God created Adam a wife from Adam’s own body – a unique creation sourced straight from Adam’s side (Genesis 2:18-22). Adam called his wife "woman" because "out of man" the woman was created (Genesis 2:23-25).
Once removed from the garden, man and woman, with their eyes opened to responsibilities and accountability before God, began to reap what was sown with unique labors (Genesis 3:16-19).
By dismissing the warning of God’s word concerning the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-6), Adam, known as man and the son of God (Luke 3:38), became the progenitor of all who would die (Romans 5:12), while the woman, giving into temptation through deception (2 Corinthians 11:3), would become known as Eve, the mother all of living (Genesis 3:20).
Though the tactic has been revealed, the serpent is still taking advantage of the subtle deception he used in the error of Eve, by using the name of Eve as a deceptive source of error. This is done with a doctrine that proclaims Mary, the mother of Jesus, to be the "New Eve", making her the "mother who gave birth to the church and all mankind." Take note, the solution to avoiding the error of Eve is the same solution to avoiding the "Eve" of error.
According to God’s word, the bride of Jesus Christ, who is the second and last Adam, the son of God (1 Corinthians 15:21-22, 45-49; Romans 5:10, 14), is his church, which was purchased and kept sanctified, after his sleep, through a unique creation sourced straight from his side – blood and water (John 19:34; 1 John 5:6; 1:7; Revelation 1:5; Acts 22:16; Ephesians 5:25-27). And contrary to the attempted subtle deception, Mary being called "woman" by Jesus (John 2:4; 19:26) no more qualifies her as the "New Eve" than it does an engaging Samaritan (John 4:21), a heartbroken disciple (John 20:12-15), a humble Canaanite (Matthew 15:26-28), or a trapped patient (Luke 13:10-13).
There is a simplicity in the gospel that some seek to undermine, though harmless the undermining may be presented (2 Corinthians 11:12-15; Genesis 3:1, 5). As Christians we are called to examine all things (Proverbs 3:5-6; 1 Thessalonians 5:21; 1 John 4:1) lest through subtlety, a doctrine is entertained, and thereby a knowledge not based on God’s word pulls us away from Jesus as the sole "causa salutis" of the soul (Romans 5:15-19).
“2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. 3 But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his treachery, your minds may be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. 4 For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus different from the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough!” (2 Corinthians 11)
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