Zion Church

Penalties for Sin

God’s plan for Adam and Eve was a perfect plan, however

their disobedience altered God’s original plan for them. They were

denied the right to the tree of life while on earth. They were also

given penalties for their rebellion.

Genesis 3:16-19, Unto the woman he said, I will greatly

multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt

bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband,

and he shall rule over thee. And unto Adam he said, Because

thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten

of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt

not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt

thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles

shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the

field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou

return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for

dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Genesis 3:23-24, Therefore the Lord God sent him forth

from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he

was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east

of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which

turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Satan cared nothing for the suffering that would follow after

man’s disobedience. All he wished to accomplish was a breakdown

in the holy communion between God and His children. This

was his objective then, and it is still his basic objective today. He

deceives and motivates Christians to step out independently thus

destroying their faith in God.