Genesis 3:4-6 Would you want to be like God?

Gen 3:5 (GNB) "God said that because he knows that when you eat it, you will be like God and know what is good and what is bad."

Whether we know it or not, we are all driven by the desire to be like God. We want it all. We want to know it all. We want to be somebody, and why not be like God. Verse 6 goes on to explain what she was thinking after the serpent tempted her.

Gen 3:6 "And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat."

What was she really considering here? 1 John 2:15-17 makes it really clear to me, check this out.

1Jn 2:15 9 (GNB) "Do not love the world or anything that belongs to the world. If you love the world, you do not love the Father.
1Jn 2:16 Everything that belongs to the world---what the sinful self desires [lust of the flesh], what people see and want[lust of the eyes], and everything in this world that people are so proud of [pride of life]---none of this comes from the Father; it all comes from the world.
1Jn 2:17 The world and everything in it that people desire is passing away; but those who do the will of God live forever."

When your god is the world, you will pass away with it, taking nothing with you but a fear of judgment. When your God is Jesus Christ, you will not only live an abundant life now, but you will be taken by Christ Himself and reign with Him forever more (see 1 Thess 4:13-18). Sweet!


Grace, MB