The Fall of Man The fall of man was preceded by the deceiving act of the serpent. The work of the devil is always deceiving, stealing and destroying. He came at his opportune time when Adam was not with her. He doesn’t come through the door. God allows His people to be tested/ tempted. Normally God tests His people to their own good. in his epistle 1:6-7 Peter says that their trial would be found unto praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ and in 5:10 he says “but the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that Ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you.” But Satan tempts people for bad, to make them fall. It is human tendency to believe the visible things than the things of God. Eve prefers the visible fruit with her naked eyes. Satan, this world and man (flesh) are best friends and they are always against God. Our Lord …show more content…
When we come to Adam, it says simply that she gave him and ate. But an interesting point is raised in our reader by Dr. Brian.
. . . he partook of the forbidden fruit with her for several reasons. Firstly, it seems evident from Genesis 3:17 that Eve had been like Delilah (Jdj 16:15-16) and had persisted in her appeal for Adam to take the fruit. Secondly, having seen Adam in a vision, I Know by revelation that he was governed by his soulish emotions. Realizing that Eve would die and that he would lose her and be separated from her forever; he identified himself with Eve and became sin for her. We are told in the scriptures that we have to be careful what we see and what we hear. Secondly, she entertained the one which she saw by giving more time and dialoguing with Satan about it. Different types of desires can come to us but we have not to entertain them. The more we give time to them, the more they deep rooted and finally they will bring death to