The Anatomy of Temptation

October 23, 2022 - Jon Storck

Genesis 3:1-9

[1] Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had

made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the

garden'?" [2] And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the

garden, [3] but God said, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the

garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'" [4] But the serpent said to the woman, "You will

not surely die. [5] For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will

be like God, knowing good and evil." [6] So when the woman saw that the tree was good for

food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one

wise she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her,

and he ate. [7] Then the eyes of both were opened, a and they knew that they were naked.

And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.

[8] And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and

the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the

garden. [9] But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, "Where are you?"

Note on the Sermon: The first minute or two of the sermon was not recorded; it consisted of Jon asking whether the audience had seen The Chosen, and noting that it did a much better job of portraying Jesus as human than is normal for popular media. Apologies are requested by the tech team.