Adam and Eve and Jesus and You

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Have you considered what the Apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthian church about Adam and Eve. (Remember that Adam was there - Eve was part of him.)

2 Corinthians 11: [2] For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
[3] But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

To get the most of what he has stated here, we must consider the account of Adam and Eve's temptation. Consider how the devil approached her. He first stated what God had actually said, but then he added more to it indicating that God didn't tell them that they shouldn't eat of the tree of knowledge because God was keeping them from being like God. And they already were created in God's image!

Genesis 3: [1] Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
[2] And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
[3] But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
[4] And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
[5] For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
[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.
[7] And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

Remember the devil tried this same tactic with Jesus in stating what God had said. But with Jesus he changed the temptation to getting Jesus to prove He was the Son of God. 

Matthew 4: [1] Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
[2] And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
[3] And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
[4] But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
[5] Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
[6] And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
[7] Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
[8] Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
[9] And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
[10] Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
[11] Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

The devil tries the same thing today with us. Jesus - the last Adam - will not stand idly by and partake of the sin. Jesus, Who is with us always, will enable us to resist the temptation.

Paul explained that Jesus is the last Adam as a quickening spirit and he was writing of the reference to Christ and His bride, the church.

1 Corinthians 15: [45] And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
Paul confirmed to the Ephesians that there is a great mystery in Christ and the church being compared to husband and wife (Adam and Eve).

Ephesians 5: [29] For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
[30] For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
[31] For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
[32] This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

Today, just as in the garden of Eden, the devil comes to the bride to tempt her (us, the bride of Christ). But the second Adam, Jesus, did not and will not yield to temptation. And we do not have to either.

James 4: [7] Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Be filled with the knowledge of Jesus Christ the Lord in your deliverance from temptation. Shalom.