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Originally Posted by Old Rasputin
A problem with the theory is the suggestion that Eve sinned. Is this true? The Bible says she was deceived (1 Tim 2), but where does it say she sinned? In her confusion, she clearly made a bad choice. Adam knowingly disobeyed God's direct command. Thus Romans 5 says that sin entered the world through Adam's transgression.
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OR,
Thanks for the info about Milton. That's interesting.
This is what happened to Eve that she became deceived:
Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Eve listened to the serpent and believed his lies, and thus became deceived. This is sin. She believed the serpent rather than God.
I might also add that we become deceived in the same way. We believe something contrary to God's word and become deceived.
In her deception, Eve disobeyed God's command not to eat of the tree in the center of the garden. Specifically,
13 ... The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
It seems clear to me that deception and disobedience are more than suggestions that Eve sinned. These are the proof.
And again, how often is our disobedience based on our own deception...believing a wrong thought about God or God's word and taking action on it?
Nell