Lesson No. 2

The Bible begins with this emphatic statement. God created the Heavens and the Earth. Well, if that’s the case, then how did the Earth end up in such a mess? Did God make a mistake? Was it His will that Satan run rampant in the Earth? What happened?

As a Lead Warrior, it is vital that you have a good understanding of what the Word of God itself says about this subject—not religion or tradition. Again, we are not going to ‘tell’ you the answers. You will have the opportunity to search the Word for yourself and allow the Word to speak for itself in answering such matters.

We shared with you in the last lesson that you’ve been given Authority as a Born Again Believer. Authority was God’s idea and first began with Adam and Eve, let’s see what they did with it, shall we?

1) What did God say about Adam and Eve? Gen. 1:26 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2) What did God give Adam and Eve over the Earth and every living thing on it? Gen. 1:26

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________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________7) What does the Word of God say God made Man to have over the works of His hands? Psalm 8:6 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Also, answer this question: Are the fingers considered part of the ‘Hand’? If so, then according to the Word, what other things did Man have Authority and Dominion over in the Beginning? Psalm 8:3 _____________________________________________________________

10) What entered in as soon as Man disobeyed God’s Word? Gen. 2:16-17, Romans 5:12

11) Who then took the Authority that Man surrendered and ‘delivered up’? Luke 4:6

(Note: An exegesis of the greek word in Luke 4:6 for the phrase ‘delivered up’ also means “handed over to”, given over to, surrendered to, yielded up to, and most importantly, it also means “betrayed to.” As you can see, Adam and Eve’s sin was not just simply ‘eating the apple’ (note the Bible does not say it was an ‘apple’, it doesn’t say what the fruit was) but their actions constituted a very serious betrayal of their God-given trust. They chose to disobey God, and obey a fallen angel. That is why God was so angry. That’s like a child disobeying his/her parent, and instead, choosing to let a child-molester and murder into the house and then start obeying him, like he was the parent!

12) According to the Word of God, when Adam and Eve betrayed their God-given trust, what did Satan become to this world? 2 Cor. 4:3&4

Action Steps

Write out on the lines below how Adam and Eve’s simple act of disobedience to God’s Word opened a door to sin, sickness, Death, etc.

Satan/the Serpent made disobedience to God’s Word seem like a minor thing. Give examples of how Satan still tries today to make disobedience to God’s Word seem like a ‘minor thing’ but as with Adam and Eve, the consequences are catastrophic.

Lesson Two: In The Beginning—God, Man, and The Fall