Adam and Eve, like Esau, sold their birth right for some food. They rejected their place as God’s children despite the fact they were the spitting “image” of their Father. They became self-proclaimed orphans and surrendered their inheritance only to be raised by wolves in the wilderness outside Eden. God, grieved by their absence, set in motion one of the most…..
When Adam and Eve chose to become like God they violated the relationship parameters God had established from the beginning. Adam and Eve initiated the breakup with God and we, as their offspring, continue the separation by brazenly posting we are “available” on our Facebook pages. We have the nerve to woo other lovers in front of His face, rubbing God’s nose in the excrement of our idolatrous promiscuity. Astonishingly, God wants us back and will go to any length…..
The world has a problem, that’s no secret. The life of every human being can be understood as a search for the proper solution. We need to respect the fact that others have put some thought and effort into this conflict, but we also need to have the decency to tell them a Band-Aid is hardly adequate therapy for a hemorrhaging soul. Adam and Eve had one single rule put before them in the Garden. They were instructed to avoid…..