Adam and Eve ate something and it changed them and the entire course of history. It changed their behavior and way of thinking.
"Since by man came death..."
Unheard of, nowadays?
A married man abruptly changes, becoming generally aggressive. His family becomes broken as he strays away from them. Everyone he knows is left to pick up the pieces. Later, it is discovered that he was taking a certain medication that became known to provoke just the behavior that plagued him.
Obviously, there was a chemical in the fruit that affected Adam and Eve. There was a chemical in the medication that affected, or should I say amplified, a certain behavior of the man. However, in both cases, the chemical brought out the fact that there was already a bad character issue.
Adam and Eve concluded that they were guilty and in need of a Saviour. The man mentioned above, a believer, woke up to the fact that he had done wrong and needed to confess and turn from his destructive behavior. Although already a believer, he was freed from his behavior by understanding and believing in the power of the ALL-sufficient work of Christ on the cross.
There are those who teach that we, as believers, don't have a sin nature. "It was crucified with Christ, literally, and no longer exists," they say. Satan was defeated at the cross too, wasn't he? Well, he didn't go away and our sin nature doesn't either. Both are left right here with us. Thank the Lord! Both drive us to dependency on Christ rather than self dependency. In this way, God has a tremendous power tool to use sin against itself.
Adam and Eve ate something. However, "by Man came also the resurrection of the dead."
For as in Adam all die,
even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
(Note: Since the tasty little morsel in the photo contains all raw organic ingredients, the worst chemical would probably be the only non-raw ingredient - espresso).
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