Every day you are writing your story. You are the author; the world is your audience. Write the plot that you want printed. In this message, Pastor Jamie Nunnally shares the story of Adam and Eve. 

Adam & Eve - Genesis 3:1-6

1. Temptation is a progression: Desire, Doubt, Deception, Disobedience

Desire: The devil doesn't fight our desires—he hijacks them by exploiting our sinful nature.

Romans 8:6 

Desire isn't the problem—desire management is. Deal with your desires.

Doubt: Satan asked, "Did God really say..." then he proceeded to misquote God. 

James 1:16-17  

If the devil can shake your trust in God's goodness, he can sell you sin as a solution. Don't fall for it.

Deception: Satan often lies to us through partial truths that make bad things look good to us.

Ephesians 6:11 ESV 

Disobedience.

We've all disobeyed, but there's good news—you can overcome temptation!

1 Corinthians 10:13 

Genesis 3:8-13

        2. Hiding never brings healing.

When confronted with your own sin, you may cover yourself with the fig leaves of excuses, blame, isolation, or judgmentalism.

Hebrews 4:13 NLT 

You can't hide from God—He heard you think it before you did it!

You can't heal what you won't reveal, so go to God when you mess up. 

Genesis 3:14-19

         3. Sin brings a curse with it, but Jesus reverses the curse.

The curses for women:

1. The process of childbirth is harder.

2. You will desire man: Women will have a cursed-fueled tendency to get their self-worth from what men think.  

3. He will rule over you:

Sin has corrupted both the willing submission of the wife and the loving headship of the husband. 

The curses for men:

1. The ground will be cursed.

Romans 8:20-22 

Natural disasters are not an act of God; they're the curse of sin!

2. Work will be harder.

Men will have a curse-fueled tendency to get their self-worth from their job. You can win at work and still lose in the living room if you confuse the two.

3. Death.

The good news is Jesus reverses the curse of sin.

Romans 5:17-18 NLT 

Genesis 3: 20-24

Then the man—Adam—named his wife Eve, 3. When God says no, it's for a good reason.

God immediately began working on their redemption and the first things he had to do was say no. Adam and Eve's removal from the garden was mercy, not punishment.

Proverbs 3:5-6 NLT 

God's "no" is protecting you, not punishing you.

Adam and Eve proved we can ruin a garden in a single bite. Jesus proved He can grow a garden even out of our worst mistakes. 

Drop the fig leaves, come out of hiding, and meet the God who still walks in the cool of the evening calling, 'Where are you?'

Are you learning the lessons from Adam & Eve's story?