Pastor Tim Ross Says Eve Never Sinned In Eden, Was Kicked Out For THIS Weird, Unbiblical Reason

Tim Ross is a church-growth guru, podcast host, and pastor of Transformation Church who frequently says bizarre and troubling things, and his recent take on what really happened in the Garden of Eden is no exception.

We last wrote about Ross after he said it shouldn’t be considered cheating for a married man to dance sexually, get twerked on, and slap the butt of a half-naked dancer. Then we featured him praising famed Modalist T.D. Jakes, while saying a belief in the Trinity is a secondary, non-essential issue and that it’s crazy for Christians to divide over Trinitarian doctrine.

He also compared Jesus to a naked stripper that ‘puts bread in my pocket,’ mocked people upset about his lousy preaching, said he’s never once felt convicted about cursing and cussing, praised and extolled a guest on his show for regurgitating all the worst cliches of Critical Race Theology and anti-racism talking points, and refused to name names over a corrupt Bishop who was bribing pastors with sex.

During a recent episode Upset The World Studios, in an interview with Erwin McManus, Ross offers this novel understanding of the departure of Eve from the Garden of Eden:

Ross: The theologians in the room may disagree. I don’t believe that Adam and Eve got kicked out of the garden for what they did. I believe they got kicked out for what they hid.

I don’t think doing it (eating the fruit) was the issue. I think hiding it was. It’s the doubling down on what- hiding is the doubling down of what you did.

McManus: You know, I don’t know how this connects, but I think I was reading Genesis yesterday…and I was noticing that when God said, “do not eat from the fruit of this tree,” He was only saying it to Adam. Because Eve hadn’t been created yet.

Ross: Correct. She was in him.

McManus: “Yeah, and so I thought this is interesting because (Adam) didn’t transfer the value that God entrusted him with. And I was reading this going “wow, we always think it was Eve, but really Adam didn’t do his job.”

Ross responds to this saying that he wants to “co-sign” that statement, then adds:

Ross: Let’s double down. This is why sin is not ascribed to Eve. Scripture says Eve was deceived- Adam sinned.

Because what should have happened when Eve was deceived and brought the fruit to Adam is he should have slapped it out of her hand. And said, ‘girl, what is you doing? You about to mess all this up.’

So, because Adam at that point would have known the penalty of death, he should have called out to the Father and said, ‘I know what the penalty of my wife’s disobedience is, but I don’t want it to happen to her. Do it to me instead.’

…Christ was called the second Adam because Christ did what Adam should have. Adam should have died for his wife. Instead he chose to die with his wife.”

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  4. These gentlemen are not that far off, if much at all. Depending on your theology, the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the garden was essentially the second dispensation of grace, and/or the second covenant. Rather than putting them to death, God showed mercy. And ultimately, that is why they were kicked out. It was because of grace.

    What they’ve sidestepped, possibly as a matter of trying to appease the feminists, is the fact that it was essentially an assault on God’s created order. Satan tempted Eve and deceived her, by sowing doubt “Yeah, hath God said”, because God told Adam, as the head, according to His created order, who then told Eve. So Eve was deceived into doubting what her husband had told her.

    Adam, then seeing that Eve hadn’t immediately died, himself began to doubt and distrust the Lord.

    There’s a lot more to it, and a ton that is to be learned from the creation account, which applies to everything since, including better understanding here and now, but Mr. Ross isn’t that far off, in my opinion. His error, is essentially to imply that faithlessness in that which is least is of little significance. The first sin was plenty bad enough to warrant death. So it’s the faithlessness in that which is much, that is of somewhat lesser significance. The continence in sin, without repentance, is certainly worse. But the Lord would not have overlooked the first sin. Had they openly and straightforwardly repented, the manner in which God dispensed His grace might’ve been different, but their sin would not have been ignored, and would not have gone unaddressed (as we know from scripture). We cannot know what God might’ve done, and how He might’ve dealt with it, in that case.

