LESSON 4: GODS WILL AND

HUMAN FREEDOMTHE
DISOBEDIENT

I. CONTEXTUALIZATION
A. Would you consider everything in the
world good the way God saw it in the
beginning?
=Not totally: we are in a troubled world
B. If God is the Creator, is he also the cause
of the troubles in the world?
= NO. It is human sinfulness.
II. Conceptualization

A. Read: Gen. 2:15-16

A.1 Questions for Reflection
1. Where did God put man (and woman)
after God had created him (her)
= Garden of Eden/Paradise: the place of
TOTAL WELL-BEING;
2. What did God give to the man?
= eat anything, except the forbidden fruit:
RESPONSIBLE (LIMITED) FREEDOM
B. Read: Gen. 3:1-19
B.1 Questions for reflection
3. Who had influenced Adam-Eve to eat the
`forbidden fruit?
= SERPENT: convinced them that God is lying;
4. How did the serpent convince them to eat
the forbidden fruit?
= TEMPTATION: to become like God, know
what is good and bad;
5. Where were they when God searched for
them?
= HIDING: afraid because they were NAKED
(symbol of shame/guilt before God)
6. What did they do when God asked them if
they had eaten the forbidden fruit?
= BLAMING: pointing the guilt to someone else;
7. What did God do to them because of their
disobedience?
= EXPELLED out of paradise (symbol of
separation from God as a result of sin)
8. What God had said to the serpent and the
woman?
= ENMITY: womans child crushing the head of
the serpents offspring
Christian Message: the passage informs me
about
1. the original situation God intended for us is
total well-being (kaginhawaan)
2. freedom as Gods gift to me: not a license to
do anything I want but a responsibility to do
what is good by following Gods will;
3. the prohibition symbolizes Gods will as the
standard of morality;
4. temptation as an invitation to go against God
(SIN);
5. pride as the root of sin: the inner drive to
become the master/god of ones life;
6. real/authentic guilt as shame before God than
before others;
7. blaming over sincere acceptance of ones
shortcomings is a common attitude to sin;
8. separation from God is the ultimate
consequence of sin;
9. Gods promise of salvation through a
savior/redeemer ;

III. Conscientization:
-The Christian message transforms/challeges
me to
1. Promote peoples well-being in all situation;
2. Follow and conform to Gods will in every
decision-making;
3. attentive to temptations that come in
appealing package;
4. check every decision not to be based on
selfish interests (PRIDE)
5. accept humbly ones
mistakes/shortcomings;
6. accept Jesus as the promised savior;

IV. CONRETIZATION: Program of Action

- What should I do now?