DECEPTION AND WRONG INFLUENCES
Genesis 3:1-7

Deception and wrong influences are relative to each other; both are agents of the devil and not of God. The purpose of deception or wrong influences are to cause man to act in disobedience against the confirmed Word of God that has been deposited or released into a believer’s life. After God had put Adam in the garden of Eden, “…The commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 “but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”” (Genesis 2:16-17) God gave His Word of command to Adam, and to Adam alone, because at the time God was giving His word of command, Eve was yet to be created. After the word of command, “And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” (Genesis 2:18) When the word of God was being deposited into the life of Adam, Eve was not there yet, and she had no idea that God had spoken to Adam. When the enemy of man discharged his agent of deception, it was Eve that came up with a wrong influence in the life of Adam. Falling for a wrong influence frequently comes from the closest one, and that is not to say it does not come from distant ones. As a believer, you know exactly what the Word is requiring from you. You alone were there when the word of direction or command located you by God. As a result, there is a great need to stand still, and not be moved by whatever comes from the closest of the farthest ones. “Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” (Genesis 3:4-5) Eve, having fallen for the master of deception, now influenced her husband. Genesis 3:6, “So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.” Eve fell for the deceiver, and Adam fell for the influencer that was in his life. It should not have been so for Adam, because Eve was not around when Adam received his word of command. Who is influencing you? Think before you take an influenced jump. Adam’s sin does not seem to be serious, but it turned out to be the worst sin ever committed.
Prayer for today: Father deliver me from every agent of deception and all that represents wrong influences in my life, in the name of Jesus.