CHAPTER 191

THE MAN'S SIN

The sin came to the man through the woman's blandishments. He, however, as the Apostle says in I Timothy 2:14, "was not seduced," as the woman was. That is, he did not believe the words the devil spoke against God. The thought could not cross his mind that God would utter a lying threat or that He would forbid the use of a thing for no good purpose. Yet he was drawn by the devil's promise to an undue desire of excellence and knowledge. As a result, his will fell away from the right pursuit of justice and, consenting to his wife's importunities, he followed her in transgressing the divine command, and ate of the fruit of the forbidden tree.