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Genesis 3 – Eve’s New Hermeneutic
What methods did Eve use to determine eating of the forbidden tree was permissible? Warning – these might sound familiar.
1. Perspective Over Revelation – “The woman saw the tree was good for food” (Genesis 3:6).
2. Pleasure Over Self-Control – “and that it was a delight to the eyes” (Genesis 3:6).
3. Power Over Submission – “and that the tree was desirable for obtaining wisdom” (Genesis 3:6).
Eve choose: 1) what she observed with her eyes over what she had heard God wanted; 2) what she wanted to physically experience over all the allowable experiences; 3) and the possibility of becoming her own boss. All three still happen today. God’s command to not eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil was not hard to understand. But it became easy to misunderstand by Eve’s new hermeneutic.
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