3 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”
4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
This reference from the book of Genesis is the conversation between Eve and the serpent.
From this passage we can understand that though God created all animals there were some animals which were more crafty or in other words had shades of evil in them. When I say evil, I am trying to understand what that essentially means. My understanding of evil is whatever that is not the will of God is evil. Because He is the creator.
What do we learn from the story of Adam and Eve?
What I have been taught from the story of Adam and Eve is this: Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge. Because of their disobedience they and the entire human race has been cursed.
Another perspective? The Serpent Theory:
I have been thinking about what the serpent did. Can we say that we in our everyday lives unknowingly become like the serpent? Human beings can be crafty as well. We become evil when we do things which are not the will of God. We become a source of evil when we suggest things which are not the will of God. Everyone have their own view and best way of doing things. Do we forget to ask God what He wants us to do and tend to listen to others than God? When we listen to others and do things which are not the will of God, we become like Eve listening to the voice of the serpent. The voice of the serpent says "He became rich by doing this, Or, He is better because of doing this, why don't you also do this to be like him?" Therefore, we must also be cautious in what we suggest people to do. If we suggest things which are not the will of God, are we not providing voice to the serpent?
In every decision we take, we will have to pray and ask God to provide us the right way and every day we need to pray that God delivers us from the evil one.
This reference from the book of Genesis is the conversation between Eve and the serpent.
From this passage we can understand that though God created all animals there were some animals which were more crafty or in other words had shades of evil in them. When I say evil, I am trying to understand what that essentially means. My understanding of evil is whatever that is not the will of God is evil. Because He is the creator.
What do we learn from the story of Adam and Eve?
What I have been taught from the story of Adam and Eve is this: Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge. Because of their disobedience they and the entire human race has been cursed.
Another perspective? The Serpent Theory:
I have been thinking about what the serpent did. Can we say that we in our everyday lives unknowingly become like the serpent? Human beings can be crafty as well. We become evil when we do things which are not the will of God. We become a source of evil when we suggest things which are not the will of God. Everyone have their own view and best way of doing things. Do we forget to ask God what He wants us to do and tend to listen to others than God? When we listen to others and do things which are not the will of God, we become like Eve listening to the voice of the serpent. The voice of the serpent says "He became rich by doing this, Or, He is better because of doing this, why don't you also do this to be like him?" Therefore, we must also be cautious in what we suggest people to do. If we suggest things which are not the will of God, are we not providing voice to the serpent?
In every decision we take, we will have to pray and ask God to provide us the right way and every day we need to pray that God delivers us from the evil one.
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