“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”(Gen 2:16,17).
God placed the tree of knowledge in the garden and commanded man not to eat of it, in order to test his loving obedience. Man, unlike all other creations, was created as a responsible being. God gave him a freewill or the wisdom to choose for himself, and wanted him to serve Him willingly and with his whole heart. God could have made man like a computer; obedience could have been programmed in him. But God did not want man to be a robot; He wanted him to be a free being in all respects. Hence he is the crown of creation.
‘In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.’ This death is applicable in the physical sense as well as in the spiritual sense. The very day man ate of the fruit his soul died i.e. he lost the eternal life God had given him. According to the Word of God, the very day he committed sin he died physically as well, for in the sight of God a 1000 years is as one day (II Pet 3:8) and vice versa. Adam did not live altogether ONE DAY (i.e. a thousand years).
Dear reader, let us serve our God willingly and become victors in the test of loving obedience. If we fail, it is ‘death’ we have to face for certain.
‘In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.’ This death is applicable in the physical sense as well as in the spiritual sense. The very day man ate of the fruit his soul died i.e. he lost the eternal life God had given him. According to the Word of God, the very day he committed sin he died physically as well, for in the sight of God a 1000 years is as one day (II Pet 3:8) and vice versa. Adam did not live altogether ONE DAY (i.e. a thousand years).
Dear reader, let us serve our God willingly and become victors in the test of loving obedience. If we fail, it is ‘death’ we have to face for certain.
– Taken from Morning Manna – Thoughts for Daily Devotion
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