Temptation and Sin

When trust is broken, everything changes.

Genesis 3 tells the story of the first temptation and the first sin, an encounter that shattered paradise and reshaped the human story. In this gripping expositional message, Pastor Zach Terry examines the serpent’s strategy and Eve’s response, showing how every temptation still follows the same path today.

From the sneer of Satan to the shame of fig leaves, this passage reveals profound truths about sin, deception, and the heart of God.

You’ll explore:

🐍 Why Satan targeted Eve—and what his choice reveals about spiritual vulnerability

🎭 How temptation often wears the mask of concern—and why Satan still pretends to be your ally

🗣 The five stages of temptation—and how Satan manipulates the angle, tone, concern, confusion, and outright lie

📖 Why Eve edited God’s Word—and how both legalism and liberalism distort truth

🥀 What Adam’s decision tells us about willful sin—and the devastating cost of rebellion

👀 Why their eyes were opened—and what their shame teaches us about human guilt

🍃 Why fig leaves represent man-made religion—and why only God can truly cover sin

💔 How the fall introduced spiritual death—and why every sin still begins with the same lie: "God can't be trusted"

This message will help you recognize the voice of the enemy, resist his schemes, and run to the only One who never sinned—Jesus, the Second Adam, who overcame where the first man failed.

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