Have you ever wondered: What is in human nature that makes man so prone to temptation? God created man in His image and after His likeness, but what is in his nature that makes him vulnerable to sin? I discovered one major characteristic in Adam and Eve, and in all mankind, that made them vulnerable to sin - CHOICE.
Man is a creature of choice; he is a free moral agent. You have the choice to live right or live wrong. God never imposes Himself on anyone. If He did, it will erase His reputation as a just God. He gives you the choice to decide what you want. Any father who imposes himself on his children and insists they must love him will never know true love from those children. So every human being has this ability to choose, and God Himself placed it in us.
Now let me explain this with Adam and Eve. Eve fell for the Serpent’s temptation because she had the choice to. God had instructed Adam not to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and he had in turn passed that instruction to Eve. But God left the tree there, giving them the right to exercise their choice. So when the devil came tempting Eve, it was her choice to either believe his lies and open the door for sin or to believe the truth of God’s Word. But she allowed herself to be deceived by the devil and she took of that fruit. Adam, on the other hand, was not deceived at all (1 Tim. 2:14). When Eve gave the fruit to him, he could have put his foot down and refused to take it, but Adam willfully chose to disobey God and fall for the temptation.
Sadly, this still happens in the lives of many Christians today. They willingly choose to disobey God. They choose to believe a lie and are led astray. This is why you must be very careful in your life and choose wisely to serve the living God.
