There was a lot going on in today's passage and I am not sure where exactly to focus. It would seem that this is a first indication of a lack of faith and being easily manipulated...maybe. While Adam and Eve had no real understanding about evil because they were in a perfect world and there was not reason for them to, I think that opened them up to being more susceptible to manipulation. However, regardless of that lack of understanding true faith would have kept them from doing something that they were told not to do because they felt they wanted more (?).
I did find it interesting how it mentions that this is the reason behind the tension and power struggle within marriages. I had never really thought about it like that or even considered that as a possibility.
Today's Psalm, if I understood it correctly, is a reminder that God has put people into positions of power and that there is an expectation that they will be faithful, but the Psalm does talk about what happens when they are not. The does relate to some verses that I recall reading in the NT.
It’s interesting to me how quickly things went south. I never thought about this being linked to the marital struggles either. But it kinda makes sense. I was telling the husband it was interesting they were blaming their choices on others from the beginning. Maybe this was a test though too. From the beginning we had the choice and we continue to do it is up to us to choose the lord and not the serpent. Because even the brothers seem to have been tested or at least one of them. But it goes quickly thru his lineage after that. The psalm makes me think about life today and how as a people we are not following the path to destruction. But those that follow the lord will be given refuge.
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