Word + Walk: The Seed of the Woman

✝️ Sermon Recap: Seed of the Woman

Text: Genesis 3:8–24
Big Idea: Even in humanity’s darkest moment, God was already planting a promise. The seed of sin disrupted the world, but grace was already germinating. The Seed of the Woman, Christ, was not a reaction, but an eternal omniscience bathed in love. The manger, the virgin, and the star are but the fingers pointing to what matters, The Christ. God’s response is the Christ who is not sent due to panic from sin or punishment but to redeem.

I. Seed Germinated (Genesis 3:8–13)
God doesn’t open with wrath. He walks, He calls, He questions:

• “Where are you?” — Grace pursues.

• “Who told you...?” — Truth exposes.

• “Have you eaten...?” — Conviction awakens.

• “What have you done?” — Love still speaks.
  Even in guilt and hiding, God is initiating restoration.

II. The Serpent’s Transformation (Genesis 3:14–15)
The serpent moves from crafty to cursed:

• Crawling and dust become permanent symbols of defeat.

• “Dust you shall eat” = “You lose. Forever.”

• “Lick the dust” (Ps. 72:9) = absolute submission.

• Genesis 3:15 = First Gospel: The Seed of the Woman will defeat the serpent.

III. Humanity’s Transformation (Genesis 3:16–19)

• Pain in childbirth

• Power struggles in marriage

• Toil in labor

• Return to dust in death
  Yet… God doesn’t erase life—He reshapes it with grace.

IV. God’s Concession for Humanity (Genesis 3:20–24)

• Eve is named "mother of all living"

• God provides garments of skin (sacrifice for shame)

• God blocks the way to eternal death via the tree of life

• Exile comes, but so does the promise of provision

Seed of the Woman (Genesis 3:15 Revisited)

• The phrase "seed of the woman" is biologically strange, but prophetically profound.

• Jesus is the Seed planted by God to crush the enemy and redeem the world.

• Advent didn’t begin in Bethlehem—it began in Eden.

🙏 Walk It Out: 5-Day Devotional

Day 1 – When Sin Hid, God Called
📖 Genesis 3:8–10; Luke 19:10
Walk It Out: Reflect on how God pursues you when you hide. Listen for His question: "Where are you?"

Day 2 – Cursed but Not Crushed
📖 Genesis 3:14–15; Romans 16:20
Walk It Out: Meditate on the promise of Genesis 3:15. Journal where you’ve seen God “crush” evil in your story.

Day 3 – Pain and Provision
📖 Genesis 3:16–19; 2 Corinthians 12:9
Walk It Out: Ask how God might be showing grace within your struggle—not after it. Invite Him to be present in the pain.

Day 4 – Covered by God
📖 Genesis 3:21; Isaiah 61:10
Walk It Out: Thank God for the covering of Christ. Consider how you can clothe someone else—literally or spiritually—this week.

Day 5 – Before the Manger, the Promise
📖 Genesis 3:15; Galatians 4:4–5
Walk It Out: Recenter your Advent around Christ the Seed. What does it mean that His coming was planned from the beginning?

🗣️ Adult Bible Class & Family Discussion Questions

1. Why does God ask Adam, "Where are you?" instead of condemning him immediately?
   ◾ Follow-up: How does this question show us God's grace?
   📖 Genesis 3:8–9; Luke 15:4

2. Why does the serpent get cursed more than any other creature?
   ◾ Follow-up: What does this tell us about God's justice?
   📖 Genesis 3:14; Revelation 20:10

3. What does it mean for the serpent to "eat dust" all its life?
   ◾ Follow-up: How does this image remind us of sin’s ultimate defeat?
   📖 Genesis 3:14; Psalm 72:9

4. Why is Genesis 3:15 often called the first Gospel?
   ◾ Follow-up: How is this promise fulfilled in Jesus?
   📖 Genesis 3:15; Romans 5:17–19

5. How did childbirth and family life change after the Fall?
   ◾ Follow-up: Where do we still see those effects today?
   📖 Genesis 3:16; 1 Timothy 2:15

6. What does the phrase "your desire shall be contrary to your husband" mean?
   ◾ Follow-up: How does the gospel begin restoring relational harmony?
   📖 Genesis 3:16; Ephesians 5:21–33

7. How does work change because of sin?
   ◾ Follow-up: How can we find purpose in our labor even when it's hard?
   📖 Genesis 3:17–19; Colossians 3:23–24

8. What does "to dust you shall return" teach us about mortality?
   ◾ Follow-up: How does Jesus reverse this reality?
   📖 Genesis 3:19; John 11:25–26

9. Why did God make garments of skin for Adam and Eve?
   ◾ Follow-up: How is this a foreshadowing of the Gospel?
   📖 Genesis 3:21; Hebrews 9:22

10. Why was access to the tree of life blocked?
    ◾ Follow-up: How is that act one of mercy rather than punishment?
    📖 Genesis 3:22–24; Revelation 2:7

11. What does it mean that Christ is the Seed of the Woman?
    ◾ Follow-up: Why is this biologically odd and prophetically important?
    📖 Genesis 3:15; Galatians 4:4

12. How does knowing God had a plan from the beginning shape our trust today?
    ◾ Follow-up: Where is God asking you to trust Him with the unseen?
    📖 Genesis 3:15; Proverbs 3:5–6

📄 Scripture Reference List

• Genesis 3:8–24

• Psalm 72:9

• Luke 15:4; 19:10

• Romans 5:17–19; 16:20

• 1 Timothy 2:15

• Ephesians 5:21–33

• Colossians 3:23–24

• John 11:25–26

• Hebrews 9:22

• Revelation 2:7; 20:10

• Galatians 4:4–5

• Isaiah 61:10

• Proverbs 3:5–6