WITHOUT GOD!

The lie of all lies and the sin of all sins was committed in the very beginning and brought death (separation from the love and life of God). God only gave man one rule, and the breaking of that rule would end in death. So what was the rule? Well, in effect, it was Don’t touch the rules.

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 from it, you will certainly die.”

What exactly was the knowledge of good and evil? In the Scripture above, the Hebrew word for knowledge is da‘at -it means to have knowledge, perception, skill, discernment, understanding, and wisdom. The Hebrew word for good is tob and it speaks of everything good, moral, beautiful, the best, and happy! The Hebrew word for evil is ra‘ which denotes everything evil, harmful and hurtful.  Therefore, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was the knowing of the good things that we should do and of the evil things we should not do. Sound like the 10 Commandments and the law?

It was, in fact, the law, the very law later given to Moses on Mount Sinai. Adam and Eve received the law, though not in its written form. The consciences’ of Adam and Eve were forever damaged and opened the proverbial pandora’s box to the demise of all mankind! Adam and Eve partook of the wrong thing, how to feel right about themselves outside of God. Did it make them feel right about themselves? NO! It produces the opposite! They stepped into an inferior identity. They saw themselves as failures and felt ashamed and, therefore, afraid.

Think about it, have you been trapped in the lie of an inferior identity? Have you been partaking of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? Are you trying to feel good about yourself based upon your performance? The most essential rule God ever gave to humanity was, in layman’s terms, don’t touch the laws! 

What motivates you to love being you? What are you living by? Are you trusting in your ability to be good enough to feel right about yourself, or are you living in your original perfect identity through Christ? Have you received the blood of Jesus as full payment for all your mistakes, failures, and sin? Have you stepped into the real you in the genesis of God? Do you know that because of the blood of Jesus, God considers you perfect, his offspring, and his heir?

Without a doubt, the most hideous and dangerous sin of all time is the sin of trying to be righteous and feel right about ourselves…

WITHOUT GOD!

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