When will we ever learn?

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. – Genesis 3v6

Okay, the song that brought this question to my mind this morning has nothing at all to do with the topic at hand, but perhaps the question does.

We find Eve talking to Satan. He has already questioned God’s authority. He has already questioned God’s word. And there in front of Eve is the original Forbidden Fruit. She saw that the fruit would be good food. She saw that it was lovely. And she saw that it would make her wise. The temptation was just too much. She took it, had a bite, then she passed it on to her husband.

And so it all begins. The world would never be the same. Forbidden fruit does indeed seem the taste the sweetest, or so we are led to believe. The same things that appealed to Eve draw us today. The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life are still the things of the world that Satan uses to draw us into sin. These are things that we are told not to love, but we do. We still reach out, grab the forbidden fruit, and eat it.

You would think we would learn, wouldn’t you? You would think we could look back at Eve and say something, ‘Wow! That was really dumb. I am not going to act like her!’

But we do. Every day, over and over the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life scream out and draw us away from God’s way.

When will we ever learn?