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Lessons from the lives of Adam and Eve 1

God's Voice Vs the Devil's Voice

The reality is that there is only going to be 2 voices that we hear and can speak of. God's voice or the Devil's voice. As for our own voice, it will align with either one. There is no such thing as i am my own voice. When that happens, it is likely that you have aligned yourself with the Devil's voice.

Let's look at the story of Adam and Eve:

In verse 1: The devils' voice engages Eve. It should not be in the physical realm since the bible specifically mentioned that the devil spoke to eve and Adam was with Eve physically. The conversation should have happened within Eve. whatever the case, Eve engaged the Devils' voice in verse 1.

1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?"


In verse 2-3: Eve's inner defense mechanism attempts to align her voice with God's voice. This is what she says:

2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.'


In verse 4-5: The devil knows that to win over the woman, he cannot be so straight forward anymore. He needs to break past the defense mechanism of the woman generally wanting to do what is right and best for herself. So what he does is, he twists God's words. The devil is smart enough to know that we generally would not disown God's words outrightly. That is why we see so many people compromise God's words rather than disobey God's words outrightly. However, in the eyes of God, a compromise is as good as disobedience.

4 "You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman. 5 "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."


In verse 6-7: This was the point Eve lost it totally. She lost the spiritual battle not when she decided to eat the fruit. She lost the spiritual battle when she decided to give the Devil's voice a fair hearing. When she decided to give the Devil's voice a chance to be heard. The Devil twisted God's words to sound logical and correct when in fact it will bring sin into Eve.

6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

A few learning points for myself:

1) Note that the two of them did not disown God. They merely compromised on God's commands and it was attributed to them as disobedience.

2) Never give the Devil's voice a fair hearing. The devil does not deserve to be heard because all he wants is to harm you and to leave you dead after he is done with you so why should you allow your voice to go inline with the devil's voice.

3) You have 2 ways to hear God's voice. One, diminish the devil's voice. Two amplify God's voice.

4) How? you may ask. these are some guidelines.

  • Ask yourself if that inner voice is what God will say? Can you imagine those words coming out of Jesus' mouth? for example, My caregroup sucks. My leader does not love me. Life is meaningless. Will God really tell you life is meaningless?
  • Check the inner voice according to the bible. It will never contradict the bible.
  • Check with your leaders. Don't fight the devil alone inside yourself. More likely than not, you'll lose. You see, Adam was with Eve all along but there was no mention of Eve bringing Adam into the conversation. Don't fight the Devil one on one on the inside. Bring the inside battle to the outside and be accountable to someone today. You may win one or two battles when you fight alone but i will not want to risk my eternity on this. Let the sound voices around you speak into you and expose the devil's lies which you may already have been hypnotized by.
  • Interceding through the Holy Spirit. You know the Holy Spirit is called the counsellor? and what does a counsellor do? He counsels!
  • Last of all, choose to align your inner voice with God's voice.

Regards,

jie hui

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