What the Lord revealed to me about SIN

Before we commit sin:

Ø      WE FEEL NO SHAME

“The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.”

-Genesis 2:25, NIV

It was described in this verse that Adam and Eve felt no shame even though they were naked. Well, they were like this before they ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Now, at the time I’ve read this verse, the Lord told me that we are like them. He said to me that before we commit any sin, we feel no shame in ourselves, which is true. Well, how could we feel shame if we did not do anything wrong? Makes sense right? Hehe.

After we commit sin:

Ø      WE FEEL SHAME

“The eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.”

-Genesis 3:7, NIV

Now this is the part where we feel shame. Just like Adam and Eve in the verse written above, we would feel shame in ourselves after we realized that we committed a sin. We would try to cover up ourselves from this mistake, just like what Adam and Eve did.

Ø      LIFE BECOMES HARDER

To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”

-Genesis 3:17-19, NIV

In the verses written above, it was shown that God made the life harder for Adam because of the sin he committed. It is still very true for me until now because base on what I had experienced, it was harder for me to face the world and the Lord after I commit a sin. And also, The Lord revealed to me these things: Because of sin, we would carry burdens inside us that would make us suffer in our daily life, AND because of the sin we committed against our neighbor, we would make enemies that would do everything to make us suffer in our lives.

QUESTION: But what made us commit sin?

ANSWER: Because of the devil. The devil deceives us.

“…The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.””

-Genesis 3:13, NIV

In the verse written above, Eve said that she ate the fruit because she was deceived by the serpent. Now for us, it is also the same reason why we commit sin. We did not commit sin because it is what we want, but because the devil has deceived us.

QUESTION: What does the devil do to deceive us?

ANSWER: By making us believe that committing sin is good.

“You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

-Genesis 3:4-5, NIV

The tactic that the serpent used to deceive Eve is that he used words that are sweet and pleasing to her ears. Now, we must know that it is also the same tactic that the devil is using deceive us. The devil is speaking in our thoughts saying that is good to do what is forbidden, or in Tagalog, “masarap ang bawal”.  The devil will say all of his sweet promises just to deceive us and making us fall into sin, not saying what the consequences would be. Now, we foolish people, without knowing the consequence of our actions, would follow what the devil says, making ourselves fall into sin and into our own sufferings. And this is how the devil attacks.

QUESTION: What should we do so that we would not be deceived by the devil?

ANSWER: Always remember and obey the Lord’s commands.

And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”

-Genesis 2:16-17, NIV

The only reason why Adam and Eve fell into sin is because they did not obey the Lord’s command. They were easily deceived by the serpent because they forgot what the Lord has commanded to them.

Now, this is what the Lord told me so that I would not be deceived:

1. Always remember the Lord’s commands.

By this, we could easily identify if the devil is already trying to deceive us.

2. Obey the Lord’s commands

By obeying the Lord’s commands, we would not fall into sin.

This has been a great revelation to me, and because of this, I could easily identify sin and prevent myself from committing it. Now what are you waiting for? TRY IT if you don't want to fall into sin!

God bless. :)


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