Shame, Blame and Hope | Bob Wriedt | Genesis 3:7-15

What does God think of you when you fail? Shame, fear, and anger are natural responses to our own mistakes, just as they were for Adam and Eve in the garden.

This Sunday, we’re continuing in Genesis 3, looking at how Adam and Eve responded to their sin—and how God responded to them. His reaction to human failure is far more powerful and life-changing than we often expect.

Join us as we explore this foundational passage and what it means for us today.

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Genesis 3:7-15

7 Then the eyes of both were opened, 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[a] 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?”[b] 10 And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.” 11 He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” 12 The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” 13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

14 The Lord God said to the serpent,

“Because you have done this,
    cursed are you above all livestock
    and above all beasts of the field;
on your belly you shall go,
    and dust you shall eat
    all the days of your life.
15 I will put enmity between you and the woman,
    and between your offspring[c] and her offspring;
he shall bruise your head,
    and you shall bruise his heel.