Genesis 3:1-23

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:17

Genesis 3:17 The ground is our first lesson-book. Notice (1) A man does not cultivate the land by waving his hand majestically over it. The land says, "If you want anything out of me you must work for it. I answer labour, I respond to industry, I reply to the importunity of toil." That is the great law of social progress. (2) The ground does not obey the dashing and angry passions of any man. The green field does not turn white, though you curse over it till you foam again at the mouth. We... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:17-19

Genesis 3:17-19 This was almost the first curse revealed to us as pronounced by God, and yet it is almost the first blessing. I. At first sight we are not prepared to admit that labour is a blessing. We shrink from the misery of task-work, which must be got through when we are least fitted to carry it on; the very word repose suggests all that is most coveted by men. It was a true instinct which led the old mythologist to invent the fable of Sisyphus and his stone, and to see in that... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:19

Genesis 3:19 I. Men know not that they shall die, even though they confess it with their lips almost daily. If we consider what death is, we see that men who know its approach will act in all things as in the fear of it. There is no more startling paradox in the wonders of our nature than this, that men in general are thoughtless about death. When our own turn comes and there is no escape, then, for the first time, we really believe in death. II. Death is a fearful thing, because of the great... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:21

Genesis 3:21 An ancient interpreter of Scripture has not scrupled to declare that there are in the Book of Revelation as many mysteries as there are words. True as the words are as applied to that wonderful book, they are truer still in regard of the first three chapters of Genesis, above all in regard of this third chapter; for this assuredly is the most important chapter in the Bible. Among all its mysteries I must limit myself to the one contained in the words of the text. These words have a... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:22

Genesis 3:22 The temptation under which man fell in paradise was an ambitious curiosity after knowledge which was not allowed him; next came the desire of the eyes and the flesh; but the forbidden tree was called the tree of knowledge ; the tempter promised knowledge, and after the fall Almighty God pronounced, as in the text, that man had gained it. What is so miserably seen in the history of our first parents has been the temptation and sin of their posterity ever since, indulgence in... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Genesis 3:4

DISCOURSE: 4THE SERPENT BEGUILING EVEGenesis 3:4. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die.IN reference to the fact before us, St. Paul says, “The serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty.” And great is the subtilty which appears throughout the whole of his conduct on this occasion. He took an opportunity of addressing himself to Eve when she was alone, that so she might become an easier victim to his wiles. He insinuated his temptation first in a way of inquiry only; “Hath... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Genesis 3:6-7

DISCOURSE: 5THE FALL OF MANGenesis 3:6-7. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened.THE happiness of our first parents in Paradise must have far exceeded any thing which we can conceive. Formed in the image of God, they had not a desire or thought contrary to His... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Genesis 3:11-13

DISCOURSE: 6EXCUSES MADE BY OUR FIRST PARENTS, AFTER THEIR FALLGenesis 3:11-13. Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.THE immediate effects of sin are not easily discovered by us at this time: for if we look for them in... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Genesis 3:15

DISCOURSE: 7THE SEED OF THE WOMANGenesis 3:15. I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.THIS was the first promise that was ever given to fallen man. The occasion on which it was given was this: Satan had beguiled our mother Eve, and, through her, had prevailed on Adam to transgress: and he had thereby destroyed both them and all their posterity: for, since they were corrupt, nothing but what was... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Genesis 3:21-24

DISCOURSE: 8THE WAY OF SALVATION ILLUSTRATED TO OUR FIRST PARENTSGenesis 3:21-24. Unto Adam also, and to his wife, did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them. And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he... read more

Grupo de marcas