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NASB | Genesis 3:6 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. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was delightful to look at, and a tree to be desired in order to make one wise and insightful, she took some of its fruit and ate it; and she also gave some to her husband with her, and he ate. |
Subject: Were Eve's desires sinful? |
Bible Note: Greetings Hank - I think that the issue goes deeper than a disobedient act. It begins with what we choose to believe - WHO we desire to believe. In the case of Eve, she had everything she needed yet her desire for "something more" denied the all sufficiency of God. Her desire was for self, she listened to Satan who told her, in essence, that she was not as good as she could be. Meaning, she was not what God said she was.(interesting to note that God declared all that He made as "good," yet mankind received the designation "very good) Here is the point of disobedience - not believing God. Her disbelief prompted her desire for fulfillment apart from God, which is further rebellion and then taking matters into her own hands she sought to control the outcome. (Don't we all have a tendency to do the very same things?) Eve had a choice to believe God and recogonize her completelness and sufficiency in Him alone. Exercizing her faith would have kept her from paying attention to the lies of Satan.(God even gave her a helper to encourage her to make the right choice, which would be another lengthy discussion about WHO really is accountable) but when she "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." Just some thoughts to consider. mommapbs PS: Don't we obey the One we desire to believe? It sounds really harsh in these terms doesn't it? |