Gen 2:16 KJV - And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
Gen 2:17 KJV - But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Notice the wording here.
Gen 3:2 KJV - And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
Gen 3:3 KJV - 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.
First of all, God never told Adam, "neither shall ye touch it".
Second of all, God didn't tell Eve she would die.
1Ti 2:14 KJV - And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
Eve was not deceived by the serpent. She was deceived by Adam. Adam was the one who told Eve not to eat or touch the fruit or she would die. Eve's transgression was taking the word of Adam, and not turning to God.
"You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures." (Mt 22:29)
"
Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning. . ." (2Co 11:3)
Job 31:33 KJV - If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
Adam's iniquity was wanting to keep the woman in the garden. His transgression was telling her falsely, she would die.
Again, "You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures." (Mt 22:29)
God's word written disagrees with you on two points:
1) Adam was not created with iniquity.
"God saw all that he had made, and it was
very good." (Ge 1:31)
No iniquity
there.
2) And there is no inquity apart from transgression of the law, because iniquity (Gr.
anomia) means transgression of the law (1Jn 3:4).
It was not Adam's "wanting" that was iniqiuity, but Adam's actual
transgression of God's law, "Thou shalt not eat of it," that was his iniquity.
It is
absurd to say that Adam was created with iniquity.
Iniquity is transgression of God's law (1Jn 3:4).
How could Adam transgress God's law before he was created, so that he was created in transgression (iniquity)?
And now the kicker:
To know good and evil, is a good thing. How else can we discern between the two? If we don't know evil, we can't avoid it, or confront it.
So why is it that Satan would want them to eat of the fruit?
Satan wanted them to disobey God and suffer the consequences of God's judgment on their sin of disobedience.
It is my understanding, that Adam told her not to touch it. It was Adam that was to die, not physically, but spiritually. Having been given the commandment from God, it was his duty not to eat of it.
What I find fascinating, is why he needed help.
Adam had already eaten from the tree.
Gen 2:16 KJV - And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
There is a span of time between verses 16 and 17.
Gen 2:17 KJV - But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Again, "You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures." (Mt 22:29)
Scripture states neither that Adam had already eaten from the tree, nor a lapse of time between vv. 16 and 17.
1) Look at it like this. You are left in a room full of food. You take a cookie and eat it. The other person comes back and says, "Don't eat any cookies."
Do you tell the person that you did. I think not.
Of course God knows that Adam had already eaten the fruit. And he also knows that Adam wants more of it.
2)This is why he gives him the animals. Adam watches the animals and sees that the animals are living in the tree, and eating the fruit.
3) In comes woman.
Adam is not lonely here. He doesn't know any other way. So why is God giving him companionship?
He's not. He's giving him an out. A way to get what he wants. God has spoken, and is not going to change his mind. He knows that Adam still wants the fruit, but is obedient. So God gives him an escape-goat. EVE.
Bottom line here is:
4) God needed Adam to sin in order make the cross work. No sin. No need for the cross. So he planted the iniquity in Adam. "I need that fruit."
None of the four points above are found in the Scriptures.
They are pure conjecture by you.
Job 31:33 KJV - If I covered my transgression as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
Again, "You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures." (Mt 22:29)
This verse plainly states that
Adam's iniquity was his transgression of God's law, "Thou shalt not eat of it."
Adam's iniquity was
not his "wanting" the fruit.
You misunderstand and misuse Job 31:33 to support your conjecture.
"You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures." (Mt 22:29)
"
Do not go beyond what is written." (1Co 4:6)
