Adam and Eve


Just a few thoughts on Adam and Eve ...

God didn't tell Eve not to eat of the fruit. Eve saw that it was pleasing to the eyes, good for food and a source of wisdom, so she ate. That's all we know. Their eyes were not said to be "opened" to know good and evil until after Adam ate the fruit Eve gave him. And when God spoke to Adam, God said, "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it’..."

The Scriptures say that Adam was not deceived, but Eve was. Eve actually thought she was doing what was right. Adam deliberately did what he knew was wrong.

We are called to be faithful to the Word and not follow the enticement of others.

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