"She took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat."
Contextual truth is from Satan since it does not give truth its total sovereignty to the word as He intended. When He sent his Son he defined what he was. "I am the Way, the truth and the life" Instead believing it it opens way for extraneous matters judge truth. We have a couple of examples: Eve saw the fruit of the tree from the POV of Satan and let her senses settle the matter. Compare with Thomas who would not believe unless he saw the nail marks by his own eyes. What did Jesus Christ say," blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed."( John 20:29). Adam in his turn let his love for Eve forget himself. He should have asked himself, "What has God said about eating of the fruit?" He simply ate what she gave to him.
Man thus became a servant to sin. Instead of the Law of Spirit he would be judged under the law of sin.
God had made his Will clear to Adam. What the serpent made of 'In the day' and saying thou shalt not die was at odds with the soul and it made the man accountable to God. God allowed to eat of all other fruits freely including from the tree of life. God's commandment, "for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die," would have grave consequences upon the soul of man.
In the same vein the nascent church was given an underhand swipe when Constantine I adopted Christianity as the state religion. It eased the state policy of persecution. Outwardly it spared the body of the Church. Since then are we not assailed by heresies without let?
"She took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat."
Contextual truth is from Satan since it does not give truth its total sovereignty to the word as He intended. When He sent his Son he defined what he was. "I am the Way, the truth and the life" Instead believing it it opens way for extraneous matters judge truth. We have a couple of examples: Eve saw the fruit of the tree from the POV of Satan and let her senses settle the matter. Compare with Thomas who would not believe unless he saw the nail marks by his own eyes. What did Jesus Christ say," blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed."( John 20:29). Adam in his turn let his love for Eve forget himself. He should have asked himself, "What has God said about eating of the fruit?" He simply ate what she gave to him.
Man thus became a servant to sin. Instead of the Law of Spirit he would be judged under the law of sin.
God had made his Will clear to Adam. What the serpent made of 'In the day' and saying thou shalt not die was at odds with the soul and it made the man accountable to God. God allowed to eat of all other fruits freely including from the tree of life. God's commandment, "for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die," would have grave consequences upon the soul of man.
In the same vein the nascent church was given an underhand swipe when Constantine I adopted Christianity as the state religion. It eased the state policy of persecution. Outwardly it spared the body of the Church. Since then are we not assailed by heresies without let?
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