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have a home in Heaven. He then immediately set his sights on Adam and Eve, who lived in innocence, joy, and in open, loving fellowship with the Father. That’s the way it often is with spiritual orphans—they do everything possible to make sure that everyone around them is just as unhappy as they are.
In the meantime, Adam and Eve were at home in the Garden of Eden, every fiber of their beings warmed by the unconditional expressed love of Father God. They fellowshipped with their Father face-to-face, continually tasting and drinking deeply of His affectionate love. They walked openly and innocently before Him and with each other with no fear, shame, or embarrassment. No clouds of doubt or uncertainty dimmed the light of their peace and joy.
Meanwhile, satan looked on this scene with bitterness and hatred, envious of the love and intimacy with God they enjoyed and which had once been his as well. People with an orphan heart are envious of anyone who enjoys true love and intimacy. Lucifer was determined to destroy it.
The quickest way to shut down intimacy and trust is by sowing seeds of doubt into the relationship. Appearing in the form of a serpent, lucifer approached Eve and led her to question God’s character and integrity.
“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
(Genesis 3:1b-7).
Adam and Eve desired to be like their Father, forgetting perhaps that, because they were made in God’s image, they were already like Him. But satan insinuated that God was holding out on them. He tried to steal from them their understanding of how God thought of them. That’s where orphan thinking begins—you start doubting Father’s love, kindness, and generosity towards you. From there, it is only a short step to doubting the love of others around you, including family.
Doubt about God’s love for them led Adam and Eve to doubt His mission. In their desire to become “like God,” they chose to abandon Father’s mission and pursue their own mission. In other words, they tried to become like God through orphan thinking—which never works. It is impossible to be free as long as your thoughts and attitudes are in agreement with the father of lies.
Taking the Shortcut
Eve was deceived, while Adam sinned deliberately. Paul makes this distinction when he writes:
“And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression”
(1 Tim. 2:14 NAS); and
“… sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned … death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam.”
(Rom. 5:12,14). So Adam, then, actually entered into sin willingly, while Eve was deceived by orphan thinking.
The Father’s command was, “Don’t eat the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden.” Adam and Eve’s desire was, “If we do this our way, we’ll more quickly mature and become like God, and He’ll appreciate and value us more.”
Do you see how orphan thinking confuses the issue? It may sound perfectly logical and reasonable on the surface, but it never leads where we think it
In the meantime, Adam and Eve were at home in the Garden of Eden, every fiber of their beings warmed by the unconditional expressed love of Father God. They fellowshipped with their Father face-to-face, continually tasting and drinking deeply of His affectionate love. They walked openly and innocently before Him and with each other with no fear, shame, or embarrassment. No clouds of doubt or uncertainty dimmed the light of their peace and joy.
Meanwhile, satan looked on this scene with bitterness and hatred, envious of the love and intimacy with God they enjoyed and which had once been his as well. People with an orphan heart are envious of anyone who enjoys true love and intimacy. Lucifer was determined to destroy it.
The quickest way to shut down intimacy and trust is by sowing seeds of doubt into the relationship. Appearing in the form of a serpent, lucifer approached Eve and led her to question God’s character and integrity.
“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
(Genesis 3:1b-7).
Adam and Eve desired to be like their Father, forgetting perhaps that, because they were made in God’s image, they were already like Him. But satan insinuated that God was holding out on them. He tried to steal from them their understanding of how God thought of them. That’s where orphan thinking begins—you start doubting Father’s love, kindness, and generosity towards you. From there, it is only a short step to doubting the love of others around you, including family.
Doubt about God’s love for them led Adam and Eve to doubt His mission. In their desire to become “like God,” they chose to abandon Father’s mission and pursue their own mission. In other words, they tried to become like God through orphan thinking—which never works. It is impossible to be free as long as your thoughts and attitudes are in agreement with the father of lies.
Taking the Shortcut
Eve was deceived, while Adam sinned deliberately. Paul makes this distinction when he writes:
“And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression”
(1 Tim. 2:14 NAS); and
“… sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned … death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam.”
(Rom. 5:12,14). So Adam, then, actually entered into sin willingly, while Eve was deceived by orphan thinking.
The Father’s command was, “Don’t eat the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden.” Adam and Eve’s desire was, “If we do this our way, we’ll more quickly mature and become like God, and He’ll appreciate and value us more.”
Do you see how orphan thinking confuses the issue? It may sound perfectly logical and reasonable on the surface, but it never leads where we think it
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