Lesson 1 (Sept 26-Oct 2, 2020), Education in the Garden of Eden

 The First School

1. What would be advantages in holding classes outdoors? What are the disadvantages?
2. Why did God ask Adam and Eve to look after the garden? What did that involve in a sinless world? What would have happened if they failed to do that properly?
3. If one had to live in a forest or island today what would be deemed essentials? 

Intrusion

1. Would the tree to test the couple have been God's idea or Satan's?
2.  Would the presence of the tree have been enough of a test without the tempting serpent?
3. Was Eve created after the instruction to Adam not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil? 

Missing the Message

1. How possible is it that Adam didn't convey the prohibition as strongly as God?
2. Did Satan say anything that was false? Why do we call him a liar?
3. What makes us think that Adam was not with Eve when she bit the fruit?

Regaining What Was Lost

1. Why do teachers send disobedient students out of the classroom? What does that accomplish? Can the same objective be achieved in another way?
2. Could the Tree of Life have been removed from the garden? Why did Adam and Eve have to be expelled from Eden?
3. What is the difference between "education" and "knowledge"?

The Despisers of Authority

1. What makes one a good student? Are good students born or made?
2. Do some students have an unfair disadvantage in a class? Is there any disadvantages when it comes to learning about God and salvation?
3. How does respect for authority erode?