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Questions Kids Ask About God

Question: Why did Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit if God said not to?

Answer: Adam and Eve were sinless and perfect when God created them. But they still could choose to do what was wrong (just like you can choose to do what you aren't supposed to). When the devil tempted them to eat the forbidden fruit, they choose to do it. Although people talk about Adam and Eve eating an "apple" in the Garden of Eden, we don't know what the fruit looked like or how it tasted. All we know is that it was the one fruit in that big, beautiful garden that they weren't supposed to eat. Adam and Eve ate the fruit because the devil started them thinking about what it would be like. Then he lied about God's rule to make them think that God was keeping something good from them. Pretty soon they wanted to eat the fruit more than they wanted to obey God's rule.

Key Bible verses:
Genesis 3:1-6

My views:
Well...that was the original sin committed by the first humans. We had the original sin until Christ Jesus was crucified to die for the sins of the world. A penalty He paid for with His blood so that we can be cleansed of our sins.
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Source: 101 Questions Kids Ask About God, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc