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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: You know, Lionstrong, this Forum has been a revelation to me. During the several weeks since I logged in for the first time, I've learned a great deal -- but that learning has been, I fear, more about human beings than about the Bible. How can one volume, the sacred writings we confess to be the inerrant word of God, be saying so many different and opposing things to so many people? It gives one pause...My father was a cracker-barrel philosopher from Alabama, a devout Christian and my hero still, although he long since went on to his reward. I recall having heard him say more than once, "You can prove, or disprove, just about anything by the Bible, if you know just what verses to string together to do it." Well, haven't we seen a lot of verses strung together on this Forum in some effort to prove this or that view? Is it doing us any good? Are we gaining ground or losing it for the cause of Christ? Or are we being viewed by onlookers as a bunch of argumentative babblers who really don't have any goals more noble than scoring a point for their cherished view. This is advertiised as a Study Bible Forum. Yet how many times have we seen responses to good and fair biblically-based questions that were clearly dashed off in haste, were not remotely connected to any Scriptural reference, were wildly speculative, were founded on nothing more than an opinion or a guess -- and an uneducated one at that? And how many times have we seen Scripture lifted out of its proper context and offered as proof in support of a pre-conceived bias of some sort? I am not pointing a finger at you or anyone else on this forum any more than I am pointing it at myself My point is that it seems to me to be time to reflect on what we are doing and in what direction we are headed. Do we wish the forum to be a place we come to learn or the place we come to quibble and debate and engage in petty nit-picking and verbal fights over trifles? Do we wish it to be a friendly place at which one can be encouraged and uplifted? Do we wish it to be a place where Christian love and nurture shine clearly through?....I'm not a young man anymore, and as I grow older I think more and more about the complex world we inhabit in these early days of a new millenium. Jesus lived in a simpler time. The men He chose to be His intimate companions were simple men. He taught them a simple gospel. Accordingly, I agonize at what is going on in Christendom in our time. The simple saving message of our Lord is being twisted and gnarled into arcane theological and philosophical gobbledy-gook. Churches have opened their doors to the pervasive inroads of secular humanism. Unity has yielded to division, and love to contention....We on this forum have a voice, we have an opportunity to do something good, we have a responsibility to do what we can to restore unity and peace among God's people....I believe we. all of us, would do well to re-examine our responsibilities and opportunites as active users of this forum. Has the forum not seen enough of vague, philosophical debates that seem to go on interminably. Aren't we happy unless we're engaged in a heated debate of a controversial subject about which most of us know little but say much? Can't we dedicate our time and efforts to more effective ways of examining and sharing the truths of Gods word with one another? --Hank |