    1. By discussing and affirming the existence of God’s created order, these gentlemen are leading people out of the bondage of critical theory, which is at it’s very core, an assault against God and His created order.

      We know ,scripture does not return void.

      Whether or not it is their intent to lead people away from the wickedness of critical theory, and other antichrist philosophy, is somewhat secondary to the fact that that’s what they’re actually doing. For that reason, I’m not going to be too hard on them. It’s the wokeists who would say that there should’ve been no distinction between what Eve did and what Adam did. That’s critical theory (feminists being the primary promoters of it). The fact that there was a distinction, is what destroys such antichrist worldly philosophies. On the surface, some on the “right” will overreact, and say “no it’s not fair, Eve sinned too”. Well, that’s exactly how the wokeists would want you to react. Instead, the proper response is “yes, there is indeed a created order”, followed by “and that created order is not harmful to women”. Was there any harm in not eating from just one tree, in a garden that contained an abundance of food? Nope. No harm at all. Didn’t harm her one bit. So maybe there was an element of jealously. God told Adam directly, but didn’t tell her directly (because God is going to lead the leader)?

      There’s a ton to learn from it. And the more you study it, the more you realize it is not a “myth” that could have been dreamed up by mankind. Nobody has ever had that deep of an understanding of human nature, sinful nature, etc. And the deceiver is still using the same tactics today as he used then.

      “conservatives” should be careful not to overreact. If these men are leading people out of the bondage of harmful, antichrist, wicked philosophies, such as critical theory, then let them do so …

    2. We also can’t look back at the creation account and evaluate it with much “presentism”, because prior to the fall, Adam and Eve were not like us. Sin had not yet entered the world. It teaches us a ton, but we can’t “teach” it anything at all. I said maybe there was an element of jealousy in what Eve did, but giving it more thought, I’m not sure that would be correct. Because neither she nor Adam were created with a sinful nature. So it was unwise of me to try to speculate about whatever drove them to do what they did. When satan tempted Eve, he basically said, “no, if you eat of it, you’ll be like God” (Gen 3:4). And Eve, when she responded to the serpent, said “But God said …” (Gen 3:3), so she acknowledged that God said it to her husband, and that she believed him. (so she did not doubt?) But when deceived, she ate because she saw that 1) it was good for food, 2) it was pleasing to the eyes, and 3) it was desired to make one wise (Gen 3:5).

      Adam and Eve were not created perfect like God, but they also were not created with a sinful nature, as we are born with a sinful nature. And just this distinction is worth quite a bit of thought and study. If we say that sin is that which isn’t perfect, then we’re somewhat wrong about that, because the creation account teaches us there is a distinction. But at the same time, we know that perfect is sinless, as God is sinless. So there’s a distinction in one direction, but no distinction in the other. And just that alone can be too much for our tiny minds to understand.

      I believe we could spend the rest of our lives just studying the creation account alone, and still never come close to fully understanding it, yet each day learning something new. It has a ton to teach us. I understand very little of it, and there are some questionable things I’ve said myself, just in the comments from yesterday, that would likely not be correct. It’s one of those subjects that we shouldn’t just talk about, without being very careful.

      1. Some logical problems with your analysis. You state, ‘Adam and Eve were not created perfect like God, but they also were not created with a sinful nature, ‘

        Then why does Gen 1:31 indicate that God looked at everything HE created and saw that is was VERY good? Same chapter, vs 27 indicates that ‘God created man in His own image’. Saying that God created something less than perfection is the slippery slope into gnosticism. (the main deity spawning aeons or little deities that were not as powerful or god-like than the main one). I do not propose that Adam and Eve were Gods, they were only created in His image. The perfect God created perfect images of Himself. If they were anything less than perfect, you can begin to question the power, majesty, knowledge and holiness of God, as your statement will lead people to believe.

