Genesis 3

Genesis

3:4 “But the serpent said to the woman, ‘You will not surely die.’”
3:6 “So 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 to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.”

So the serpent made her doubt God’s truthful words. Disobedience was appealing and enticed her to sin. It looked deliciously delightful, and she desired to be wise – perhaps something seemingly innocuous. She then sinned, and encouraged her husband to sin as well.

From this passage we can see that sin can occur when we doubt or disregard God’s words and instead fall prey to the luring trap of sinful desire. Why is it tempting to trust anyone or anything that runs in opposition to what God says? Because it looks appealing and ‘not that bad,’ possibly even with a seemingly spiritual outcome? In verse 5 the serpent tells the woman, “…you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” Why did they go against God? Why do we go against God? Perhaps because of our selfish depravity – we’re all sinners… Yet, why did Adam and Eve do it in the first place?