Would it really hurt to KNOW both good and evil. How was Eve deceived? First let's consider what was said.
Gen 3:2-5 NIV - "2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.' " 4 "You will not certainly die," the serpent said to the woman. 5 "For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.""
When I asked the Lord the question this morning, Why did you not want man to know good and evil? I was thinking to myself, it's just knowledge, just knowing is not the same as doing. It's not the same as actively engaging in something, or is it? God knew what I was thinking. This is what he said to me: "Because in order to know something you have to be engaged in it, with it in some manner. Any involvement results in a relationship. The relationship will be established. Whether you actively engage or not".
He said to me in so many words, that the relationship will always be there. It can remain in active stage where it grows or a non active stage where it remains in the initial stage. But you have formed a relationship to evil when you partake of it in any way just as Adam and Eve both did in the garden of Eden. In order to know about something you have to come into contact with it in someway.
Have you ever heard someone say, I'm going to touch upon a particular topic of interest. In order to touch upon any subject, you will have to get involved by studying the subject. Let's say you want to know about cooking. You are going to touch upon that subject when you go to the source to learn about cooking.
Now look at the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Think about it, who, what, where, is the source of evil? It was the very person God did not want Adam and Eve to come into contact with. Do you think God knew the devil would be right there lurking behind the scene, waiting for a chance to deceive them?
Of course he did. The devil's reply to Eve was that God was afraid she would become like him, knowing good and bad. This was a deceptive statement which implied God was holding back something good from her. Instead the truth of the matter was the person God did not want them to be like was the evil devil.
I believe this is why God told Eve she was not to even TOUCH the tree. Even if she had not eaten the fruit from the tree in the beginning and just touched it. She would have been in just as much trouble as if she had eaten it. Simply because once you touch something you are interconnected, from that moment there is formed a direct correlation or association between yourself and the object whether it is knowledge, a concept, a person, place or thing.
It can be anything for that matter. In Adam and Eve's case it was all that and more. They came into association with the devil and even became like him. We inherently have evil tendencies due to Adam and Eve. But thanks to the greater Adam, Jesus Christ we can overcome by becoming like Christ as born again Christians. Glory to God!
This is just a little nugget the Lord shared with me this morning. Simple as it is, it gives you something to further think about! We must always hate EVIL and not even want to touch it or look upon it. There is no evil in heaven, so we can be grateful for that. So anyone reading this having problems with liking EVIL things, turn around and repent. EVIL spelled backwards is LIVE! Turnaround for your LIFE!
Gen 3:2-5 NIV - "2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.' " 4 "You will not certainly die," the serpent said to the woman. 5 "For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.""
When I asked the Lord the question this morning, Why did you not want man to know good and evil? I was thinking to myself, it's just knowledge, just knowing is not the same as doing. It's not the same as actively engaging in something, or is it? God knew what I was thinking. This is what he said to me: "Because in order to know something you have to be engaged in it, with it in some manner. Any involvement results in a relationship. The relationship will be established. Whether you actively engage or not".
He said to me in so many words, that the relationship will always be there. It can remain in active stage where it grows or a non active stage where it remains in the initial stage. But you have formed a relationship to evil when you partake of it in any way just as Adam and Eve both did in the garden of Eden. In order to know about something you have to come into contact with it in someway.
Have you ever heard someone say, I'm going to touch upon a particular topic of interest. In order to touch upon any subject, you will have to get involved by studying the subject. Let's say you want to know about cooking. You are going to touch upon that subject when you go to the source to learn about cooking.
Now look at the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Think about it, who, what, where, is the source of evil? It was the very person God did not want Adam and Eve to come into contact with. Do you think God knew the devil would be right there lurking behind the scene, waiting for a chance to deceive them?
Of course he did. The devil's reply to Eve was that God was afraid she would become like him, knowing good and bad. This was a deceptive statement which implied God was holding back something good from her. Instead the truth of the matter was the person God did not want them to be like was the evil devil.
I believe this is why God told Eve she was not to even TOUCH the tree. Even if she had not eaten the fruit from the tree in the beginning and just touched it. She would have been in just as much trouble as if she had eaten it. Simply because once you touch something you are interconnected, from that moment there is formed a direct correlation or association between yourself and the object whether it is knowledge, a concept, a person, place or thing.
It can be anything for that matter. In Adam and Eve's case it was all that and more. They came into association with the devil and even became like him. We inherently have evil tendencies due to Adam and Eve. But thanks to the greater Adam, Jesus Christ we can overcome by becoming like Christ as born again Christians. Glory to God!
This is just a little nugget the Lord shared with me this morning. Simple as it is, it gives you something to further think about! We must always hate EVIL and not even want to touch it or look upon it. There is no evil in heaven, so we can be grateful for that. So anyone reading this having problems with liking EVIL things, turn around and repent. EVIL spelled backwards is LIVE! Turnaround for your LIFE!