Martin Wickens

Genesis 3-5

“Yea, hath God said…”

Satan’s opening salvo against God began with these words.

He followed this initial question with simple, yet effective, tactics to deceive Eve and Adam.

But to say Satan deceived them is not to remove any blame from them. Had they embraced the truth, the deception would not have worked.

Adam, as humanity’s federal head, sinned and as a race, we fell. Still, at that moment, God also promised a Deliverer, a second Adam from above who would “reinstate” us to our God-ordained place.

The impact of the curse was both immediate and slow-burning. Adam and Eve lost their close fellowship with God, their home, their first son murdered their second, other murderers soon followed, and so on down the line sin reigned and a battle between good and evil raged.

Psalm 2

The battle which began in Eden continued to the day of the writing of the 2nd Psalm, and in turn that Psalm looks forward to the end of time when the battle will be completely and finally won by the Son of God, Jesus Christ.

That initial, “Yea, hath God said…” could have turned two ways. One could have led to greater faith, to confirmed righteousness, a closer communion. Sadly, we know it went another way.

Questions about God and truth and questioning God about circumstances are not inherently wrong.

But the heart behind the question makes all the difference.

If we search for fault, then regardless if we find the truth or not, we will apportion fault and cling to faithlessness.

Like the evolutionist who sees design in a Ferrari and pays hundreds of thousands of dollars to own one who then looks at nature and sees only random chance.

But a heart and mind that seeks for truth, truly desiring to find the truth or to understand God’s dealings in the world, that seeker will grow in faith, righteousness, and will grow closer to God.