“THE FALL!”

 Genesis 3:1-7                           (ESV)

“THE FALL”

“[1] Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD GOD had made. He (the serpent) said to the woman, “Did GOD actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”  [2] And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, [3] but GOD said, ‘YOU SHALL NOT EAT of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” [4] But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. [5] For GOD knows that when you eat of it YOUR EYES WILL BE OPENED, and you will be like GOD, KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL.” [6] 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. [7] Then the EYES OF BOTH WERE OPENED, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.”

Far too many times I let my “inquiring mind”lead me into an area where I am not capable of handling THE TRUTH!  This causes me grief!!!  I want to know everything there is to know about everything, but my infinite mind cannot comprehend or understand anything that my CREATOR hasn’t ordained it to SEE!

Adam and Eve were the CREATED by ALMIGHTY GOD.  The desire to KNOW what only comes from GOD can be confusing.  We can only SEE (fully understand) what our minds can comprehend.  From a Brain Hemorrhage survivor, this fact is vividly clear!  Knowing the “odds” were not favorable for survival, much less a recovery where I would be able to function without great assistance, is something that I am extremely BLESSED and GRATEFUL for.  

Adam and Eve didn’t have the SCRIPTURES to guide their lives, but that was part of HIS PLAN, not ours!   FAITH in ALMIGHTY GOD to LEAD us through this life is NOT something we earn nor are worthy of   We are CHOSEN as part of HIS PLAN.  We must understand that “THE FALL” is a part of HIS PLAN!  My Brain Hemorrhage was part of HIS PLAN!  The Pharaoh of Exodus 14 was a part of HIS PLAN!  There is evil that GOD uses for HIS GLORY!  “THE FALL” demonstrated that an ALL KNOWING GOD can provide salvation to we who have no intrinsic value other than HE CHOSE US!

My “inquiring mind” will never understand why a HOLY GOD would put up with a vessel that a vessel that is so deformed?  But GOD CHOSE me before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4) to LIVE for HIM, for HIS GLORY!  HE uses we who have experienced “THE FALL” to be IMPUTED with the RIGHTEOUSNESS of HIS SON!!!