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Eve:<br />

A woman who acted<br />

out of her own free will<br />

She was the first woman, wife and mother on the face of<br />

the earth. She is known as the mother of all living. Little<br />

is known about her but much can be learnt from her.<br />

In Genesis 2, God decided it<br />

would be good for Adam to have<br />

a companion and a helper. He<br />

made Adam to fall into a deep<br />

sleep and God took one of his<br />

ribs and used it to create Eve.<br />

She became Adams helper, the<br />

one who would complete him and<br />

together accomplish the purposes<br />

of God on earth. Through Eve,<br />

God brought human relationship,<br />

friendship, companionship and<br />

marriage into the world.<br />

Eve and her husband lived in the<br />

garden of Eden. She was the one<br />

the serpent approached and<br />

deceived. The scriptures tells us<br />

that the enemy comes to steal,<br />

kill and destroy. He has been on<br />

this mission since the beginning.<br />

He approached Eve ready with a<br />

perfect B y J a splan o n P ato r k eexecute r his mission.<br />

Sin did not exist during this time<br />

and Adam and Eve enjoyed closer<br />

and intimate relationship with God.<br />

He had given them instructions on<br />

how to make their stay in the<br />

Garden worthwhile and as long as<br />

they obeyed, everything was in<br />

perfect order.<br />

The serpent in its craftiness came<br />

in and deceived Eve through<br />

manipulating the word of God. He<br />

convinced Eve that God did not<br />

really mean what He said thus<br />

portraying God as a liar and<br />

causing her to think twice and in<br />

the end doubt God. He deviated<br />

her from the truth of God and<br />

made her focus on one thing she

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