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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: What was Eve's sin? |
Bible Note: Hank, Thank you for your questions. Lionstrong, are you saying that we no longer have free will to choose,...? Yes, in the way our first parents were. We are so corrupted by the fallen nature we inherited from them that, "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE; THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD; ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME USELESS; THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE. THEIR THROAT IS AN OPEN GRAVE, WITH THEIR TONGUES THEY KEEP DECEIVING, THE POISON OF ASPS IS UNDER THEIR LIPS; WHOSE MOUTH IS FULL OF CURSING AND BITTERNESS; THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD, DESTRUCTION AND MISERY ARE IN THEIR PATHS, AND THE PATH OF PEACE THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN. THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD BEFORE THEIR EYES." (Rom 3:10-18) This is the human condition, and with our fallen nature these are the choices we make. "or that because of our fallen nature, we do not have it (free will) to the extent that Adam and Eve did before the fall?" Yes, but as you see above, that's putting it mildly. "Is it any harder, or easier, to resist temptation today than it was for Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden?" I don't think this one needs an answer, but... Before our first parents fell everything they did was perfectly righteous. But now even "all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment" (Isa 64:6) "How does the Bible speak on this issue?" We were spiritually dead. All our choices were the choices of the spiritually dead. God raised us up spiritually. We had to be born again. (Ehp 2, Jn 3). As in physical birth, and Jesus raising someone from death, the one borne and the one raised had no choice in the matters. Jesus begins and finishes our faith (Heb 12:2). Love is a choice and we love Him BECAUSE He first loved us. (1 Jn 4:19) We chose to come only when God drew us (Jn 6:44). We chose to repent only when God graciously granted it (Act 11:18, 2 Tim 2:25) Again, we don't have the freedom our first parents had because our wills were bound and burdened by sin and we were its slaves. The Father drew us to the Savior, otherwise we would not have come, and Jesue sets us free (Mat 11:28, Jn 8:34-36). Lionstrong |