“THE LORD GOD COMMANDED THE MAN!”

 Genesis 2:15-17                                   (ESV)

“[15] The LORD GOD took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. [16] And “THE LORD GOD COMMANDED THE MAN”, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, [17] but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.””

  

There can be many interpretations of what “THE LORD GOD COMMANDED THE MAN” to do or not to do, and whether the punishment lined up with the crime for simply partaking of what GOD said was “off limits” for mankind?  Contemplating how far we are allowed to venture into “selfish desires” can be a dangerous place to visit, especially when we begin trying to be more than we were CREATED to be?

The COMMAND OF GOD was “You may SURELY eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you SHALL NOT EAT, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die”!  When we are deceived into doing that which we ARE NOT CREATED, we are operating outside of HIS PLAN for our lives!  According to Genesis 3:1, “The enemy” is “more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD GOD had made”!  Lies and Deception have ALWAYS been his “modus operandi” (John 8:44) so he will do ANYTHING and EVERYTHING he can to discolor TRUTH!

Adam heard TRUTH from GOD in Genesis 2:16-17.  He allowed his wife to listen to propaganda (lies) originated by the enemy instead of encouraging her to listen only to TRUTH!  Listening to anything except TRUTH can be a dangerous experience to find ourselves in.  When “THE LORD GOD COMMANDED THE MAN” to do what only he was CREATED to do, it was for our good!  We must recognize and realize that our enemy is the GREAT DECEIVER and his lies are hard to distinguish from TRUTH!  It is always best for us to do what “THE LORD GOD COMMANDED THE MAN” and reject lies!