313. Eve\u2019s Three Sins<\/p>\n
Eve did three things in connection with the Word of God. She added to it, took from it, and she altered it.<\/p>\n
1. She Took from the Word of God. The Lord\u2019s command was as follows: \u201cAnd the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat\u201d (Gen_2:16). Eve\u2019s answer to the serpent\u2019s tempting question was: \u201cWe may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden\u201d (Gen_3:2). It will be seen that the woman left out of God\u2019s direction the word \u201cfreely,\u201d and by doing so she not only took from His Word, but cast a reflection upon His character.<\/p>\n
2. She Added to the Word of God. God made one exception to the trees from which our first parents were to eat, and that was the tree of knowledge of good and evil. His command was: \u201cBut of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die\u201d (Gen_2:17).<\/p>\n
Eve\u2019s reply to the tempter is as follows: \u201cBut 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\u201d (Gen_3:3).<\/p>\n
The woman added to the words of God, by saying, \u201cNeither shall ye touch it.\u201d The Lord did not say anything about touching the tree. His command was that they were not to eat of the fruit of it.<\/p>\n
3. She Altered the Word of God. The consequence of disobedience was stated very clearly and emphatically. The Lord said: \u201cThou shalt surely die\u201d (Gen_2:17). But the woman altered the words to \u201cLest ye die\u201d (Gen_3:3). Thus minimising the sharp and pungent words, \u201cThou shalt surely die.\u201d<\/p>\n
Men are doing the same things today in connection with God\u2019s Word, and it becomes all of us to see to it that we do not do the same.<\/p>\n
By: DR. F. E. MARSH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
313. Eve\u2019s Three Sins Eve did three things in connection with the Word of God. She added to it, took from it, and she altered it. 1. She Took from the Word of God. The Lord\u2019s command was as follows: \u201cAnd the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou … Continue reading “0318. 313. Eve\u2019s Three Sins”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}