But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." So 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, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. So 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, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. (Genesis 3:4-6 ESV)
"This is what sin does - it lies. It promises to be shiny and colorful and inflated with excitement forever. It promises to be worth it. Sin tells us that God wants to keep the good stuff from us - that what we want matters more than what He has for us."
22 And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”
Did you know that this was actually an act of grace? Removing Adam and Eve from the garden and distancing them from the tree of life was not necessarily a punishment. It was out of God's grace that he chose to protect the human race from living forever in a broken state, a state of eternal separation from God. He removed them so that He could enact his plan to provide an everlasting covering, more than just animal skins - the covering of his son. Allowing us to be found innocent of our disobedience and justly enter his presence to eat from the tree of life, abiding forever in the light. What a gracious God we serve.
Check out the devo below reminding us that we all fall short.
This Is The Gospel, Day 3 #SheReadsTruth
http://shereadstruth.com/2014/01/29/sin-enters/
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