In the beginning, God created everything. You know the story - Day and Night, Sky, Ground and Oceans, Vegetation, Heavenly Bodies, Birds and Fish, Animals, then lastly Humans. Genesis 1:27 says, "So God created human beings in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them"(TNIV).
Let's take a pitstop here. Sit back in your chair and clear your mind.....easy there don't fall asleep. Think about how beautiful it all was. I've thought a lot recently about the scars and scabs civilizations have left on this beautiful earth. That old abandoned house on the corner - what an eyesore - it wasn't there. The carbon monoxide that chokes you when a big truck drives by - it wasn't there. Chernobyl - it wasn't there.
Adam and Eve had it all - literally all - this beautiful, unadulterated world, no work, and to top it all off, God walked with them in the garden. Can you imagine being able to just walk and talk face to face with God?
But then Eve encountered a serpent. This was no ordinary serpent, rather a serpent possessed by Satan himself. Satan had one intention that day and one only. He wanted to desecrate God's masterpiece.
And he succeeded. It didn't take much. He just had to say, "You will not certainly die . . . For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil"(Gen 3:4-5, TNIV).
That was all it took to ruin the entire universe.
And it's so easy to blame Eve. After all she was the one who took the first bite. She was the one who had the nerve to chat it up with The Deceiver himself. She was the one who gave the apple to Adam. It was obviously all her fault.
"When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it"(Gen 3:6, TNIV).
Uh........wait a second.
How did Adam get his apple? Eve gave it to him. It was an easy hand off since he was there too.
Get this - ADAM WAS STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO HIS WIFE WHEN SHE DESTROYED HUMANITY!!
He was sitting on the couch watching football. He was all numbed out. He was drunk. He was mowing the yard for the fourth time this week. He was "working late". He was out with his buddies. He was sitting there playing Call of Duty, while his wife had an out loud conversation with Satan.
Adam's lack of family leadership led to the fall of the world. Sure, Eve was to blame too, but Adam did nothing. He wasn't all in or all out. He was just.....complacent.
I don't know about you, but I will not sit there and let Satan have a conversation with anyone in my family. I intend to teach my family the difference between good and evil. I will build hedges to protect my family from the dark parts of the world. With the help of Jesus, I will aggressively hunt the demons that torment my people.
Peter describes Satan as a lion looking for someone to devour(1 Peter 5:8). When that lion turns up around my house, I'm getting my gun.
Do me a favor. Right now, decide to do the same for your family. Don't let your own complacency destroy your little corner of humanity.
He will come. Grab your gun. Guard your house.
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