DCLM Sincere Milk 14 March 2025 — Pleasant To The Eyes?
DCLM Sincere Milk 14 March 2025 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Acts Of The Apostles
Topic: Pleasant To The Eyes?
Text: Genesis 3:1-7
1Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
4And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
7And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Key Verse: “And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, …” Genesis 3:6
Message
Good for food, but poisonous to the body. Pleasant to the eyes, but very harmful to the soul. Eve never thought of these. She was just concerned about satisfying her lust. Like it is often said, “all that glitters is not gold.” If that fruit was good for food, God would not have said they should not eat it. And if it was pleasant to the eyes, God would not have told them not to touch it. Eve chose to be disobedient to the commandment of God. When you close your eyes to what is good, what is wrong becomes good to your blinded eyes. All that the serpent and Eve said about that tree was a lie and contrary to what God said about it. How could the fruit God told Adam and Eve never to eat be pleasant to her? Disobedience starts the moment the eyes are closed to the truth and the heart desires to do wrong things.
Also Read: DCLM Sincere Milk 13 March 2025 – Acts Of The Apostles
The immoral pictures on the television and the internet should never be pleasant to your eyes. The worldly music, the meat and the drinks of the ungodly people should never be pleasant to your ears and mouth. What was pleasant led Eve and Adam to suffering and punishment. Only righteousness and godliness are pleasant. Today, decide to follow and do the things that are right before God.
Further Reading: James 1:13-15
Prayer for today: Lord, help me to turn my eyes from ungodly things, but obey all Your instructions to me.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
