"The Source of the Problem" Genesis 3:1-6

Episode 004

Title: “The Source of the Problem”

Text: Gen 3:1-6 

Theme: the devil and his ways

Key Verse:  Gen 3:1-6

Introduction:

• Who?  The Devil
• What?  Deception, Devices and destruction of the Devil
• Where?  Garden
• When: In the beginning
• Why? To Disobey God
• How? Trickery and deception
• How much? 

1. Beginning - He was created by God Col 1:16

Col 1:16  For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

 

B. Beauty - Ezek 28:12-16

Ezekiel 28:12-16 12Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. 13Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. 14Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. 15Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. 16By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

"annointed cherib"

he was a very lovely, with amazing musical talents (pipes and tabrets)

lucifer - shining

 

C. Blasphemy - IS. 14:13,14

Isaiah 14:13-14 13For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

 

The Devil- Rev 12:9 (slanderer)

Prince of the Power of the air - Eph 2:2

Prince of this world - John 12:31

god of this world - 2 Cor 4:4 (men rebelled against the true God and serve satan, some knowingly and some unknowingly)

The Dragon - Rev 12

Old Serpent - Rev 12

Roaring Lion - 1 Peter 5:8

Ruler of Darkness - Eph 6:12

Beelzebub - Matt 12 (dungeon god)

Apollyn - Rev 9:11 (destroyer)

The Wicked one - Matt 13:19

Belial - 2 Cor 6:15 (worthless)

Tempter - 1 Thess 3:5

The Enemy - Matt 13:39

Mat 13:39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

 

His name is satan

The Bible does not portray satan as an evil influence, but an evil individual -Job1:6-12

Job 1:6  Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

Job 1:7  And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

 

\Jesus being Tempted)

Joh 8:44  Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

 

"Sympathy for the Devil" is a song by The Rolling Stones, written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and credited to Jagger/Richards. Sung by Jagger, the song is an homage to the Devil, written in the first-person narrative from his point of view, recounting the atrocities committed throughout the history of humanity in his name."

 

In today's society, people would rather blame God.

 

But when we go to the source of the problem – we find satan.

(example of laminator)

Sin problem must be dealt with.

Outline:  The Source of the problem: the source is the Devil!

1. The Devil’s Deception – Gen 3:1-6

2Co 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

 

he's a liar, a trickster, a deceiver

he's a murderer

he destroys homes

he destroys nations

he destroys lives

satan has been opposing God's plans for ages. Whatever God plans and hopes for this World, satan opposes it and does anything and everything he can to stop it from happening.

 

Deception - (of a person) cause (someone) to believe s