If Eve Said No | There Is a Price Tag on Sin!

If Eve Said "No!" — There is a price tag on sin!

Bill Brinkworth

Genesis 3:1-19 tells the well-known story of Eve and Adam’s disobeying God. Because of this first sin, mankind has been plagued with more sin and its consequences. One bad decision changed all mankind and the earth. Sin has a terrible price tag. No one gets away from sin's wages.

What happened when Eve disobeyed:

She thought God was not right. The fruit did taste good, and they didn’t die — right away.
Adam and Eve had to be clothed. Animals lost their lives so they could be clothed.
Adam and Eve could not have fellowship with God anymore. The one-on-one conversations with the Creator in the garden ceased.
Eve, and all women after her, have had pain in childbirth. Women would not have that experience, if sin had not entered the human race.
The ground was cursed. Now there are weeds and thistles; before there were none.
Work would not have been as hard. There would have been no sweat in hard labor.
Physical death entered into our lives.
Sin entered into mankind

What happened when King David sinned:

King David’s bad decision started with his staying home from battle.
He did not obey God by going to battle. He tarried.
He looked on a bathing woman. His “look” led to adultery between him and Bathsheba.
David conceived a child out of wedlock with her.
The King deceived Uriah, his faithful soldier and the husband of Bathsheba.
David was involved in Uriah’s death.
David and Bathsheba's baby died.
His sons were disobedient and some died early deaths.

Other great men and women sinned and “paid” its terrible consequences.

If Samson had not sinned, he would not have lost his strength, sight, and position of being a judge of Israel.
If the people of Israel had not sinned, they would not have been attacked by serpents, faced starvation, and would have been allowed to see the Promised Land.
If Moses had spoken to the rock, as God commanded him, he would have entered the Promised Land.
If Herod had not boasted, he would not have been eaten by worms.
If Aaron and Miriam had not talked about Moses, Miriam would not have had leprosy.
If Jonah had obeyed God, he would not have ended up in the belly of a whale.
If Haman had not been bitter against Mordecai, he may not have died by hanging.
If Judas had not “given place to the devil”, he would not have been used to kill Jesus.
If the soldiers had gotten saved, they would not have nailed Jesus to the cross.
… and on the list could go from biblical examples of sins’ wages.

No one gets away with sin. There is a price tag. The Bible is a lesson book on this subject. What would you be, if you didn’t make that one mistake?

Some will have a divorce, because they did not wait on God’s choice of a mate.
Some will flunk in school because they would not learn the right way, and cheated their way through school.
Some may end up in jail, because they cheated on their taxes, stole cars, did drugs, etc.
Some may hurt someone physically, because they watched the wrong TV shows and got desensitized about harming others.
Someone may be addicted or killed by drugs, because their desensitization to sin started with a sip of daddy’s beer.
Some may be killed in a car accident, because they disobeyed parents and snuck out at night.
Some girls may have children out of wedlock because they would not listen to their parents about how, who, or when to date.
Some may be crippled in a fight, because they did not listen to parents and stay away from the wrong kids.
Some may not graduate high school, because they were too lazy to study.
Some may go to Hell, and burn forever, because they worried about what their friends would think and never got saved!

All sin has consequences — either here or in eternity. Most already know this, because they have seen what others have reaped by sowing sin in their lives. Why do we sometimes think we can get away with it?

“God hates the sin, but He loves the sinner.” — D. L. Moody

This lesson was featured in The Bible View #293.

August 7, 1999, Updated 3/9/2011