From whom did Adam learn to pass the buck? He told the truth, "The woman whom you
gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate." That is the exact sequence of the events, is
it not? The problem is that the Lord
didn’t ask for the sequence of events, the question begs a simple yes or no,
“Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?" The question was addressed to the only one
who had received the command first hand.
Similarly, the woman answers the question by trying to shift blame. “What have YOU done?” "The serpent deceived me, and I
ate." The first one on whom
judgment falls is the serpent. Wouldn’t
it seem that there is already enmity on his part against mankind? The battle is engaged, Pearl Harbor has
happened.
Jesus came that we not perish but have life. We tend to focus on the first and forget
about the second thing, life, now. He is
the way, the truth and the life. Simple
logic tells me that if Jesus is truth and I reject Jesus then I have rejected
truth, so how can I accept truth in some other form if I have rejected the
truth in Jesus? No longer are we judged
according to deeds alone but our attitude towards Jesus. “Whoever believes in him is not condemned,
but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed
in the name of the only Son of God.” See
any wiggle room there for alternative ways to the father? The relationship between the Father and His
creation is intended to be restored and all will know Him as Jeremiah wrote,
“And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying,
'Know the LORD,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the
greatest, declares the LORD.” We are
individuals before Him, called into unity with other believers.
“And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent,
who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world— he was
thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.” The battle in heaven is won but it continues
to rage on earth. The ancient serpent is
the one from Genesis 3, the one who did exactly what Eve said, deceived her is
known as the deceiver. He is also our
accuser, standing before the throne as in Zechariah 3 to accuse us with truth,
we have sinned and we are sinners but the Lord throws out the accusation
against those who have trusted in Jesus as the sacrifice that covers our
sins. The penalty has already been paid
so the accusation doesn’t matter. We are
no longer at enmity with the Creator, He is our Father.
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