Monday, April 14, 2008

What did Eve do?

Is it Eve's fault man got kicked out of the Garden of Eden, or was it Adams?

What saith the scriptures?

Romans 5:12 - Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.

Romans 5:14 - Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similtude of Adam's transgression, who was the figure of him that was to come.

1 Timothy 2:14 - For Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

(And just for reference)

Genesis 3:6b - She took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also to her husband with her, and he did eat.

Conclusion:

These scriptures teach that Adam willfully sinned by eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thus bringing about the penalty of death, which passed upon him and all men. Eve's role in this is that she was deceived in the presence of her husband. She was in the transgression, but Adam committed the original sin because God directly told him not to eat, he stood by while Eve was being deceived, then he ate the fruit himself. Eve didn't return home to feed the fruit to an unsuspecting Adam. The Bible does not say Adam was deceived, it says the woman, being deceived, was in the transgression. Adam could have put a stop to the situation at anytime, but he didn't. Now, we live in a world of sin, death and hurt as a result.

Now let that be a lesson to you!

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