This word likewise was the expression of thought,
and the thought,
the product of mind.
To, receive this word
---was likewise to receive the thought expressed in the word;
---and to receive that thought was to be partaker of that mind.
This latter word was the opposite of the word of God;
the thought, the opposite of the thought of God;
this mind, the opposite of the mind of God.
To accept this word, instead of the word of God, was evidently to accept another mind than the mind of God.
And in the garden this latter word was received in place of the word of God.
And the fact that another mind had then been received, was
immediately manifest; for:
Genesis 3:6 ...she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Genesis 3:6 ...she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
However, 1 Timothy 2:14 Adam was not deceived.
Seeing that Eve was in the transgression, he (Adam) by his own choice went with her. But the result was the same: the foreign and deceiving mind was received, and it now reigned.
The glory departed.
And whereas, before, they had reflected the image and glory of God, they now to their own shame reflected only the image and shame of the deceiver."
A.T. Jones
