Bible Verse of the Day Thursday September 29th, 2022

Genesis 3:8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden.                                                                      

God, who is not constrained by time, who is eternal, created the world and is in complete control of all history, past, present, and future. In His great loving grace, God activated His wonderful and unique plan for the redemption of all humankind when His creation, man and woman, committed the first sin. However, when they did that, God promised that a Savior would come into the world, the promised Messiah (Genesis 3:15).

That day, Adam and Eve decided to doubt God and listen to the lies of Satan, and it had eternal consequences for all people down through the ages. God’s excellent plan of redemption for all of humankind was set in motion the instant that our first parents sinned against God. Just as sin entered the world by the disobedience of one person, all people were made righteous through the obedience of one person, our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus (Romans 5:18-19). What we must do is believe that Jesus was the true Son of God, that He was the promised Messiah, and place our faith and trust in Him as our Savior and Lord, and our sins will be forgiven.

When Adam and Eve were attempting to hide from God, they were attempting to hide their sin from God instead of admitting what they had done was wrong and asking God for His forgiveness. Many today still try to hide their sins from God, foolishly believing that if they can hide them from the world, God will not see them either. Adam and Eve fell for the lies of Satan that if they did disobey God and ate of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they would be like God. There are three aspects of that fall that are still in play today. That is the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life (1 John 2:16).

Eve fell for the allusion that Satan had placed in front of her, that the tree was good for food (lust of the flesh), pleasing to the eyes (lust of the eyes), and desirable for gaining the wisdom of God, as Satan put it “you will be like God” (Pride of life). As we read from the Apostle John in His 1st Book, nothing of the world comes from God, including these three aspects (1 John 2:16).

Let us all pray that Satan may not fool us with his evil schemes and understand that just as the empty promises he made to Adam and Eve were an allusion, everything he dangles in front of us is an allusion. Let us pray that we would not be taken in by the lust of our eyes and flesh, or the pride of Live. Although this does sound like it might be difficult for us to attain, it is not difficult; it is impossible without total surrender to God and faith and trust in our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus. If we, like Adam and Eve, try to hide our sins, all we are doing is deceiving ourselves; we are not deceiving God (1 John 1:8). However, if we confess our sins, God will forgive us those sins (1 John 1:9).

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