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Now Adam knew what God said, but he watched Eve eat. He thought to himself, "It can't be as bad as God said. Eve didn't die, and she thinks it's good. God gave her to me to help me, and it's what she made for dinner." | Now Adam knew what God said | ||
<ref>{{bgw| 1Ti 2:14 }} And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.</ref> | |||
, but he watched Eve eat. He thought to himself, "It can't be as bad as God said. Eve didn't die, and she thinks it's good. God gave her to me to help me | |||
<ref>{{bgw| Ge 2:18 ¶ And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.</ref> | |||
, and it's what she made for dinner."<ref>{{bgw| Ge 3:6 }} And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.</ref> | |||
So he ate it. Immediately he learned to disobey God. He learned to make his own rules. And he learned that he could make his own rules as God did. Furthermore, he didn't believe that God loved him and was now afraid of God. So he hid in the tree. | |||
He learned those things that God didn't want him to know. The tree was called the "Tree of the knowledge of good and evil". It taught Adam how to be evil. There was nothing magic about the tree. All he had to do was disobey God. | He learned those things that God didn't want him to know. The tree was called the "Tree of the knowledge of good and evil". It taught Adam how to be evil. There was nothing magic about the tree. All he had to do was disobey God. | ||
