Adding to the Word of God
God gave a direct command
A simple straightforward word,
Do not eat of a specified tree
But Eve thought that absurd.
She set out to clean it up
And to make it more user friendly
So she added to the word of God
And thus began human misery.
God stated a particular tree
Eve emphasized “a position”,
This gave the serpent an opening
To introduce some indecision.
God stated clearly, “Do not eat,”
But Eve gave an added command:
“Neither shall ye touch it,”
Was never in the original plan.
“Ye shall surely die,” said the Lord
But Eve introduced a caveat:
“Lest ye die” is what she offered
And then possibility replaced fact.
Three additions to the word of God
Three additions added Eve,
Addition has become the compromise
Such that it is now Adam and Steve.
Add thou not unto his words
States Proverbs 30 and verse 6,
It was through Eve’s addition
That the whole world was unfixed.
Stewart Russell © August 2018
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