Tree of Life
Genesis 2:8 Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. 9 And the LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.”
Many people believe that God is an unjust God, He does not love us, nor does He care for us. Many of us believe that God is responsible for all the bad things that happen in our life. To truly understand if that is a true statement, we need to go back in time when God created the heavens and the earth. We need to see what really happened at that time, before we can make that judgment call!!
The first book of the Bible tells us the creation story, where God created all things in the beginning of time. In the Garden of Eden he also created two unique trees, “In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” As we read Chapter 2 of the book of Genesis we will see that God forbid Adam and Eve to eat from the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” However, he never forbade them from eating from the “tree of life” or any other tree in the Garden. It is noteworthy to see that the devil came in the form of a snake to deceive Eve to eat from the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil” and not from the “tree of life”. It was Adam and Eve’s choice to partake in the fruit of the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil” which led them to be banished from the Garden of Eden.
God always wanted us to obtain the fruit from the “tree of life”. He never forbade Adam and Eve, nor has he forbidden us from having from the “tree of life.” He is an unchanging God. He is the same God from the beginning of time. However, it has been always our choice that makes us eat from the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” The devil never wants us to eat from the “tree of life”, but he always deceives us to participate in what is forbidden by God. The devil’s only objective is to “steal, kill and destroy” all the people on this earth, however many of us fail to recognize this reality and deception.
When King Solomon prayed to God he asked Him for wisdom. Solomon did not ask for riches or fame or any other material things. When God heard Solomon’s request, He was pleased!! God said that he will give him not only wisdom but also every material blessing that he needed. It is said that Solomon was one of the richest kings in this world. What exactly was the secret? I believe it is the same age old decision of deciding to eat the fruit from “tree of life” or from the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil.”
I am sure we can relate to this principle to every aspect of our life. God gives us a good spouse, but we choose divorce and other sexual promiscuity. God gives us a salary from our job, but we choose stealing from our job. God gives us children, but we choose to have children outside our marriage. God gives a fellowship of believers, but we choose to avoid churches, prayer meetings and bible studies. God tells us to be satisfied and trust in Him in everything, but we choose to be unsatisfied and become angry when things do not go our way. God always gives us life, but we always seem to choose death. Is truly God responsible for our fate? I believe we are the ones responsible for every decision we make on this earth.
God loves us so much that He went to the extent of sending His only begotten son, Jesus, to die on the cross, so that we can have eternal life and not eternal death. God has done so much for us. Our life on this earth is only for about 120 years, but after that time is eternity of heaven or hell. Our short stay on this earth is our only time where we can make our decisions for our fate. It is the decision to accept Jesus in our life? There is no other option. The choice is again with us!!!!!
Stanley Samuel
Associate Pastor
India International Church
Many people believe that God is an unjust God, He does not love us, nor does He care for us. Many of us believe that God is responsible for all the bad things that happen in our life. To truly understand if that is a true statement, we need to go back in time when God created the heavens and the earth. We need to see what really happened at that time, before we can make that judgment call!!
The first book of the Bible tells us the creation story, where God created all things in the beginning of time. In the Garden of Eden he also created two unique trees, “In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” As we read Chapter 2 of the book of Genesis we will see that God forbid Adam and Eve to eat from the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” However, he never forbade them from eating from the “tree of life” or any other tree in the Garden. It is noteworthy to see that the devil came in the form of a snake to deceive Eve to eat from the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil” and not from the “tree of life”. It was Adam and Eve’s choice to partake in the fruit of the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil” which led them to be banished from the Garden of Eden.
God always wanted us to obtain the fruit from the “tree of life”. He never forbade Adam and Eve, nor has he forbidden us from having from the “tree of life.” He is an unchanging God. He is the same God from the beginning of time. However, it has been always our choice that makes us eat from the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” The devil never wants us to eat from the “tree of life”, but he always deceives us to participate in what is forbidden by God. The devil’s only objective is to “steal, kill and destroy” all the people on this earth, however many of us fail to recognize this reality and deception.
When King Solomon prayed to God he asked Him for wisdom. Solomon did not ask for riches or fame or any other material things. When God heard Solomon’s request, He was pleased!! God said that he will give him not only wisdom but also every material blessing that he needed. It is said that Solomon was one of the richest kings in this world. What exactly was the secret? I believe it is the same age old decision of deciding to eat the fruit from “tree of life” or from the “tree of the knowledge of good and evil.”
I am sure we can relate to this principle to every aspect of our life. God gives us a good spouse, but we choose divorce and other sexual promiscuity. God gives us a salary from our job, but we choose stealing from our job. God gives us children, but we choose to have children outside our marriage. God gives a fellowship of believers, but we choose to avoid churches, prayer meetings and bible studies. God tells us to be satisfied and trust in Him in everything, but we choose to be unsatisfied and become angry when things do not go our way. God always gives us life, but we always seem to choose death. Is truly God responsible for our fate? I believe we are the ones responsible for every decision we make on this earth.
God loves us so much that He went to the extent of sending His only begotten son, Jesus, to die on the cross, so that we can have eternal life and not eternal death. God has done so much for us. Our life on this earth is only for about 120 years, but after that time is eternity of heaven or hell. Our short stay on this earth is our only time where we can make our decisions for our fate. It is the decision to accept Jesus in our life? There is no other option. The choice is again with us!!!!!
Stanley Samuel
Associate Pastor
India International Church
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