A Sunday School Lesson On Adam and Eve

Here is a Sunday school lesson or Bible study about Adam and Eve.

The Breath of Life

Genesis 2:7 “then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.”

After God created the man, “The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die” (Genesis 2:15) but something was missing. God knew “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him” (Gen 2:18) and “The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him” (Gen 2:20).

Do you think Adam felt that something was missing?

Did God give Adam a job?

Why did God think it wasn’t good for Adam to be alone?

The First Marriage

Genesis 2: 21-22 “So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.”

After God declared that it wasn’t good for man to be alone, He brought him Eve and Adam’s reply was, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh, she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man” (Gen 2:23), “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh” (Gen 2:24). They are no longer two individuals only; they are now one family and the two become one in their children too.

Is there significance to the man’s rib being part of the woman’s creation?

What does “hold fast” mean?

Why is it important that “a man shall leave his father and mother?”

The Fall

Genesis 3:1 “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.’”

As Satan typically is, he tries to mix truth and error and get people to doubt what God has said and so Satan says “to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 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” (Gen 3:2-4). Now it’s gone from you can’t eat it to you can’t even touch it or you’ll die. Satan’s tactic is working. And then finally Satan lies by saying, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 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” (Gen 3:4-6). Sadly, God “drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life” (Gen 3:24).

Was Eve tempted or deceived or both?

Was Adam deceived too?

Why were they kicked out of the Garden of Eden (Gen 3:22-24)?

Cain and Abel

Genesis 4:1 “Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.”

After Abel was born, it became apparent that Cain and Abel had differences. Cain was a farmer while Abel was a shepherd (Gen 4:2) and when God accepted Abel’s sacrifice but not Cain’s, “Cain was very angry, and his face fell. The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it” (Gen 4:5-7). Apparently, Cain didn’t rule over the sin at the door but it ruled him as “Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him” (Gen 4:8).

Why did Cain kill Abel?

Was there any evidence that Cain ever repented or ask for forgiveness (Gen 4:12-16)?

Is there significance to the line “Then Cain went away from the presence of the Lord” (4:16)?

Conclusion

I urge you in your study to look at all of the Bible verses and read them aloud in the class so that you can get the most out of this lesson on Adam and Eve. We really don’t know if they ever repented or not. There is no biblical evidence that they did but we cannot be sure that they didn’t. Perhaps they sought forgiveness and will be in the kingdom; there is just no way to know right now. We do know that if you have never repented and trusted in Christ, you are “away from the presences of the Lord” and that’s no place to be in this life (Heb 9:27).

Do you think Cain ever came back to the Lord?

What about Adam and Eve?

What has changed in your understanding about Adam and Eve after this study?

Article by Jack Wellman

Jack Wellman is Pastor of the Mulvane Brethren Church in Mulvane Kansas. Jack is also the Senior Writer at What Christians Want To Know whose mission is to equip, encourage, and energize Christians and to address questions about the believer’s daily walk with God and the Bible. You can follow Jack on Google Plus or check out his book Teaching Children the Gospel available on Amazon.