The Original Sin continues

Genesis 3 tells us that the serpent was more crafty than the other wild animals and he said to the woman "Did God Really say, You must not eat from ANY tree in the garden?"

and the woman responded with " We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die' ".

The serpent then said to her "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."

The woman took the bait. She took her eyes off God and placed her eyes and thoughts on worldly pleasures and power. She then shared her sin with her husband and he followed her into it willingly, even though he also knew what God had told them. They tried to hide their sin from God, but it didn't work. They tried to make excuses and place blame on another, but that didn't work either.

God is True to His Word. God punished the man, the woman and the serpent for their disobedience.

How often do we do the same thing! We are still falling for the same lie...
We say or think -surely God does not really mean:

to forgive others or you will not be forgiven
what about those people that are mean to me? or those who I just don't like?

to love as Christ loves us
what does this Really mean, do I really need to always put others needs before mine? I get tired of always being the one to do for someone and no one does for me, surely I deserve better.

to keep yourself pure
everyone has a different idea on immorality, a touch to intercourse, to same sex to whatever... but what about indecent dress, indecent talk, indecent movies or books... What I watch, or read or say or do for that matter does not really affect me.. or so I think.

to give to those in need
our "tithe" surely is enough, but some weeks I "need" more money for me, so it's surely okay for me to skimp a little some times, besides who will know anyway?

WHO WILL KNOW IS GOD

Our disobedience is very displeasing to Him.
Disobedience will be punished, whether we believe it or not.
He is our loving Father and desires the best for us, and the Best is in Obedience to Him.

Let's Stop listening to the evil one, stop falling for his traps and lies and stop trying to out smart God and Start Obeying God. Our Hope is NOT in this world with it's pleasures and desires, but our Hope is Found Only In Christ our Lord and Saviour, son of the Living God.