Meditation

Hi there,

In today's passage, Adam first puts the blame on God and then Eve, who in turn blames the serpent for the fall.

An all too familiar miserable spiral from shame to blame with blasphemy, cowardice, and unkindness thrown in for good measure.

The old English of the 1611 KJV somehow magnifies the sadness of it. Eve tries to deflect her blame by claiming she was deceived by the serpent. Here, the old English "beguiled" more fully conveys the sense of her becoming lost in the lie.

Whether deceived or beguiled, the problem comes when we fail to see that being deceived is a sin in itself.

It is sin to exchange the truth of God for the lie (Romans 1:25).

Today's passage is Genesis 3:11–13. (and is highlighted in black.)

Genesis 3

8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

Encouragement

"God's grace brings freedom from darkness and bondage. Though we have all exchanged the truth of God for a lie, we know that His love and forgiveness are available to us when we turn back to Him, worship, and serve the Creator instead of creating things."

Andy

God's Word In Your Hand

P.S. I’m using the King James Version (KJV) for this series.

The Nine Lessons and Carols service was originally devised by the first Bishop of Truro, Bishop Edward White Benson in 1880. This is a recorded Nine Lessons and Carols service (recorded in early December 2020) sung by Truro Cathedral Choir.

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