Mankind’s Tragic First Sin

Woes to all of us. God created Adam and Eve, after he created the Earth. He told them that they could go and live in the Garden of Eden and he commanded them to eat of everything in this garden except the fruit from the tree of knowledge. He explained to them that they should never eat this fruit for when they do, they shall be punished severely. What transpired after this is that Eve took this upon herself and was tempered to eat this fruit from the forbidden tree.  At this point, she hesitated to do so and an evil serpent saw this and asked why she was afraid of this fruit. Eve replied, God told us not to ever eat this fruit.  The serpent told her that you can eat of this fruit for what God told you is not true and you will not die. Then Eve did partake in eating this fruit and she gave this to Adam to eat it as well. Immediately, both of them became aware of being naked and they gathered some leaves to cover themselves. Nearby God  asked them both what have you done? Eve replied, we covered ourselves with leaves because we were naked. God said  that you disobeyed my command and you have sinned, both of you.  From this day on, you will be cursed. As for the serpent, he will live on his belly forever for his evil action of tempetation caused. Both of you have committed your first sin by not listening to your God who created you. This event started joyfully by an understanding between Adam and Eve and God. The Lord had wanted to give them immortality had they obeyed him, but their first sin put them into another entity, that being they will now be mortal beings from this day on. From dust you were created and from dust you will return after your death. Furthermore, had this been so and they listened to God, well then we all would be immortal to this very day.  However, God is gracious and God is understanding and loving of all his children and he then gave them live forever when Jesus came to the Earth. At one specific point during his ministry, Jesus stated that "I am the resurrection and the life. He that believith in me, tho he were dead, yet shall he live. And, whosever believith in me and lives, shall never die".  Therefore, with God anything is possible and through our faith in him we exist, forever, Amen. Finally, time after time, many people have said that in time of need they made prayers that were unanswered. Most of these folks have lost faith because of this but they must remember that sometime after this disappointment, the Lord did give them something else which gave them happiness. So they should honestly put on their thinking caps and give this a concentrated try and I am sure they will recall that eventful happiness, with reaping peace at mind. Tell you countless people have witnessed the great glory of the Lord which occurs through continuous  prayers for people who have suffered mentally or physically, or both. These people went through great hardships and catastrophic happenings, but have succeeded in having themselves or others receive fantastic results of healing and happiness.  For us all, we can not forget the opportunity given to Adam and Eve then, and if they conducted themselves differently we could rejoice and be happy with them and our live to live on and on!

in the faith of Jesus, Panayiotis Kourkoumelis.