What Happened When Adam Failed (Genesis 3:12-13) By: Betsy St. Amant Haddox
The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate." Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate." - Genesis 3:12-13 (ESV) Genesis 3 reads like one intense game of finger-pointing. God questioned Adam while he was hiding, and Adam blamed Eve. Then God questioned Eve, so Eve blamed the serpent. Sound familiar? I don't know about you, but I can be pretty quick to cast blame far away from myself after I sin, too. It's like I try to toss it up in the air, hoping it sticks to anything at all when it lands and distract the attention away from myself. Guess what? That's part of our depraved nature. I bet your kids do that too, don't they? They don't have to be taught to lie, exaggerate, stretch the truth, or point the finger of blame. It comes to them as a fleshly, sinful survival method. |
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