Scripture Reading for Worship on Sunday, March 22:

We will be reading Genesis 3:1-10. In the Garden of Eden, we find Adam & Eve hiding from God after disobeying God’s command. Adam and Eve thought they would become like God by doing things they were told not to do. When they ate the fruit, their eyes were open and they realized they were exposed. So they decided to run and hide from God- to disappear from the presence of God.

Just like Adam & Eve, we all disobey God’s command and try to run away from the presence of God. On Sunday, we will all try to discover where each of our Gardens of Eden are. Please read Genesis 3:1-10

Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” ² The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, ³ but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.'” ⁴ “You will not surely die,” the serpent said to the woman. ⁵ “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” ⁶ When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. ⁷ Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. ⁸ Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. ⁹ But the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?” ¹⁰ He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”