Monday, October 8, 2018

Sin’s Deception....

Sin, from the very first time it entered into humanity, has been driving people away from God with its deceptive power and leading people down a path devoid of God’s presence. When we look at the story of Adam and Eve we see how Satan (the deceiver) disrupts God’s order by playing into Eve’s desire to be like God. We are all to be like God, but that doesn’t mean crossing the line on what is acceptable and what’s not. Eve’s desire to know good and evil went against God’s desire for her. And it resulted in shame and guilt, which always drives us away from God. Sin will never be able to walk its outsized talk. It will leave us naked and afraid, filled with guilt and shame that only drives us further away from God, resulting in our justification of everything we pursue in its place. It’s something we will always struggle with here on earth, but we don’t have to settle for its outcome. God provides the power to live a redeemed life, we just have to trust Him on that. Sin will always take you down a path you’re not fit to travel.

1 The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day he asked the woman, “Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?”2 “Of course we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,” the woman replied. 3 “It’s only the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God said, ‘You must not eat it or even touch it; if you do, you will die.’ ”4 “You won’t die!” the serpent replied to the woman. 5 “God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil.”6 The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too. 7 At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves.8 When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the Lord God among the trees. 9 Then the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”10 He replied, “I heard You walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked.” Genesis 3:1-10

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