C. Thought and Discussion Questions

1. Was Eve depending upon faith or feeling as she was led into sin? (pp. 32-35)

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2. Can Satan read our thoughts? Is this of any value to us? (p. 32)

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3. What error was there in the serpent’s claim that mankind would be “as gods, knowing good and evil”? (p. 33)

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4. Satan’s effort to lead us to pry into what God has not revealed is related to his own fall. (p. 33) Compare with pages 14-16.SR-SG 16.5

5. It is said of Adam that “in utter discouragement he resolved to share her [Eve’s] fate.” (p. 36) How does sin affect even those who do not participate in it?

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6. What reasons did Adam and Eve have for believing the serpent? For believing God? (p. 37) Do we still reason as foolishly?

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7. It is said of Adam and Eve after their sin “they then for the first time turned their attention to the external.” (p. 38) Consider a parallel to the fashion world today.SR-SG 17.1

8. Do we observe a ceremony today that acknowledges our guilt? Which one? (p. 50)

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9. Put yourself in Adam’s place as he made the offering for sin in that first “painful ceremony” and as he raised his hand to kill the innocent lamb, watching “the bleeding victim, writhing in the agonies of death.” (p. 50)SR-SG 17.3