Don't Bite the Wrong Apple

Whenever a discussion of sin's origin arises the question of whether the forbidden fruit was an apple or not also comes up. Apples seem to have a special place in our thoughts. In regard to our health an old proverb tells us "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." The phrase "the apple of my eye" which appears in the Bible may also come to mind. H. A. Ironside said regarding the word apple, "the literal Hebrew is, 'little man'-Keep me as the little man in the eye. If you stand close to me and you look into my eye, what do you see there? A little man and that little man is yourself; you see yourself reflected upside down; you are a little man in my eye."

With that in mind it may have been an "apple" that Eve bit into. She fell for the great lie that Satan fell for and peddles to anyone who will bite into it. In Isaiah 14 we read of Satan's aspirations. Five times he said, "I will..." and he fifth time he said, "I will be like the Most High." It was that same desire that he presented to Eve. Satan said to her, "you will be like God." Whatever the literal fruit of the tree was is irrelevant. The fruit that Eve ate was the "apple" of disobedience. The disobedient act was to make herself the god of her life.

Jesus, on the other hand, spoke of people as being the apple of his eye. And the reverse should be true for us. Jesus should be the apple of our eyes. He should be the one we focus on. If Jesus is the "little man" in our eye then all of life will be reordered in accord with his plan and purpose for us. Jesus' crucifixion was the result of a choice to be disobedient to God's plan for the world. We have a choice to make also. We can either choose the "apple" of self or Jesus. Will you accept God's plan for your life? Or, will you reject Jesus. Don't bite the wrong apple.