The Thoughts of Wesley son of Cornelius

“… she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked.” (Gen. 3:6-7 ESV)

If only Adam and Eve could have seen what large impact they would have on this world by doing something as small as eat a forbidden fruit. Something BIG truly did happen. Out of this one small event came the blame game, birth pains, division between husband and wife, endless turmoil, cursed soil, and second-rate food. Furthermore, the impact was not constrained by time, for Paul wrote: “… the trespass of one led to condemnation for all men.” (Rom. 5:18)

The largest impact of this event is death. “For as in Adam all die,” (1 Cor. 15:22) and, “sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned.” (Rom. 5:12)

The strength of this one event was so strong that several thousand years later King David acknowledges the power of sin by writing: “Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.” (Psalm 51:5) Time cannot dilute that event that took place so long ago.

This event would throw disorder and confusion into an orderly and clear universe. And worse, the relationship between the created man with his Creator would separate so far that no created procedure or created being could mend the gap.

That moment was BIG!