Month: February 2023

Verse 8 And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

Verse 9 The the LORD God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”

Verse 10 And he said, “I heard the sound of Thee in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”

So, here you can see that our relationship with the LORD God has changed. Adam and Eve knew they had done wrong, so they hid. Most of the time we know when we have done wrong, unless we have harden our heart to the sin. Generally that happens when we do the same sin over and over again. Eve’s sin are those of self-deception. The same ones listed in I John 2:16. I can be easily be deceived, but not in the same way. I have the gift of mercy, so a person can give me a sad story, true or not, and I can be deceived. My husband can judge character, so I depend upon him to keep things in check for me.

Adam’s sins came about differently. Adam knew what he was doing. He understood. He wanted what he thought the fruit would provide. Adam put what he wanted above what God wanted for him.

When God called out to Adam and asked “Where are you?”, it was not because God did not know where he was. God is all-knowing. The question that God was asking is done in order for Adam to repent. Adam disobeyed God’s revealed word to him.

Verse 11 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”

Again, God is asking a question to give Adam the chance to repent.

Verse 12 And the man said, “The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate.”

So now Adam is blaming God for what he did wrong. God made the woman, so it was God’s fault.

We try to blame others for our sin. Adult children will blame parents saying, “Because of them, I am this way.” Or someone use to go to church, but do not want to have anything to do with church because someone hurt their feelings. We have a choice everyday if we will obey God or if we will disobey God.

Adam did not want to accept responsibility for his sin.

Verse 13 The the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

A question was once again asked and no repentence was found in Eve. She blamed God and rationalized her sin.

Beloved, do not do as Adam and Eve. Confess you sin as soon as you realize the sin. Do not allow your fellowship with God to be broken.

Verse 6 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 desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.

Eve deceived herself (I Timothy 2:14). To this day, women still self-deceive themselves. Together, Adam and Eve disobeyed the word of God that He explained. Personal ambition found a place in Eve’s heart. She would have had it all by choosing God’s way and in His timing. Also, personal sin hurts those we love.

Adam ate knowingly. They decided to put their will first when they believed Satan’s lies.

Remember in verse 5, Satan said, “you will be like God.” God shared wisdom with them on their walks but they wanted more. They wanted to be like God. God added this sin, covet, to the Ten Commandments.

Verse 7 The eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.

I assumed immediately after eating the fruit, they felt guilty. Probably the glory of God, His out shining, that clothed them and the world left. Leaves do not take the place of a garment of righteousness. They realized that Satan’s words would not come true, but God’s words would come true. They died spiritually.

Verse 1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field, which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden?”

This is the beginning of Satan’s playbook for mankind. Study it well. He has not changed. Why should he, it still works today.

Satan either entered into a snake or took its form. What is important is that he is crafty and Eve was not alarmed by him. Adam and Eve lived in a perfect world, yet they sinned. If someone blames their sin on how they were raised, or their environment, or whatever, most of the time they are wrong. But I have seen children that have spent their preteens growing up in a gross sexual environment, that even when taken out and given a loving Christian home, can not escape the evil. Maybe that is why, sometimes in the Bible, God would tell Israel to go and kill every man, woman, and child in a city. Then that horrible lifestyle would stop and not be passed down to another generation.

Satan’s temptations are cleverly disguised. Eve did not know of evil. She did not understand the traps that Satan can lay. There were no evil thoughts before this moment. We know this because of Genesis 2:25, “they were both naked and not ashame.” Some say that their eyes did not see their nakedness or they wore the glory of God as did the earth at that point in time.

Satan spoke to Eve in this way to put doubt in her that God was not good. And of course, when someone tells us no, we seem to want it more.

Now Eve may not have known completely of God’s command, or was confused by it with Satan’s false information, or did not remember it, or cared to remember it.

Verse 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat;

Verse 3 but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, lest you die.”

Now Eve added untruth.

Verse 4 And the serpent said to the woman, “You surely shall not die!”

Verse 5 For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and “you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Satan is still putting thoughts before Eve that God is withholding good and is not fair. Satan will mix truth and lies together. Sometimes it is hard to separate 90% truth and 10% lies.

Beloved, Satan is crafty. Beware of him. Study God’s word, pray, and ask God to put more love in your heart for Him. Also, ask Him for wisdom and truth. Pray for these things daily.