“What Is This That You
Have Done?”
Now the serpent was more crafty than
any other wild animal that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did
God say, ‘You shall not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to
the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden; but God said,
‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the
garden, nor shall you touch it, or you shall die.’” But the serpent said to the
woman, “You will not die; for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will
be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” So when the woman
saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and
that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and
ate; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate. Then
the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they
sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.
They heard the sound of the LORD walking in the garden at the
time of the evening breeze, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the
presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. But the LORD God called
to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” He said, “I heard the sound of
you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.” He
said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which
I commanded you not to eat?” The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with
me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate.” Then the LORD God said to the
woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent tricked
me, and I ate.”
Genesis 3:1-13
Blaming others and failing to take responsibility for your
actions has been around since Genesis. That does not make it good, but it is
reality. What you do about that depends on how you deal with Jesus. Do you
accept Him? If you do, you probably will accept the blame yourself. When we
sin, we should take responsibility.
The first step in repenting from sin is
to admit that you are to blame.
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