Post by itsmagic on Sept 23, 2019 15:27:05 GMT
in eden, we were created in a perfect world. sinless till tempted by evil; man was warned not to eat of ONE tree.
out of a World full of trees and of choices, eve hung around talking to the serpent.
he made her question God,"has God said ?", doubt His Word. the temptation. then the lie.
then the serpent said "you will not surely die. for God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened,
and you will be like God, knowing good and evil".
so when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree Desirable to make one wise,
she took of it's fruit and ate. she also gave to her husband with her and he ate it. ( Gen 3:4-6 )
now we know the difference between good & evil.
man fell and sin entered the world. man chooses.
good or evil. this now is our nature, it was not our nature Before the fall.
our inclination now to sin is when man makes the mistake of choosing wrong.
we are born sinless - in a sinful world
and the Lord God commanded "of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat,
for in the day you eat of it you shall surely die". Gen 2:16,17 told what it was, said don't eat of it, if you do, you will die. they knew it was forbidden.
freely chosen. through adam sin entered a fallen world - we all die.
i believe scripture teaches we are tempted to see what is in our hearts. to see Whom will we serve - the devil or God.
God is inviting us home to live with Him. i think He Wants to be selective. He seeks US - with Faith to Trust the Truth & obey Him.
the devil's tricks will fool all who aren't interested in Truth, God's Word or Will.
*- the "doctrine" of "original sin"- (as defined from the "doctrines of men") is that we are born with adam's sin.
wrong . Error. Not in the Word of God.
we are born pure, sinless little babies. ask a newborn what he has done wrong, what sin he has committed. NONE.
that's the trouble of men making up all kinds of stupid things.
Not in the Word of God

