1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
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.
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
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.
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.
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
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.
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:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
How many times have we heard, You need to take responsibility for what you have done. It started way back in the book of Genesis When sin first entered the world. God asked Adam point blank did you eat from the tree I told you not too? Adam said immediately it was the woman you gave me she told me to eat so I did.
( Pass the blame.) God asked Eve what have you done? Eve said the serpent beguiled me to eat so I did. (Pass the blame). Now the serpent God cursed because he did indeed have a major part in the sin factor. Yes I believe the devil used the serpent to coax Eve into eating the fruit. But I also believe she had a choice and wasn’t forced into eating the fruit. She didn’t want to own up to the bad choice she had made. Do you see the pattern? Adam said Eve made me do it. Eve said the serpent made me do it. Notice how God didn’t ask the serpent anything but immediately cursed him.. This is MY OPINION not Bible but I feel God asked Adam and Eve those questions to see if they would OWN up to their mistakes. He knew they had sinned but wanted to see if they would own up to it or try to cover it up. We all know the only remedy for our sin is the precious blood that was shed by Jesus on Calvary. When we try to cover up our sin we are only causing more pain. God knows our hearts. He wants us to confess our sin so we can be forgiven and be able to fellowship with him. He wants us to say Lord, I have messed up. I have sinned. I take full responsibility for my actions and ask you to cleanse me. We all fall short of the Glory of God. The question is are you big enough to admit your mistakes and ask for forgiveness for them. So the next time your tempted to say the devil made me do it remember you made a choice. Don’t let him try to beguile you as he did with Eve. Just simply say Lord I have messed up please forgive me and help me to get stronger so I won’t do it again. I pray you all have a Blessed day.
