Genesis 3:6
Genesis 3:6 (English Standard Version) English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers.
6So 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 to be desired to make one wise,[a] she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.
Footnotes:
Genesis 3:6 Or to give insight
Don’t you wish that sin was ugly and unattractive? If sin was unappealing, who would be interested? If sin looked like Brussels sprouts, we would stay away in droves! Why is it that so many things that appear to be attractive can be dangerous? Our eyes deceive us and our sinful nature desires what is not the best for us.
Remember TV advertising for cigarettes in the 60’s? Who did not want to be the Marlboro Man riding off into the sunset looking so cool with that cigarette balanced between his lips? Yet we knew that tobacco use was dangerous as cigarettes were called coffin nails. If you have an issue with eating, why does that extra slice of pizza look so good? Sex, within the boundaries established by God, is a good and wonderful thing. But when experienced outside of those guidelines, has devastating results.
We fall for those “get rich quick” schemes even though we all know that if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is too good to be true.
Adam and Eve ate from the forbidden tree (even though God had said not too) because the fruit was delightful to the eyes. But their eyes deceived them and they were persuaded by bad advice.
What about your eyes? Do you filter things through the Word of God to help block out those appealing things that separate us from Him? Of course, not all attractive things keep us from fellowship with God but we do need to strive to control our desires for those things that do.
Blessings
Mark
6So 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 to be desired to make one wise,[a] she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.
Footnotes:
Genesis 3:6 Or to give insight
Don’t you wish that sin was ugly and unattractive? If sin was unappealing, who would be interested? If sin looked like Brussels sprouts, we would stay away in droves! Why is it that so many things that appear to be attractive can be dangerous? Our eyes deceive us and our sinful nature desires what is not the best for us.
Remember TV advertising for cigarettes in the 60’s? Who did not want to be the Marlboro Man riding off into the sunset looking so cool with that cigarette balanced between his lips? Yet we knew that tobacco use was dangerous as cigarettes were called coffin nails. If you have an issue with eating, why does that extra slice of pizza look so good? Sex, within the boundaries established by God, is a good and wonderful thing. But when experienced outside of those guidelines, has devastating results.
We fall for those “get rich quick” schemes even though we all know that if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is too good to be true.
Adam and Eve ate from the forbidden tree (even though God had said not too) because the fruit was delightful to the eyes. But their eyes deceived them and they were persuaded by bad advice.
What about your eyes? Do you filter things through the Word of God to help block out those appealing things that separate us from Him? Of course, not all attractive things keep us from fellowship with God but we do need to strive to control our desires for those things that do.
Blessings
Mark
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