Lent@Landmark: Day 12

Rembrandt, 1638

Temptation is always accompanied by a lie. It says, ”God says that it’ll go better for you to avoid this, but that’s not true. The result of giving in to temptation will be better than what God has called you to..” Every time, since the beginning of time.

Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God say, 'You shall not eat from any tree in the garden'?"
The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden; but God said, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, nor shall you touch it, or you shall die.'"
But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not die; for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

We even look at that moment and shake our heads at Eve. How could she do this? Then we face our own temptations, and well, it’s different for us.

Every. Single. Time.

Or this time, will we finally realize that God loves us, and call out the lie instead of believing it?