Eve envies God's wisdom. Adam doesn't take God's word of warning as real. Basically, these people's problem is that they always want to be first, even before God. If you don't think this is a problem, then that's a problem. It's called "Original Sin."
(Please read Genesis, Chapter 3)
Adam And Eve
Adam was first. There is a certain comfort in being second or third, next or last, in the middle or...
Ananias and Sapphira's problem isn't so much that they had money and didn't give it to the church, but that they lied to God. Remember, money is not the root of all evil; the love of money is ... (Note: Verse 11 contains the first reference to the followers of Christ being called a "church' or ekklesia: the called out/chosen ones.) (Please read Acts 4:32--5:11) Ananias And Sapphira Ananias has jus...
At first glance, Balaam, the donkey and the angel don't have a problem. They tried to do exactly what God wanted them to do. But God seemed to change his mind about what he wanted Balaam to do for him. The following fiction is about how Balaam, the donkey and the angel puzzle out God's apparent change of mind. Have you ever tried to figure out God?
(This chapter finds its "confusion" in the uncer...
Judas' problem is that he doesn't have any excuse for the thing he does; he has reasons, but no excuses. Have you ever acted in a way you yourself couldn't understand? Dostoyevski noted: "All self-examination ends up as self-justification." But does it? Concerning Judas' problem: Is he deceiving himself or is he deceiving God? (Please read Matthew 26:14-25;Luke 22:3-6; John 6:57-71 and 10:14-18) J...
King Ahaz has a real problem: he's worshiped about everything but the one true God; a blunder of cosmic proportions as we shall see. Could you be making the same mistake? (Please read 2 Chronicles 28) King Ahaz King Ahaz sits outside heaven with a few other people. They are all waiting for something to happen or for someone to come and tell them something. King Ahaz stands up. He walks back and fo...
Pontius Pilate's problem is that he is so practical, so cold-blooded, that he can ask, "What is truth," and never see it standing right before his eyes. (Please read Luke 13:1-5; Mark 15:1-15;John 18:28--19:16; 1 Timothy 6:13) Pontius Pilate The historian Josephus records that Pilate was replaced as Procurator of Judea for having executed Samaritan leaders who sought sacred vessels supposedly stor...
