Adam knew

Gen 3:1-6
Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?"
And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden,
but God said, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"
But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.

I never saw that Adam was standing right there with Eve when she was being tempted to eat of the fruit. In the fall Adam was with her listening to the crafty and clever serpent deceive his wife and he sat back and allowed Eve to fall into his nasty snare of lies. Why didn't he speak up and tell Eve what he knew. We know that Eve was deceived but Adam was not from 1 Timothy 2:14 "And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.". If Adam was not deceived then he willingly disobeyed God, unlike Eve who was just naive and vulnerable. After reading all of chapter 3 you can see that Eve was truly deceived to eat the fruit. Her mind was poisoned with the venom of the serpent. After he had inflicted her with his poison corruption she could no longer see the tree in an innocent image but in a tempting and violated image. It no longer stood before her just simply as the tree that God commanded her not to eat of with a pure and obedient heart but now it stood there as a delicious and fulfilling tree that God commanded her not to eat from with a curiously corrupted heart.

I imagine that they looked at the tree before the serpent poisoned them as just another tree. They did not have any desire for its fruit, when they passed by it they took no notice of it other than it was forbidden and not in a forbidden that we know, not a corupt forbidden but a pure and righteous forbidden. After the venom was inserted in their minds the tree of good and evil became overwhelmingly desirable and no longer held a righteous forbidden but a temptation to be like God.

So Adam knew that it was wrong to eat its fruit, so why did he allow Eve to eat it and then eat it himself? Pride and curiosity. Simply put, he was curious if what the serpent was saying was true I am sure. Could I really be like God if I eat of the fruit. I am sure that thoughts started going through his mind of what would happen if he ate its fruit, these thoughts must have overshadowed the commandment of God and the punishment He had pronounced in Genesis 2:17 "but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.". What the serpent was saying sounded better and he had overridden God's you shall surely die with a blatant lie of you will not surely die.

Think of us today. Is this not how it still is in our time. This is the fall of man the first sin that entered the earth. This is the exact depiction of satan and his deception that is plaguing the same world as back in the garden. We allow his lies to overshadow the Lords righteous calling for us. His perfect and holy words and commandments are taken a back with corruption and filth. We are simply most of the time deceived but also willing deceived like Adam. We know it is wrong; not pleasing in God's site and yet we allow satans poison to seep into our minds and plague us with deceit that puts a cloud over the commandants of God. And later we realize what happened and repent and the Lord whom we betrayed lavishes us with His grace and mercy. He watched us willingly turn our backs on Him and still He pours on us His righteousness, His love, and His compassion.

So be more discerning, weed out the lies from the truth. Don't allow the words of your God to be overshadowed by the deceptive and rotten whispers of our enemy. The second you notice the cloud of doubt, pride, selfishness..........and all impure thoughts and feelings creep into your mind and heart turn your eyes immediately to the cross. It is a choice that you will have to fight to make but it will save you from turning your back on the one who has saved you from the darkness and given you what you do not deserve, to share in His glory.

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My husband wrote on a disturbing plague of deception that is sweeping through our churches today. Here's the link to part 1: The Cultural Christian / The Cultural Pastor Part 1

Here's the link to part 2: The Cultural Christian / The Cultural Pastor Part 2

Check back, there will be more parts.

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