I have always wondered, as a Christian, whether God created the Fruit of good and evil, which people classify as the apple, in our modern day. Does that mean God wants us to eat this fruit, and everything is part of God's plan? But listening to these preaching talks gives a deeper understanding of this fruit.
This is a deeper understanding than we can imagine. Satan gave the fruit, which made their eyes more open to sin, and it was mainly because they transgressed God's law, not just the fruit, that made them sin. It hit deep when he said God did not create us or anyone for us to sin but for our good. It is a biblical fact that everything that Hod created for us is good and for our health. I love the way he used marijuana as an example to enlighten us, he said Marijuana is good, but when it is used the Wrong way, it can be dangerous.
At first, I thought the tree was an apple tree because this was what we were made to believe from movies and childhood experiences, but it's the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil.
Based on my observations, we do not know the plans of God for the tree when he created it, but the main fault of adam was that it was the serpent that gave then and they disobeyed Gods will that is why the fruit had negative impact and it is called sin, ₩mainly because adam disobeyed the law of God, for sin is transgression of the law. The law was eat all the fruit except one, the first thing that satan wanted was for him to disobey God's will, and there was only one way he could have done that easily, which was through Eve.
The major lesson learnt was not just eating of the fruit, it was disobedience to God's will and law, that was the first sin, not just the eating of the tree of the knowledge of Good and evil.
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Thank You MCGI, I look forward to engaging more.