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Adam and Eve and the Fall

Well, as I understand it, she DID know she wasn't supposed to eat th' apple, God had told both of them stay away from it. They apparently felt shame at being naked so to THEM it wasn't okay. I'm not sure it's as much sin as it is the introduction to ego.

Nope...the Genesis account tells us that God told Adam but makes no mention of Him telling Eve about the tree, so evidently Adam conveyed the command to Eve...Gen. 2:15-17

It wasn't until after they both ate from the fruit that they felt ashamed of their nakedness...Gen. 3:7
 
Nope...the Genesis account tells us that God told Adam but makes no mention of Him telling Eve about the tree, so evidently Adam conveyed the command to Eve...Gen. 2:15-17

It wasn't until after they both ate from the fruit that they felt ashamed of their nakedness...Gen. 3:7

Yeah, she knew ahead of time and afterwards they both felt shame. That's what I said.
 
Yeah, she knew ahead of time and afterwards they both felt shame. That's what I said.

No, you said Jehovah told them both...there's a difference...
 
No, you said Jehovah told them both...there's a difference...

Well, I said God told them. Just because I missed that Eve got the news second hand doesn't mean anything, I wasn't quoting.

Was it their introduction to ego? Is ego Satan?
 
Well, I said God told them. Just because I missed that Eve got the news second hand doesn't mean anything, I wasn't quoting.

Was it their introduction to ego? Is ego Satan?

No...Satan is a real being...
 
Well those are what ego can produce, but from a Biblical perspective, what IS ego?

I don't know what you're getting at but ego is not a person...:roll:
 
I don't know what you're getting at but ego is not a person...:roll:

Ego IS a part of who we are. So what is the Biblical explanation for ego?

Simple question for someone who knows.
 
Ego IS a part of who we are. So what is the Biblical explanation for ego?

Simple question for someone who knows.

I already told you...one's ego is sinful...

"Pride is before a crash, And a haughty spirit before stumbling." Pro. 16:18

"For through the undeserved kindness given to me, I tell everyone there among you not to think more of himself than it is necessary to think, but to think so as to have a sound mind, each one as God has given* to him a measure of faith." Rom. 12:3
 
Well those are what ego can produce, but from a Biblical perspective, what IS ego?


While the word ego does not appear in the Bible, concepts and principles regarding the ego certainly do.
The word ego generally refers to an exaggerated sense of self-importance, which usually results is an excessive preoccupation with “self.” But dying to self, the polar opposite of ego, is the biblical model for Christians.

The Bible is filled with admonitions against the self because of man’s inherent desire to be worshiped. In fact, all the various forms of modern idolatry have self at their very core. The dark forces of this age have convinced many that contentment is achieved only by satisfying the urges of the self. And we can trace this all the way back to the Garden of Eden where Eve became stirred by Satan’s lie that she could “be like God” (Genesis 3:5).
https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-ego.html
 
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