1 Timothy 2:14
14 And [kai] Adam [Adam] was [apatao] not [ou] deceived, [apatao] but [de] the woman [gune] being deceived [apatao] was [ginomai] in [en] the transgression. [parabasis] KJV-Interlinear
14 And it was not Adam who was
deceived, but the woman being quite deceived, fell into transgression. NASB
In history, events
occur and then humanity carries their memory all through history, with the
intent of condemning everyone even slightly associated with that original
event.
For example, way back
in ancient history, Ham defiled his dads (Noah) privacy, and as a result a
descendant of Ham was cursed. Well, Ham
happened to be a dark skinned person, but his descendant, Canaan, was not. And instead of understanding that the curse
was for sins, the curse was interpreted because of color. That is how the world gets things all screwed
up.
And now we have the
original event of Eve s failure.But her
failure was not originally in the sin of eating the forbidden fruit, her failure was in not paying attention, which
resulted in the commission of her sin.
Eve s failure is covered in Gen. 3.
A
quick review of her failure.
First she did not pay attention to Gods
commands.How do we know? God commanded that the fruit not be
eaten.She added to that restriction,
that it could not even be touched.
Second, she was conversing with a serpent that could only mimic
language, but she did not catch the fact that the serpent was actually engaged
in conversation and rational thought with her.
Eve was deceived. Why?Because she was not listening to truth. She was not listening to what she had been
told.And when a person does not listen,
then they not only miss the mark on life, but they fail to see other flaws
within their periphery.Their
understanding fails.Their interpretations
fail.Their decisions fail. Their discernment fails.
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Anyway, the bad rap for
women enters the picture.What did Adam
say? The woman gave it to me.
And so you do one thing
wrong in your life, and no one will let you forget it.
You probably think that
is why the woman was given the subordinate role, but if you do, then you have
missed the whole point of this entire chapter.
Do you remember the
topic at the beginning of the chapter?
Well, we need to bring
in the next verse, before tying it all up, and straightening the entire woman
connotation that most folks seem obsessed with, and have been using these last
few verses completely in error.
Besides, the second half
is about to begin. After all, this is
Bowl Week!
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