Sermon Breakdown

1. The sermon starts by examining man's original state before the Fall as described in Genesis. Man was made in God's image, in fellowship with God, happy and carefree.
2. The sermon then looks at various theories that try to explain man's current fallen state like dualism, evolution, man lacking knowledge, etc. The sermon rejects these in favor of the biblical doctrine of the Fall.
3. The sermon argues that Genesis 3 should be taken as literal history, not allegory or myth. It cites other biblical references that refer to Genesis 3 as history.
4. The sermon then breaks down the steps of the Fall in Genesis 3: the serpent tempting Eve, Eve doubting God's word, Eve lusting after the fruit, Eve eating the fruit, and Adam also eating the fruit.
5. The sermon argues that the Fall came from outside of man, not from within his nature. Man had free will to choose to obey or disobey God.
6. The sermon outlines the results of the Fall like: man becoming conscious of his flesh, guilt, fear of God, spiritual death, expelled from Eden, toil and sweat, moral perversion, and physical death.
7. However, the sermon notes that man did not lose all his faculties at once after the Fall. His decline was gradual. Some consequences were immediate like condemnation and loss of righteousness. But physical death and other declines happened over time.
8. The sermon sums up by saying that after the Fall, man is like a ruined palace where God once dwelt. Man lost his original righteousness and fellowship with God.