MEN, PUT YOUR HELMETS ON!

It is disturbing to read the account of Adam’s giving in to his wife’s enticements to disobey God. Adam had known God before Eve came into his life, and was given authority and privilege to name all the animals and be master to all the creation.  He had a relationship with and responsibility to God that should have caused him to say, “No way!” to his wife.  We don’t know how the world might be different today if he had.  But clearly Adam blew it!  When we read the passage of scripture it stands out as a very clear message to men of all times: “Don’t listen to your wife if she is not in submission to God.” 

Men, we are responsible for our own decisions and the effect those decisions have on all who are under our authority.  We must keep our heads.  Paul wrote to the Ephesians(6:10-17) to “Put on the helmet of salvation” in this our battle against the wily enemy of our souls.  We must hold to what God has said so we will think right and act right.  We can’t let our emotions, desires, or influences of family or friends get us off course.  The cost of listening to wrong voices is high!

Genesis 3:17-19 Then to Adam He said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat from it';

Cursed is the ground because of you;

In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

"Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you;

And you will eat the plants of the field;

By the sweat of your face you will eat bread,

Till you return to the ground,

Because from it you were taken;

For you are dust, and to dust you shall return."