Unit 2 August 8, 2010

Consequences I
Study Text
Genesis 3:8-24; Ecclesiastes
12:13,14; Matthew 25:31-46;
Luke 16:22-25; Romans 6123;
8:20-23; Ephesians 2:2-12;

of Sin 4:18,19; Revelation 20: 11 througtl

Focus

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To realize the fearful consequenm
of sin and commit to a life of Mi-
ness by faith in Jesus Christ
Central Truth
Sin brings terrible consequences. I Outline

Key Verse: Romans 6:23

The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal Life
through Jesus Christ our Lord (KJV).
The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life
in Christ Jesus our Lord (NIV).

Introducing the Study

I"-eac mng mp 1:dave students d s u s s t h statement,

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"Everything that is wrong in our world today is a conse-
quence of Adam and Eve's sin"

Saying that everything that is wrong in our world today is a

consequence of Adam and Eve's sin may seem like a simple
explanation, but it is not. Not just people, bat natme itself was
put under the curse as a result of Adam a d Eve's rebellion.
We will consider today the terrible plmishment sin brings.
Everything that is bad in our world can be tr;rced back to that
first sin.

Learning Objectives
At the end of this study, students wiU be able to:
1. Identify many of the consequences of s h
2. Explain how sin has affected everything in God's aeaaim,
3, Acknowledge the eternal state of hose who die withord.
Christ.

