Deceived with consequences...

"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."--Genesis 3:6.  This was the day humanity died. No, not physically of course but spiritually. It was the sin of Adam and Eve that would bring death into this world because we would not have access to the tree of life anymore according to Genesis 3:22-24.  So we need to ask ourselves why, why did Adam and Eve eat of the forbidden fruit? Well the answer can be gleaned from Genesis 3:6 alone, there were three reasons: The lust of the eyes, the pride of life, and the lust of the flesh. Additionally, they were simply deceived.

Deceived. The lust of the eyes.  We first notice that Eve saw the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes.  She saw that the tree was good for food. Here we find the first reason we fall into sin.  Because on the outside, sin looks good.  Sin looks fun. Sin more often than not promises a good time. Safe to say sin appears beautiful. If it didn't look and/or feel good, no one would do it.

Deceived. The pride of life. The next thing we see is the Eve saw that the tree was desirable to make one wise. I think we all want wisdom but at what expense? Eating of this fruit would give humanity the knowledge and the choice of good and evil.  We see the consequences of this even to this day with all the evil that goes on in this world. The pride of life is the second aspect of sin. It tends to promise something better but when we indulge, it is only to our destruction.

Deceived. The lust of the flesh.  Eve also saw that the tree was good for food and as a result she ate and also gave to Adam.  They both realized what they had done and tried to hide from God.  This is final step when we cross from temptation to sin.  Sin offers all these seemingly good things and then more often than not we give in. Sin offers pleasure, desire, and satisfaction but underneath all those good things is destruction and worse we think we can hide it from God.

Something we must recognize is that Eve could have said no. Also, Adam was probably standing there when all this was taking place. He also could have stopped her. Temptation is not the sin. We cross the line when we give in to that temptation.

The account of Adam and Eve's sin in the garden is what would begin our journey for redemption and our journey back to paradise where the tree of life is. It began our journey back to God. God wants our broken relationship with Him restored.  But that hinges on our obedience to Him and it begins with obedience to the gospel.  May we not be deceived any longer. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! PRAY ABOUT IT! LOVE Y'ALL! GOD BLESS!