Obedient I want to be, to God, this is why I write this. The Lord put this on my heart, as I was walking today, trying to get my daily exercise. I thought of the things I wanted to do right after this, and then thought, nope, go write. I don’t want to put God off, with my excuses. I don’t want to be disobedient. See, that’s what brought the curse to Adam and Eve, so I want to touch base on this. Even to make an impression.
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”
Genesis 2:17 KJV
The tree of good and evil, in case one does not know, comes from my King James Bible, in Genesis Chapter Two and Three.
It talks about what God commanded, when He put Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, in case you don’t know what a tree of good and evil is. Or if you just shrugged it off. Look at what He called it real close. He called it a tree of good and evil.
See, God had his reasons for not wanting them to eat from that tree. The name itself can pretty much tell us everything, but I want you to look at this as the fruit, that comes from that tree. Spiritual fruit. God told them that they would die. The devil made it a question and denied that. There the beginning of spiritual death…
Spiritual fruit, you might not notice when you eat it, but if its good, it will give life, it will inspire you, it will remind you, who God is, and in His goodness, how He provides what we should eat.
I think most of us know, not to eat junk food. Because its not nutritionally valuable to your body. To eat natural good foods, that bring health is the goal.
Well when we eat spiritual junk food, that is not good for us, we can reap that spiritually as well, in the sense that it can bring a curse. At first, you might not notice it, but it will bring deception. It will bring foulness, it will bring blindness, spiritually, that can ruin a persons life. This is the consequences of not obeying God.
When I ask you, do you eat from the tree of good and evil?
I am asking you, do you seek to know good, Gods ways, and do you seek to know what the devil wants, and lies to you about? See, there are things in the spiritual realm God does not want us to know. Not all knowledge is good. Knowing how to do evil is not good. Knowing things that God punished Adam and Eve for, because they ate that fruit. Their punishment was so great that they were banned from the Garden of Eden. The blessings, God intended for them were denied, because they ate that fruit.
This is why it is so important that we search ourselves to find out what pleases God. I recommend a King James bible.
As of even now, we can reap those curses of disobedience, and I don’t know who my audience is, but you know yourself. Do you dabble in things that could curse your soul, yet you call yourself a Christian? You are fooling yourself. God sees, as He saw then what Adam and Eve did.
I could mention these things, but you need to know what God approves of and does not, He is pretty specific.
I always wondered, what God would have done, if Adam and Eve had just gone to God, as we can, and ask Him for guidance. He would have again warned them don’t eat that fruit.
We can still search for God. This is why I always recommend a King James to you. Because the fruit from any other bible is evil. Those bibles are not Gods true word, especially when He has warned us commanded us not not to change the wording. Just like He did with Adam and Eve. Its fruit, spiritual fruit, that has been tampered with changing it into junk food. Literally.
Knowing what God says, obeying Gods laws are imperative. Christian, we need to remember God is a legal God. There are legal consequences to sinning, and not be disobedient. Grace is wonderful, but if we inadvertently sin, even for that matter, and do not repent we will face consequences. Fearing God is good. Adam and Eve did not really fear God, they had no idea, but we have to know, there are consequences. Yes, hell and brimstone is real.
“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them. And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.”
Genesis 3:1-24 KJV
Do you eat from the tree of good and evil? I pray not. I have put the entire chapter of Genesis Three for you to understand the deception from the enemy, as he lied to Adam and Eve, but how important it is to know there are consequences. Again not all knowledge is good, if it keeps you from God. Depart from evil. Repent. It will clear the slate.
BE NOT WISE IN THINE OWN EYES: FEAR THE LORD, AND DEPART FROM EVIL. PROVERBS 3:7 King James.
In Christ,
Elena Ramirez
You must be logged in to post a comment.