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duxmselyes from the presence of the -God
amongst the trees of the garden.
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evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and
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was buried;
23. And in hell he liff up bis eyes, 'kug
in torments, and see& Abraham a k o&, and
Lazarus in his bosom.
Matthew 2554. Then shall the King say
unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed
of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for
you from the foundation of the world.
Revelation 21:s. But the fearful, and unbe-
lieving, and the abominable, and murderers,
and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idola-
b m , and all liars, shall have their part in the
lake which burneth with fire and brimstone:
which is the second death.
Genesis 3:s. 'l'hen the man and hls wire
heard the sound of the LORDGod as he was
walking in the garden in the cool of the day,
and they hid from the LORDGod among the
trees of the garden.
k 22. And the LORDGod said, "The man has
now become like one of us, knowing good and
evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his
hand and take also from the tree of life and eat,
and live forever."
23. So the LORDGod banished him from
the Garden of Eden to work the ground from
which he had been taken.
Ephesiars 2:12. Remember that at that
time you were separate from Christ, excluded
from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the
covenants of the promise, without hope and
without God in the world.
Genesis 3:16. To the woman he said, "I wl.1
greatly increase your pains in childbearing;
with pain you will give birth to children. Your
desire will be for your husband, and he will
rule over you."
W 17. To Adam he said, "Because you listened
to your wife and ate from the tree about which
I commanded you, 'You must not eat of it,'
"Cursed is the ground because of you; through
painful toil you will eat of it all the days of
your life."
Romans 6:23. For the wages of sin is death,
but~the flof God is eternal life in Christ Jesus
Luke 16:22. "The time came when the
was buried.
23. In hell, where he was in torment, he
looked up and saw Abraham far away, with
Lazarus by his side."
Matthew 25:34. "Then the King will say to
those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed
by my Father; take your inheritance, the king-
dom prepared for you since the creation of the
world."'
Revelation 21:s. "But the cowardly, the
unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexu-
ally immoral, those who practice magic arts,
the idolaters and all liars-their place will be
in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the
second death."
 her 'primary roles of mother and
wife (Genesis 3:16). First, she
would experience pain in giving
birth. Apparently that was not
God's original plan for women,
but sin changed ths.
Eve was also to have a sub-
imJpme.They can become missive role to Adam in their
F
- -. to God. Unbelievers marriage relationship. Created to
fl. -bled
to feel the pain of a
conscience as they con-
be an equal partner as a help-
meet, the wife would have to
Qnue in their sin (see 1 Timothy submit to the leadership role of
4:2). They give themselves over her husband. Also, her desire
more and more to sins, indulging would be for her husband, prob-
their sensuality (Ephesians 4: 19). ably in her submission to his
They are no longer held back by leadership. Women's role of
a conscience that either accuses submission does not mean that
or excuses them. women are inferior to men, but
: "Why is it important that for the sake of order in the
family the husband is given the
leadership role.
Ask: "What was the natu
of God's judgment on Adam
First, tKe ground was cursed
(verse 17). That meant it would
take hard work to get the land
to produce food. Prior to this
Adam had to work (2:15), but
now the increased effort would
e=blindeclwkmd be described as "in sorrow shalt
llbG~1apzlafmatloeP~* thou eat of it" (3:17, KJV). This
daasinvolvemenCiu~~ same word "sorrow" was used
Third, w e n e e d t o r e a c h o l l t P o for Eve's childbearing (verse 16).
lh&lwiththemessageofthe The ideal conditions before were
gospel of Jesus Christ God loves changed. Lifelong hard labor
them and wants them to know was the first part of his sentence.
Him through the salvation Jesus Adam was also going to die
provided. physically (verse 19). He was
originally taken from the ground,
2. Suffeiing and Death and to the ground he would
A. ?he Curse return when he died. Death is
part of the curse of sin.
Genesis 3:16-19; Romans
For both Adam and Eve the
6:23
original part of God's blessing was
sk: "What were God's two
!is grnents on Eve for her sin
and how do they affect women
childbearing, marriage, and work-
ing the land; it had been changed
by the curse. That is a strong
today?" God placed a double expression of how sin pollutes
judgment on Eve that affected everything it touches. Obedience
 Notes
would have brought life's great-
est blessings-maniage, family,
work, and life-before the Fall.
But now it brought submission,
pain, hard work, and death.
Paul also wrote that death is
a direct result of sin. "For the
wages of sin is d e a t h (Romans
6:23, KJV).The good news is that
"the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord"
(verse 23, KJV).All people will
die physically, whether Christian
or not, except for those who iire
alive when Christ returns. For
the Christian, death is just the
transition to eternal life. We have
a glorious hope and confidence
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
B. Creation Is Groaning
Romans 8320-23
Romans 8:20-23 gives a theo-
logical viewpoint of God's judg-
ment on humankind and on nature.
"The creature was made subject
to vanity" (verse 20, m).God's
own creation is frustrated, not by
choice, but because of the way sin
has disrupted what God meant to
be good (verse 21).
"The whole creation groaneth
and travaileth in pain" (verse 22,
KJV). Sin has negatively affected
all of creation. Paul likened this
to the pain and travail of child-
birth. Creation is eagerly await-
ing its salvation from its pain.
Believers also groan as we
wait "for the redemption of our
body" that is to come (verse
23, KJV).We groan as we wait
for the glorious transformation
Christ will work in our bod-
ies, when our corruptible, mortal
bodies shall be changed to incor-
ruptible, spiritual bodies (see
1 Corinthians 1553).
3. Retribution in the
Afterlife
A. All People Will Be
Judged
Eoclesiastes 12:13,14
T d n g Tip 3: Display
the tTansparency "Times of
Judgment." You may also
want to copy it and give it
to students as a work sheet.
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Ecclesiastes 12:13,14 form
the cbnclusion of the book. The
book's message is that living
life without God is meaningless.
Having a right relationship with
God is the only way to find life's
true purpose and fulfillment.
To highlight this truth,-the
book ends with a warning that
God will judge people. There is
nothing that God does not see;
nothing that escapes Him. Every
action and every secret thing
-thoughts and motives-will
one day be judged by Almighty
God. No one will escape God's
judgment.
B. Reality of Eternal
Judgments
Luke 16:22-25; Matthew
25:31,32,34,41,46;
Revelation 2O:ll-15; 21:8
In Luke 16:22-25, Jesus told
of a rich man who went to hell
after he died. Ask: "How d i d n
Jesus describe the rich man%&
existence in hell?" The man
knew where he was (verse 23).
This man who had shown no
mercy in life was now crying
out for mercy in hell (verse 24).
He was so tormented in hell
that even a drop of water on his
tongue would have been a relief.
 Not only was the man aware
and able to feel pain, he still had
his memory (verse 25). It will
be torture for the unsaved when
they remember the chances they
had to receive Christ and rejected
Him. For the unending torment
of eternity, they will be reminded
of that foolish decision. From
this account told by Jesus, we see
the horror of eternal punishment
for unbsevers.
Jesus also told the result of His
judging of the nations (Matthew
25:3 1-46). In this judgment the
separation of the sheep from
the goats (verse 32) will result
in final judgments for both the
sheep and the goats. For the
sheep He offers great reward.
"Come, ye blessed of my Father,
inberit tbe kingdom prepared for
yoo 6om t k foundation of the
warlg (wme 34, KJV). We know
that a persoa is not saved just by
doing good works, even to other
Christians (Egbesians 2:8,9).
The goats are the people who
do not show compassion to the
Lord's people. Such s e m
will never be rewarded by tbe
Lord. The goats will be sent
"into the everlasting fire" ( v e m
41, KJV) and "into everlasting
punishment" (verse 46, KJV).
The everlasting fire was never
intended for people, but for the
devil and his angels (verse 41).
God takes no pleasure in see-
ing people go to eternal pun-
ishment. He made the way for
people to escape such a horrific
judgment by sending His Son
Jesus to die for their sins so they
can become righteous and enter
into life eternal.
Eternal punishment should ter-
nfy any human being. Knowing
about the agonies of hell should
compel us as Christians to live a
godly life and tell others about
Christ's great love for them.
Unbelievers should be encour-
aged to repent of sin and to ask
Christ to save them (Acts 20:21).
No struggles we face in this life
will compare to the sufferings of
the everlasting fire.
The final judgment the Bible
speaks of is often referred to as
the Great White Throne Judgment
(Revelation 20: 11-15). This judg-
ment is for the unsaved dead of
all time. They were not part of the
first resurrection (verses 5,6) so
they will suffer the second death
(verses 6,14; 21 :8).
At the Great White Throne
Judgment, books will be opened
(20:12). The most important
book will be the Book of Life
that contains the record of peo-
ple's works. People are judged
by their works because their
works show whether or not they
truly had faith. It takes more
than mental agreement or just
saying "I believe" to be saved.
True Christians will show their
faith by what they do (see James
2:14-26). Yes, we are saved by
grace through faith, but faith will
always be seen by what we do
because of our love for Christ.
Those people whose names
are not found in the Book of Life
will be cast into the lake of fire
(verses 13-1 5). Revelation 2 1:8
gives a representative listing of
these people.
Teaching Tip 4: Display
the transparency "Who Is
the Second Death For?'
Briefly review the descrip-
tions of those who will be
1 cast into the lake of fire.
 Those who live without regard Ask: "How can Christia
for God and refuse to believe in warn people of the coming
Christ will be cast into the lake of judgment without seeming
fire, which is described as the sec- self-righteous?"
ond death. Those who are morally
and spiritually repulsive, murder- Teaching l i p 5: Use Jude
en, the sexually immoral, idola- 1:21-24 as a basis for dis-
ten, and liars will face the terrible
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consequences of their sins.

