.Genesis 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: Genesis 3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, GOD hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Genesis 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Genesis 3:5 For GOD doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Genesis 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. . . . .
. . . . Genesis 3:13 And the LORD GOD said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Genesis 3:14 And The LORD GOD said unto the serpent
Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman,
and between thy seed and her SEED+ ;
*HE+ shall bruise thy head,
and thou shalt bruise His+ Heel.
Genesis 3:15
*[ In the Hebrew, “HE” is written. “It” does not occur in the Hebrew language. ]
Eve did NOT see what was coming, unlike faithful Abraham.
Eve was blinded because of her disobedience.
Disobedience blinds us.
When we listen to the tantalizing lies of the satan, we fall into his trap.
The trap of satan works like this: Listen to me-e-e … and I will make you instantly happy ! Yes…. just as “happy” as the satan is … the serpent satan who is FILLED with fury because he knows his time is short.
The satan only brings LIES . Lies ONLY bring pain.
Here is the Truth… and TRUTH makes us free if we embrace it:
ALL disobedience is based on a LIE of the satan.
In their disobedience, Eve and Adam subtly changed the Authority Structure of their family: Eve told her husband Adam what to do .
That pattern of change has caused much difficulty and pain ever since it entered the human race through Eve’s disobedience.
No, poor , deluded Eve did NOT see what was coming.
She did NOT rejoice to see the Day of The LORD come to planet earth.
Eve only gained a pocketful of thorns and a cradle full of sorrow as the fruit of her disobedience to GOD, The ELOHIM.
Even so, The LORD GOD declared HIS divine, immutable WORD that her SEED+ would eventually come to bruise the head of the lying serpent.
Let us pray:
Heavenly FATHER,
Help me to SEE ! Open my eyes to see “who” is causing my disobediences , those attitudes that are so displeasing to YOU.
I am too old in CHRIST to indulge in those attitudes and nurse those emotions that are NOT worthy of a follower of CHRIST.
Open my eyes to see which LIES of the satan I have embraced and held onto “to make me happy.”
Like Martha’s sister Mary, I need “only ONE thing” to make me happy. Like that Mary, I want to choose “that GOOD part “ which shall not be taken away from me. …. no matter what situation I am in.
I repent, O LORD JESUS, for running after something or someone else besides YOU+ , to make me happy.
Open my heart, now, to realize what I’ve done in my quest for happiness.
Help me ever to embrace it and to forsake those lies about “what” or “whom” will bring me happiness.
Thank YOU+ for coming to deliver me through Your+ TRUTH.
Praise, honor, and glory are YOURS+, LORD CHRIST,
forever and ever. Amen
