On Sin and One Footed Snakes

The first thing God cursed about the serpent after he deceived Eve was to make him crawl on his belly - implying that the snake used to have legs. (Genesis 3:13-15)

Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”  The Lord God said to the serpent,

“Because you have done this,

Cursed are you more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly you will go,
And dust you will eat
All the days of your life; And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her seed;
He shall bruise you on the head,
And you shall bruise him on the heel.” - Genesis 3:13-15 NASB

This picture caught my eye:

After researching, this looks like an authentic report. What we don't know is whether the leg was just a mutation. 

What we DO know is that Scripture demonstrates to us again and again that there are consequences of sin. Genesis 3 records the consequence for the serpent.

Romans 3 tells us the wages of sin is death. Sin causes spiritual death. In a Christian's life it can cause death of fellowship, a ministry, a relationship, or a testimony. 

No wonder David penned: 

Also keep back Your servant from presumptuous sins;

Let them not rule over me;
Then I will be blameless,
And I shall be acquitted of great transgression. - Psalm 19:13 NASB

Paul wrote:  What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? - Romans 6:1-2 NASB

Let us walk to please the Lord!

Amen.