I heard something about Genesis 3 at Alpha last night that I thought was pretty interesting. Our pastor was talking about resisting the devil and talked about the serpent tempting Eve. He talked about this story as if it were happening today. God says to Eve, "I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you." God is punishing Eve by telling her she is going to experience raising kids who choose sin over obedience. God is also telling her she will desire her husband. In today's society, some women love their husbands even though their husbands beat them. God goes on to punish Adam in verses 17-19 by telling Adam he's going to be a workaholic. Adam's job was to till the ground, but now he will seek meaning in life by working constantly.
What's cool about this is that as soon as Adam and Eve ate the apple and discovered their shame and hid, God set in motion a plan redemption that would come to fulfillment in Jesus Christ. Praise God for that redemption from sin!
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