Scripture: Genesis 3: 4“You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5“For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
6When 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. 7Then 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.
8Then 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. 9But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”
10He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
Thoughts: Many dismiss this passage as if it were simply mythology and fiction therefore there is no truth in it. But this passage tells us much about ourselves. It tells us that though God made us good, we polluted the good with our sin- and this sin originated from the very beginning. The virus and pollution of sin spread like an incurable disease until Christ came. Paul would say in Romans 5:12- as in Adam all die, so in Christ are all made alive. When the head of a people messes up- it affects all the people (just ask the Syrians). So humans messed up from the first Homo Sapiens who walked. We gave up our innocence for pride and lust. The pride is found in thinking we know better than God- listening in obedience to other voices besides God's. The lust is found in thinking our taste is more important than our Maker's instructions. This is described as "the fall." It is a free fall away from love, from grace, from God. The once pure relationship is broken.
Prayer: Lord, my own heart deceives me. Take away my love for sin and replace it with love for you.
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