s Christians, how can we put this lesson into p~,,,ice ,aily life? First, we
A, ust strive to live a godly lifestyle. We must always be on our guard and not
let sin get a hold in our lives. Fai- living for Christ in a fallen world can attract
unsaved people to the truth of the gospeL
Witness to the lost people a d us by what we say and do. As Paul brought
out in 2 Corinthians 5: 11-14, tbe fm of God and the love of Christ are to motivate
Christians to persuade the lost to turn to God.If people fail to accept Christ as Lord
and Savior, there is no second dmme, no hope, no pardon, nothing but eternal tor-
ment in the lake of everlasting he.
Support home and foreign missions regularly through your prayers and finances.
Support those who are willing to go to the places you cannot go. Support them so
they can devote themselves fully to winning souls.

P rtner with other members in your class to pray for the unsaved people you know.
Ask God to give you opportunities to present the gospel to them this week. Think
about how you could use what you have learned in today's study when witnessing to
them.

Monday Warned against Q Send letters or postcards to students

Disobedience.
Genesis 2:8,9,15-17 to let them know you appreciate their
attending your class.
Tuesday Consequences of Rebellion.
1 Samuel 1520-29
Wednesday Consequences of Iniquity.
Jeremiah 14:7-12
Thursday The Enslavement of Sin.
John 8:31-34,44-47
Friday Moral Degeneration.
Romans 1 :22-32
Saturday Human Depravity.
Romans 7:14-25