FAITH CAPSULE: A failure to ward off temptation is to welcome sin.
Genesis 2, 3
To be satisfied is defined as, to put an end to a desire. As a believer in the word of God, can you tell if satisfaction is a missing point in your daily walk of life? Another word for satisfaction is contentment. The Bible made us to realize that, “…godliness with contentment is great gain.” (1Timothy 6:6) It is not possible to be godly without having the fear of God. A godly person must be a God fearing one. Without the fear of God we are vulnerable to walking into the forever open door to temptations. A failure to ward off temptation is to welcome sin. Proverb 13:21 made it clear that “…evil pursues sinners.”
Right in the Garden of Eden, where every need was available for man not to become victim to temptation, Eve could not escape the route of sin when she let her door open to the evil one. Eve sinned when she lied by adding to the word of God. God gave His command to man, “…Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 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) When the evil one approached Eve about eating from every tree, Eve responded, “…we may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘you shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’”(Genesis 3:2-3) God did not say “nor shall you touch it” it was Eve that added to the word of God. Adding to what God did not say is telling a lie and all that it does is give liberty to be pursued by the evil one. Could it be that Eve did not know the word of God enough so as to fear God and not to add to His word? With God, there are no excuses for our sins but only repentance or face judgment from God. Indeed and in truth, to know the Word of God is to fear God. Proverbs 19:23 said it all, “The fear of the LORD leads to life, and he who has it will abide in satisfaction; he will not be visited with evil.”
Taking the Word of God seriously shows that we take God seriously and it will be the only way to shut the door on evil. Once a man violates God’s command, man will be positioned to be violated by the world. Fear the Word of God and live life in satisfaction.
Prayer for today: Lord I ask that You put Your fear in my heart that I will not depart from You.
Pastor Tunde, thanks for shedding light more into what God said and says daily in His WORD in the Good Book the Bible. This just clearly shows how we humans starting from the Eve who I can call a prophet sort of, adding to the word of God by lying. It reminds me of our modern day preachers constantly adding by way of interpretation of the word of God. Claiming its the Holy Spirit giving them that additional lying explanation of what the word of God says. All just to achieve their own objective on their congregations. May the heavenly Father help and save us from these people.