        It the very same thing the series “The Chosen” does when Peter makes the statement to another disciple that, “God makes mistakes sometimes.”

        1. I understand and generally agree, but you have to ask the question how many different versions of “perfect” could exist. The answer is one. And only one.

          It follows that a perfect being would make the same decisions all the time (the perfect ones), and say the same things all the time (the perfect things), with 100% consistency.

          But your logic, Poppagoose, would suggest there are more than one versions of perfect.

          If they were lesser, and they were, then they were not perfect.

          Same goes for the angels. Since they’re lesser, they are not perfect. If they were, then Lucifer and those who went with him wouldn’t have rebelled.

          So you could make the same logical point considering the fact that Adam and Eve were created with the capacity to sin at all. If they were perfect, then they would not have sinned at all. Satan would not have been able to deceive Eve if she were perfect. Nor would God have had to give them any instructions.

          The key point, I believe, is that they were created with free will. That is not to say that God makes mistakes. If He chose of His own accord, to create beings that are less than perfect, does that diminish His own perfection? I don’t believe so. After all, free will is a necessary component of perfection, it seems to me. If there is no capacity to choose to do and say what is perfect, then such a constraint would indicate inherent imperfection. Otherwise, no constraint should be needed.

          But as I said, it’s too much for my tiny mind to comprehend. I don’t pretend to understand it. I very well could be wrong. Seems to me it’s just beyond our understanding …

    3. None of the three reasons Eve took the fruit and ate are necessarily sinful in and of themselves. It’s not wrong to eat food. It’s not wrong to eat food pleasing to the eyes. It’s not wrong to desire wisdom and intelligence. Then what did she do with the fruit after she ate? She gave the fruit to her husband. As his helper, created to be his helper, her desire was to help. Not to usurp his leadership.

      Mr. Ross is correct that the Bible does focus on the fact that Eve was deceived, and it says sin entered the world through Adam.

      But it does say that Eve “became a transgressor” or “fell into transgression”. 1 Tim. 2:13-15. That is, she became a sinner.

      Yet Adam was responsible, as with leadership comes responsibility, and with responsibility comes the blame. And it says he was not deceived, which would indicate that he deliberately and knowingly just outright sinned.

      There’s a lot to consider, and a lot to learn …

      1. The creation account has a lot to teach us about the differences between us and the Lord, and how He works. It has a lot to teach us about the differences between men and women, how we’re wired differently because we were specifically created for different purpose. It has a lot to teach us about human nature and the sinful nature with which we were born.

        Considering that passage in 1 Tim. 2:13-15, and similar scriptures, it always reiterates that women should not teach men or lead because they are more easily deceived. Yet we know, that Adam’s transgression was worse. And the Bible tells us this. Adam outright and blatantly sinned. Whereas Eve was deceived. So men lead not because men are any better. No, it’s somewhat the opposite, because Adam’s sin was worse. It’s a matter of who is more easily led astray and would lead others astray, even without any intention of doing so. And that doesn’t speak ill of women. As it pertains to intent and what is in the heart, it speaks well of women. But if a man doesn’t want to be led astray, he won’t be, at least not easily. And it’s the way we’re wired, the way we were created.

        Adam’s sin was worse. But it’s about who is more susceptible to being led astray and leading others astray. Not about which is superior to or better than the other. If you think about it, it’s somewhat the opposite. And the point is that Godly patriarchy is not harmful to women, does not consider women as lesser or as property, or all the other nonsense the feminists spew. No, Godly patriarchy, according to God’s design and created order, is very pro-woman. Even going all the way back to the account of creation, the woman’s intent and presumed innocence is inferred, whereas the man, well, he was plain flat-out blatantly guilty, no questions, ifs, ands, or buts. I’m speculating again, and may be wrong, but the creation account has much to teach us.

        It should go without saying, that I’m not agreeing with everything and anything Mr. Ross has ever said or done.

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