Victory in the Battle of Deception

"Then the LORD God said to the woman, 'What is this you have done?'  The woman said, 'The serpent deceived me, and I ate.'" (Genesis 3:13)

How many times we have read this passage and heard it referred to in teaching and preaching.  Most people speak of the criminality of the deceiver, not the deceived.  Just consider the last year in the whole "financial crisis" debate.  The deceivers are the ones fined and sent to prison.  Very little is said about the deceived.  But one of the definitions of deception is, "failure to admit to oneself that something is true," or not true, whatever the case may be.  The context of our text reveals that God pronounced judgment on both parties, the Deceiver and the deceived.  Both parties were equally guilty.

Adam and Eve, just as you and I today, had a clear directive (command, if you will) from The Living Triune God.  They did not believe the lie as much as they chose to yield to the lie.  The lie is what they wanted.  They were shown a way to, "be like God," and took it.  They were the progenitors of what later generations would say, "'Let us break their chains,' they cry, 'and free ourselves from slavery to God.'"  

This past year, not only in America, but around the world has shown that the same Deceiver Who found a willing ear in Adam and Eve has found the same in our contemporary world, even among religious people.  What are you and I going to do about it?  For me, the commitment to Jesus Christ, "The Word of God" as revealed in His written Word, is stronger than ever.  Today's text and the Matthew 7 passage which I read just two days ago speak volumes.  "Not every one who says..,but only he who does...."  This will be the basis of all judgment at the end.  I choose to make it the basis of all judgment in my life------------------now!

Father, in Jesus' Name, convict me any time saying rules over doing. Amen.
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