Women of the Bible
Eve
Scripture References:
Genesis 2 and 3; 2 Corinthians 11:3; 1 Timothy 2:13
Her history:
EVE was the first : woman, wife, mother, grandmother.
She was the first to sin, cry and laugh. She was the first to go through labor.
She was the first woman to be blessed and the first woman to be cursed.
Though she was the first in many ways she was the last of God’s creative acts.
Eve was never a daughter or a sister.
She was created by God in the Garden of Eden and she lived there.
Imagine a Garden designed and planted by God Himself. What thoughts that come to mind as to what this garden was like?
Genesis 2:9 NASB “And out of the ground the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food…” This Garden had everything Eve would need because that is how God works. God always does things in such a way that He gives us all we need and He gives us what is good for us.
“Woman” is more of a generic designation than a name, and is associated with Eve’s relation to Adam, a relation she was created to fulfill. Literally “woman” means “man-ess.” Then both Eve and her husband are called “Adam.” –Herbert Lockyer
Genesis 5:2 NASB “He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them Man (Lit. Adam) in the day when they were created.”
God made them one flesh. This helps us understand the equality in God’s eyes of men and women.
Adam named and called her Eve. Genesis 3:20 NASB “Now the man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.”
Genesis 2:22 NASB “And the LORD GOD fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.”
The word “fashioned” in Hebrew is “banah” meaning “to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue”
God created Eve to cause “Adam” or mankind to continue. He made her so she could bear children and the human race could fill the earth.
Her marriage:
Eve was part of the first marriage that was handpicked by God.
THE KEY to finding the right man is to becoming the right woman.
Press through the temptations to go to your husband first before the Lord and don’t allow your husband to become an idol.
When we look to our husbands to meet our needs we will be left disappointed and unsatisfied.
He created marriage for the purpose of bringing God glory and for it to be a picture of Christ’s union with the Church. (see Ephesians 5:22-33)
Eve was Adam’s jewel. We need to carry ourselves as our husband’s jewel, as his treasure.
Her temptations:
Eve was the first woman to sin! She was the first woman to be tempted. The first to encounter Satan and his lies.
God also put the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (Gen 2:9)
“The tree of knowledge of good and evil was designed as a test of obedience. Our first parents had to choose whether to obey God or break His commandments. When they actually ate the forbidden fruit, the consequences of their actions became self-evident. They found themselves in a different relationship to God and to sin. The tree of life was the antidote against disease and bodily decay. Access to it was based upon a proper relationship with God. The real question which faced Adam, Eve and us today is: Which path should be chosen? What kind of relationship do we want with God?” –Key Word Study Bible Explanatory Notes
The lie Satan presented to Eve was that “You will be like God”. Women have more of a natural desire for spiritual things. We need to be aware of this and make sure we are submitting fully to the accuracy of the Word of God.
1 Timothy 2:14 NASB “And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being quite deceived, fell into transgression.”
Eve was tempted to leave the covering of her husband and make a decision without him. We can be tempted to make decisions without our husbands. However, we do not like it when they do that to us! Men and women think differently and we need to run things by our husbands and learn how to make decisions together as one and it will always be the better way.
We learn through Eve’s encounter with the serpent that Satan is: crafty, he questions what God says, he lies about what God says the consequences of sin will be, he mixes the truth in with the lie, he snares us with enticing and convincing words.
Satan doesn’t just know what to say to us, he knows how to say it to us!
Her motherhood:
Eve was the first mother and she had the first son. She was the first to labor and bring into the world a sinner.
Her children were: Cain, Able and Seth and numerous other children.
She is known as the mother of us all.
Life Lesson:
2 Corinthians 11:3 NASB “But I am afraid, lest as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds should be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.”
Don’t be deceived by the enemy to be led away from a simple and pure relationship with Jesus!!!!!
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