Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 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.’”
4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
From the beginning of time we have been
attracted to things that look desirable to our eyes and desirable to our
senses. An example is Eve, the serpent
approached her using her visual senses and lied to her so she may believe that
the forbidden fruit is sweet and will give her good benefits. But it was a
sweet lie. She accepted that lie because it spoke to her senses and emotions
and ultimately she disobeyed God and lost everything.
The enemy will use the things that interest
us, to do lead us into sin. Even if the
object of our interest isn’t sin, he can lead us into total obsession or
dependence where we end up spending our time, mindshare and effort in that area,
leaving us to ignore God.
But God doesn’t forsake us, He was there
for Eve when she sinned and He is there for us today through His Son
Jesus-Christ who is faithful and just to forgive us from our sins, all we need
to do is confess and repent.
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