called cites Genesis 3:15

    …an echo of the Bible’s first promise, that the woman’s offspring “will crush your head” (Genesis 3:15). Perpetua did not explain her dream that way herself. But she clearly understood who the…

  28. Rooted – 30 Days with God for Youth – Book 1 · Ochorus Originals

    Day 8 — A Promise in the Dark cites Genesis 3:15

    …He hinted that someday a child would come who would crush the serpent (you can find it in Genesis 3:15). And over hundreds of years, God kept adding more and more to that promise through His…

  29. Sons of the King – 30 Days with God for Guys – Book 2 · Ochorus Originals

    Day 13 — How Temptation Works cites Genesis 3:6

    …fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.” — Genesis 3:6 (BSB) To win a game, it helps to know how your opponent plays. Coaches study the other…

  30. Real Questions – Book 2 · Ochorus Originals

    Is the Devil Real? cites Genesis 3:1

    …God look stingy: “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’” (Genesis 3:1). He still whispers that God is holding out on you. He’s also called “the accuser of our…

  31. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 10 — The Resemblance Between the Old Testament and the New cites Gen. 3:15

    …Accordingly, at the beginning, when the first promise of salvation was given to Adam (Gen. 3:15), only a few slender sparks beamed forth: additions being afterwards made, a greater…

  32. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 13 — Christ Clothed with the True Substance of Human Nature cites Gen. 3:15

    …we are in this respect preferred. And if due weight is given to the testimony of Moses (Gen. 3:15), when he says that the seed of the woman would bruise the head of the serpent, the…

  33. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 4 — Penitence, as Explained in the Sophistical Jargon of the Schoolmen, Widely Different from the Purity Required by the Gospel cites Gen. 3:9

    …refer the citation to divine authority, from its being said, “Adam, where art thou?” (Gen. 3:9, 12); and also the exception from Adam having replied as if excepting, “The women whom…

  34. The Key Teachings of Martin Luther · Ochorus Originals

    The Old Evil Foe cites GENESIS 3:15

    …between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. GENESIS 3:15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing…

  35. The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

    Authority and Submission cites Genesis 3:5

    …The same pattern appears in Eden. The serpent’s offer was autonomy — ye shall be as gods (Genesis 3:5) — and the fruit was merely the mechanism. Against this stands the obedience of the Son.…

  36. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.7 The Seventh Commandment cites Gen 3: 6

    …amorous eye may usher in sin. Eve first saw the tree of knowledge, and then she took. Gen 3: 6. First she looked and then she loved. The eye often sets the heart on fire; therefore Job…

  37. The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Month of January cites Gen. 3:15

    …between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." Gen. 3:15 This is the first promise to fallen man. It contains the whole gospel, and the essence of…

  38. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    July cites Genesis 3:8

    July 1 “The voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day.” (Genesis 3:8) My soul, now that the cool of the day has come, retire awhile and hearken to the voice…

  39. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    3.3 The Wrath of God cites Gen 3: 24

    …of Eden, which signifies pleasure, had a flaming sword placed at the east end of it. Gen 3: 24. The garden of carnal and sinful delight is surrounded with the flaming sword of God’s…

  40. Tell Me the Story – Book 1: In the Beginning · Ochorus Originals

    The Snake’s Trick cites Genesis 3:9

    “But the LORD God called out to the man, ‘Where are you?’” — Genesis 3:9 In the garden there was a snake, and it was more cunning than any other animal. One day…

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