Burden to Impart:

God's enemy tempted man to disobey God, and man sinned. God still loved man and came to him to visit with him and restore him.

Memory Verse:	"...Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you" (James 4:7).
Facts to Teach:	(Scripture reading: Gen. 3:1-13)

1. One day Eve was not "guarding" the garden as God had told them to do. She began talking with the serpent-. Because Eve was innocent and the serpent was very crafty, he easily deceived her. Instead of obeying God s warning and command not to eat oftbe tree of the knowledge of good and evil, she followed the serpent's (Satan's) temptation and ate.
2. Once she realized that she had sinned she did not want to bear all the blame and shame alone, so she brought the fruit to her husband and led Adam into sin with her. Adam was not deceived (l Tim. 2:14), but loved his wife more than God, so he joined her in her sin. As a result of their sin they felt ashamed and hid themselves from God's presence.
3. Although God already knew of their sin, He came to visit them. He called out, "Where are you?" He knew where they were, but He wanted them to come to Him willingly.
4. Then He asked them what they had done. He came to them and helped them to confess their sins so they could be restored to Him. However, Adam and Eve were not very honest, so in their confession they foolishly made excuses for their actions and blamed others.