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Question: “Why did God put the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden?”
Answer:
God put the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden to give Adam and Eve a choice to obey Him or disobey Him. Adam and Eve were free to do anything they wanted, except eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Genesis 2:16-17, “And the LORD God commanded the man, ‘You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.’” If God had not given Adam and Eve the choice, they would have essentially been robots, simply doing what they were programmed to do. God created Adam and Eve to be “free” beings, able to make decisions, able to choose between good and evil. In order for Adam and Eve to truly be free, they had to have a choice.
There was nothing essentially evil about the tree or the fruit of the tree. It is unlikely that the fruit, in and of itself, gave Adam and Eve any further knowledge. That is, the physical fruit may have contained some vitamin C and some beneficial fiber, but it was not spiritually nutritious. However, the act of disobedience was spiritually deleterious. That sin opened Adam’s and Eve’s eyes to evil. For the first time, they knew what it was to be evil, to feel shame, and to want to hide from God. Their sin of disobeying God brought corruption into their lives and into the world. Eating the fruit, as an act of disobedience against God, was what gave Adam and Eve the knowledge of evil—and the knowledge of their nakedness (Genesis 3:6–7).
God did not want Adam and Eve to sin. God knew ahead of time what the results of sin would be. God knew that Adam and Eve would sin and would thereby bring evil, suffering, and death into the world. Why, then, did God allow Satan to tempt Adam and Eve? God allowed Satan to tempt Adam and Eve to force them to make the choice. Adam and Eve chose, of their own free will, to disobey God and eat the forbidden fruit. The results—evil, sin, suffering, sickness, and death—have plagued the world ever since. Adam and Eve’s decision results in every person being born with a sin nature, a tendency to sin. Adam and Eve’s decision is what ultimately required Jesus Christ to die on the cross and shed His blood on our behalf. Through faith in Christ, we can be free from sin’s consequences, and ultimately free from sin itself. May we echo the words of the Apostle Paul in Romans 7:24-25, “What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!”
Recommended Resources: Basic Theology by Charles Ryrieand Logos Bible Software.
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P.S. (From bruce) If you’re not a “born again” Christian, is the Holy Spirit urging you to open this link ?? Here is the truth for this most important days writing, about how God’s grace is received to become a Christian in God’s eyes; through understanding and obeying the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ… https://godsmanforever.com/2014/10/26/the-truth-about-sin-10262014-by-bruce-reposted-from-7112013/
To my brothers and sisters in Christ, please feel free to share this message of the cross with those in need…
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Why would a god of perfect love honesty knowledge wisdom and mercy, create a human soul that he foreknows will allegedly burn in hell? Do you think he may have designed an intentional ability to not foreknow this?
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Nick, God knew before the creation of the earth, who would believe upon His Son Jesus Christ, and be graced by God Himself with salvation… This is known as omniscience… What does omniscience mean in the Bible?
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Omniscience means God is all-knowing. This means God knows everything, including the past and future. There is nothing God is unaware of. Omnipresence means God is everywhere at the same time. God is distinct from the universe, but inhabits the entirety of it.
God uses the gospel of Christ to share the “good news” message that sins CAN be forgiven and cleansed away by the shed blood of Jesus Christ…
Click on this link, and seek the Lord while He may still be found !! Isaiah 55:6-7… Let me know if you have any questions… God is real… Hell is real… God is patient… I wasn’t “born again” until I was almost 52 !!
Blessings in Christ, bruce
Gospel of Christ – https://godsmanforever.com/2016/12/19/the-gospel-of-our-lord-jesus-christ-12182016-written-by-bruce-r-mills/
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God gave man the opportunity to have a divine nature by choice from day 1. He knew man may choose to disobey Him, but because He loves man so dearly and won’t want to be separated from man, He had a plan B ready for man’s redemption through His son, Jesus. The decision to accept God’s redemption plan is also by choice. So we have this free will all the way.
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