Look, Don't Touch.

Genesis 3:2-3
2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.' "

All this week, I want to focus on why we sin. Our sinning is so wrong, but because we are humans, by nature we are apt to sin each and every day of our lives. Thank God for forgiveness. This week we'll look at everything from blaming our sins on others to how it look and/or feels good.

We're so on edge that we can easily be tempted and fall into sin. Eve's response to the serpent seems pretty intelligent. That is, it seemed good initially.

The thing is she added in the part about not touching the fruit. It seems smart for Eve to say that because you may not want to get too close to the forbidden fruit. Plus, why would you touch something you can't eat anyways? Let's go backwards here. Did God ever say you can't touch the fruit?

You may not have thought about it before, but adding to God's word of which he never said, is deceiving yourself. You're foolish and a liar because you're twisting the truth if you do this. Also, when we add our own commands of God, it is a false representation of his character. This is a failed attempt to understand God. Think about it: the snake lied to Eve about God's orders and Eve lied to herself about the issue.

Have you ever added rules to God's rules and made his kingdom more sophisticated than it really is for others? No matter if you're just trying to spread the good news, don't add commandments that God supposedly stated that aren't true.