Looks Good, Feels Good, Seems Good = NO GOOD!

1 John 2:16 tells us of the three categories of sin in the world: 1) the desires of the flesh, 2) the desires of the eyes, and 3) the pride of life.

John didn't have to come up with these on his own. Under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, John must have pulled out his scroll of the Torah and found the story of the very beginning when the serpent came to Eve in the Garden of Eden and tempted her with fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

“So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food [the lust/desires of the flesh], and that it was a delight to the eyes [the lust/desires of the eyes], and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise [the pride of life], she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate“ (Gen. 3:6, ESV).

The serpent is crafty, but he's not creative. He keeps using the same old worn-out tricks on people all over the world, and we so easily fall for them. Our eyes play tricks on us to make sin look good. Our flesh plays tricks by making sin feel good. And our pride plays tricks on us, making us think we know what is good for us.

[And for what it's worth: for those who insist that Eve was the reason for the fall, notice that Adam was with her and made no apparent effort to stop her. He was at least as guilty as she was, if not more guilty for watching it happen.]

Sin will always look good, feel good, and seem good, but sin is simply no good.