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Weekly Religious Article
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Edward Proffitt, Th. D.
DECEIVED BY THE WRONG GROUP
"be not deceived, God will not be mocked" Galatians 6:7
Edward Proffitt, Th. D.
In reading Genesis 3 we see words, "The serpent beguiled me and I did eat" (Genesis 3:13).
It is hard to say what this Bible event means to the modern day church goer. I suppose to
some it means nothing and to others fiction. I have heard that it is allegory, parable, history,
but there is no fact in history that is more true, and up to date.
It is a story of a real human being and since the heart of humanity does not change, than
we can relate to it. The fact we see in Genesis 3 is that of a woman that is being tempted.
It would seem logical that she would escape the tempting, but she didn't, and since that
time not one person escapes temptation. To be tempted is universal.
This women who is named Eve was tempted in spite of the fact she had advantages, and
her greater advantage was that she is well born and wonderfully created. She stood before
God: UNRUFFLED BY PASSION, UBLEACHED BY PSREJUDUICE, UNIMPAIRE BY DSEASES.
There is not one drop of poison blood that runs thru her veins. Yet that does not protect
her from temptation Does that not tell us that birth does not protect us. It may give us
advantages but it does not protect. A Godly father and mother are blessings to be thankful
for. Many of youth today take their parents for granite. Youth today do not realize Godly
parents can help them battle their temptations. But Godly parents can not exempt their
children from temptations.
Upon the first pages of human history we read of double mindness: "God said" and "serpent
said" (Genesis 3:1). They both spoke and not once has there been a time they have been silent.
God spoke yester years and He speaks today thru the voice of conscience, voice of The Bible,
memory of Godly parents, death, trials, and thru all of these ways God's voice is a cry to walk
in obedience.
The serpent also speaks today Genesis 3:1 tells us "the serpent said", and he still says, "We
wrestle against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness, against spiritual
hosts of darkness" (Ephesians 6:12). The serpent uses weapons of temptation today as a strong
weapon in his wrestling.
Now, temptation in itself is not a sin. Temptation simply means you have a choice to make.
God created man an gave mankind the power to choose. Eve allowed the serpent to destroy
her faith in Gods truth. Eve did not have to yield to temptation, but she did because she
wanted to. God in Gen 2:17 said "The day thou eatest, thou shall surely die". Eve didn't believe
that, do you??? Eve yielded to temptation and found God's word was true. She lost the fight.
Eve's influence was led to Adam and he to lost the fight. When it happened God came to them
with a question, "Where art thou"? That's a question that God is still asking:
WHERE ART THOU -- WHAT IS YOUR REPLY?
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