The Path to Sin

Prologue

Blaming others, even God, for one's misfortune or trouble, justified or not, can only lead to sin. Indeed, this a claim for self-righteousness. The truth is fallen man has his ways totally altered.

God has to intervene to save man from himself and from the evil that Satan has wrought in all of God's creation.

God has offered His Son to completely change man's future destiny - from death to life.

Genesis 3:8-13 GW

In the cool of the evening, the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking around in the garden. So they hid from the Lord God among the trees in the garden. The Lord God called to the man and asked him, “Where are you?”

He answered, “I heard you in the garden. I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.”

God asked, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat fruit from the tree I commanded you not to eat from?”

The man answered, “That woman, the one you gave me, gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

Then the Lord God asked the woman, “What have you done?”

“The snake deceived me, and I ate,” the woman answered.Continue Reading: verses 14-24

Satan the Old Serpent

Continues to Do Evil

Job 1:6-12 GW

One day when the sons of God came to stand in front of the Lord, Satan the Accuser came along with them.
The Lord asked Satan, “Where have you come from?”

Satan answered the Lord, “From wandering all over the earth.”

The Lord asked Satan, “Have you thought about my servant Job? No one in the world is like him! He is a man of integrity: He is decent, he fears God, and he stays away from evil.”

Satan answered the Lord, “Haven’t you given Job a reason to fear God? Haven’t you put a protective fence around him, his home, and everything he has? You have blessed everything he does. His cattle have spread out over the land. But now stretch out your hand, and strike everything he has. I bet he’ll curse you to your face.”

The Lord told Satan, “Everything he has is in your power, but you must not lay a hand on him!”

Then Satan left the Lord’s presence. Continue reading: verses 13-22

Epilogue

Why does God bear with evil in this world? Like Job, many pose this question with blame in their mind. For they completely misunderstand God.

To be sure, God uses all things including evil to do his will and purposes on his creation, but all along he remains righteous. Although many think God is accountable to men for their misfortunes, troubles, etc., in truth, no man can question him. [Read the Lord's answers to Job's questions in Job 38:1-42:6].