1. - Transfer of Allegiance  Genesis 3:1-13 Choosing to obey the serpent (the creature) instead of God (the Creator) meant that Adam and Eve found more satisfaction in the earthly than in the eternal. They thus switched not only their allegiance, but also their source of satisfaction. The bad news is that the created was never meant to satisfy humankind because without the Spirit of God, every person is incomplete. This thought explains why Adam and Eve saw themselves ‘naked’ the moment they sinned, and their eyes were opened. THE OPENING OF THEIR PHYSICAL EYES TO THEIR IMMEDIATE EARTHLY NEED SIGNALED THE CLOSURE OF THEIR SPIRITUAL EYES TO THEIR ETERNAL NEED. Oh, how great is this light of darkness (Matt 6:23)!   This treasure, living soul in earthen vessel which was made alive by the breath of Eternal Life, can never be satiated by that which is earthly, transient and woefully ephemeral in comparison to the eternal