Today's passage comes from Genesis 3 verses 1 through 10.

Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made.

He said to the woman, did God really say you must not eat from any tree in the garden?

The woman said to the serpent, we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 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.

You will not surely die.

The serpent said to the woman, for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be

opened and you will be like God knowing good and evil.

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye

and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it.

She also gave some to her husband who was with her and he ate it.

Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they realized they were naked, so they

sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

When the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden

in the cool of the day and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden,

but the Lord God called to the man, where are you?

He answered, I heard you in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.

This is the word of the Lord.

Thanks, Holy God.

I was having coffee just around the corner from the church and I'm sitting there with

this older man who I've admired and respected for quite some time, but this is the first

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