Satin's Stress

Satin's Stress

 

 Genesis 3:1-8 - Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”
2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; 3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’”
4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.
8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.


James 1:12,13 - 12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone.


I would like to look at these verses to see how Satin put stress into a person's life.  In Gen 3:1-8 we see Satin tempting Eve to not eat any tree of the garden or you would die, (this is man's first temptation).  Eve was correct in saying that all trees are good to eat from except the one in the middle of the garden.  If Adam and Eve ate of this tree they would know the difference between right and wrong like God does.
    We all know that Eve ate the fruit from this one tree and knew the difference between right and wrong.  Eve then pushed the fruit on Adam so he would know the difference also, (this is the start of man being pushed into doing something that he felt was wrong).
    Let's look at James 1:12-13.  If we stand up to the temptation and don't let Satin push us into doing wrong, then God will bless us.  Temptation is a sin, and seeing that God could not work with sin, God would not tempt us, for no reason.  When a person that knows the real different between right and wrong, and he gives in to the temptation, which is against God then by doing this Satin is winning and we are loosing.  When a person looses then I call that Satin's Stress, any time we play with temptation will bring on a period of stress than any normal person can not handle.
    I have this type of stress in my life, I use the internet to pay my bills, and to do some of my bible study on line.  I'm a Christian that fights with not using the internet to pay my bills, but I weight in around 400lbs, and it's not easy for my to get around in any weather, so I just stay home and talk to God and keep up with my bible studies.
    My next post is a continuation of this post but it is called God's Stress.

May the good Lord use this post to help you with your walk with him.