" But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
thou shall not eat of it: for in the day that thou
eastest therof thou shalt surely die."
Have you ever truly thought this verse through? The other day this came to me as I was listening to a pastor teach on the radio. Before Adam and Eve ate, death did not exist. Nothing ever died. That is mind blowing if you think about it. So the logical question is, what did Adam think to himself when he heard this? The word for die, mut, translates to lose ones life. What did that mean to Adam? I am not sure and the bible does not say. I would guess that if God said it to him, he must have realized it wasn't something God wanted him to do. Was it evil? Well Adam did not have that knowledge at that time. All he knew was God said not to do it. So what did it really mean though, now that we have the rest of the story since? It was 2 part. First, spiritually Adam died. He forfeited his intimate, all access relationship with God the day he ate. Secondly, he started to die physically. From the moment he ate, his mind was opened to what had just happened and the regret for it must have been immeasurable. Since then we have spiraled downwards in history farther away from God. Until Jesus Christ entered into the picture. He made the way back for us. He gave us intimacy back with the father. You see, that is what sin does. It removes us from that place of peace and stillness with God. Like Adam was removed from the garden, we are removed from the presence of God when we are willfully sinning. Oh He is still there, we just can't have fellowship with him while in sin. That's where Jesus steps in. He is our payment for sin. Once we accept Him as our Lord and savior, we now have a way to access the father. The fact is, we all sin. It's our nature. Once we are in Christ though, we have a new nature. Then the war begins. Our flesh wrestles against our spirit for dominion over us. So what is the whole point of this your probably asking? Well it's this. Without Christ, we are dead. Spiritually and eventually physically. With Christ, we are now alive. Yes we will die physically one day, unless He comes back for us soon, but we will live again in eternity in true life. If you are not in Christ and don't know Him, I am sorry to say, your destiny lies in a very hot place of torment forever. It's not what he want's for us, but it's the penalty for a life of sin apart from Jesus. The good news is though, all one has to do is believe in Him who came to take away the sins of the world. Then He will breath new life into you and your spirit will come alive. I can attest, it truly is being alive. Is it easy? No way, but like my pastor said today, it's worth it. The end prize of heaven and eternity with God not separated from God. Think about it this week. Remember, the death rate is still 1 per person. 10 out of 10 people die. It's where your going because of who you know that will matter in the end. Be blessed this week.
Bob
thou shall not eat of it: for in the day that thou
eastest therof thou shalt surely die."
Have you ever truly thought this verse through? The other day this came to me as I was listening to a pastor teach on the radio. Before Adam and Eve ate, death did not exist. Nothing ever died. That is mind blowing if you think about it. So the logical question is, what did Adam think to himself when he heard this? The word for die, mut, translates to lose ones life. What did that mean to Adam? I am not sure and the bible does not say. I would guess that if God said it to him, he must have realized it wasn't something God wanted him to do. Was it evil? Well Adam did not have that knowledge at that time. All he knew was God said not to do it. So what did it really mean though, now that we have the rest of the story since? It was 2 part. First, spiritually Adam died. He forfeited his intimate, all access relationship with God the day he ate. Secondly, he started to die physically. From the moment he ate, his mind was opened to what had just happened and the regret for it must have been immeasurable. Since then we have spiraled downwards in history farther away from God. Until Jesus Christ entered into the picture. He made the way back for us. He gave us intimacy back with the father. You see, that is what sin does. It removes us from that place of peace and stillness with God. Like Adam was removed from the garden, we are removed from the presence of God when we are willfully sinning. Oh He is still there, we just can't have fellowship with him while in sin. That's where Jesus steps in. He is our payment for sin. Once we accept Him as our Lord and savior, we now have a way to access the father. The fact is, we all sin. It's our nature. Once we are in Christ though, we have a new nature. Then the war begins. Our flesh wrestles against our spirit for dominion over us. So what is the whole point of this your probably asking? Well it's this. Without Christ, we are dead. Spiritually and eventually physically. With Christ, we are now alive. Yes we will die physically one day, unless He comes back for us soon, but we will live again in eternity in true life. If you are not in Christ and don't know Him, I am sorry to say, your destiny lies in a very hot place of torment forever. It's not what he want's for us, but it's the penalty for a life of sin apart from Jesus. The good news is though, all one has to do is believe in Him who came to take away the sins of the world. Then He will breath new life into you and your spirit will come alive. I can attest, it truly is being alive. Is it easy? No way, but like my pastor said today, it's worth it. The end prize of heaven and eternity with God not separated from God. Think about it this week. Remember, the death rate is still 1 per person. 10 out of 10 people die. It's where your going because of who you know that will matter in the end. Be blessed this week.
Bob
