Comments on: The first sin: hiding from God? http://adventures-in-mormonism.com/2009/10/19/the-first-sin-hiding-from-god/ Correcting the incorrigible Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:02:08 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Searcher http://adventures-in-mormonism.com/2009/10/19/the-first-sin-hiding-from-god/comment-page-1/#comment-425 Searcher Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:31:58 +0000 http://adventures-in-mormonism.com/?p=655#comment-425 I think it is interesting that The Anchoress thinks that the first sin was not trusting in God. Although I believe this is a mortal failure on our part, it seems to me that the first sin was wanting to be "Like God", or as another translation put it, "as gods". That prideful lie is Satan's oldest temptation. The desire to be a god shows up every time we try to control our circumstances, the people around us, our future, instead of trusting him. As His created, he does not want us to become a god, but to become godly, or Christ-like - taking on his values, attitudes and character. To my way of thinking, that was our first and greatest sin. Just a comment! I think it is interesting that The Anchoress thinks that the first sin was not trusting in God. Although I believe this is a mortal failure on our part, it seems to me that the first sin was wanting to be “Like God”, or as another translation put it, “as gods”. That prideful lie is Satan’s oldest temptation. The desire to be a god shows up every time we try to control our circumstances, the people around us, our future, instead of trusting him. As His created, he does not want us to become a god, but to become godly, or Christ-like – taking on his values, attitudes and character. To my way of thinking, that was our first and greatest sin.

Just a comment!

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