In a message dated 06/07/1999 4:40:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< All,
I wonder if anyone else has thought about this:
If Adam had the knowledge of nameing the animals, why didn't he
have the knowledge to avoid sin?
I know the garden sin paved the way for the cross, but have you ever
wondered about it?
>>
Actually, I think the answer lies in the difference between knowledge and
wisdom.
I'm of the opinion that the enemy attacks what he observes as the weakness we
have.
He brought God's integrity into question.
But he started by assessing what Eve understood.
"Did God really say 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden.' ?"
Eve replied that God said they weren't to touch the tree in the middle.
So Satan called God's integrity into question by implying that God was
withholding something from them.
When she touched it and didn't die, the lie was confirmed in her mind.
The food was good for food (God never said it wasn't), it was pretty (God
never said it wasn't), and desirable for gaining wisdom, she tasted and gave
to the man there with her .
Brother, Adam had the tool for avoiding sin. He understood obedience and its
results.
He also had a man's natural inclination to exaggerate in the interest of
caution.
Adam was the one who had received the revelation about the tree (see Gen.
2:17). The woman didn't even exist yet.
Any knowledge she had of the tree was second-hand from Adam. God never
specifically said don't touch, Adam assumed by implication "don't touch."
It's all about trust.
Wisdom is trusting God. Even when it doesn't make sense. In fact, especially
if it doesn't make sense.
Mike Bickle wrote in his book, Growing in the Prophetic, "God will offend our
minds to reveal our hearts."
In the end, Adam didn't trust God, and he failed.
In the end, Jesus trusted His Father, and He (we) won.
In His Service for the boys,
Gary Rothwell
Sr. Cdr.
Outpost 59, Potomac District
Warwick Assembly of God
Hampton, VA
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