The barriers God puts in place in our walk with Him are not to bind or imprison us but to protect us. Its like the difference between the walls surrounding a house, and the walls surrounding a prison. (Rev22:14&15)
God told Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Mankind's debate with respect to this instruction is direct evidence of exactly why God gave it.
Before Adam and Eve ate of that tree, the only wisdom they had access to was God's perfect wisdom and therefore everything was in sync. But as soon as they ate from the tree, the battle between obeying self and obeying God began.
If they had not eaten the forbidden fruit, Proverbs3:5, 6 & 7 would not have been necessary:
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING; in all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your path. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and depart from evil."
They ate from tree and as a result got an understanding that was contrary to the wisdom of God. They became wise in their own eyes and as a result could not live on the level God had predestined them to live at.
Rom 1:22&23
"Professing to be wise, they became fools and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made by corruptible man and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.
1 Cor 2:14
But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them for they are spiritually discerned".
The devil by successfully tempting Adam and Eve introduced a fatal virus to Mankind's Psyche, a virus that absolutely corrupted man's original and perfect design, as a result placing man in bondage to sin i.e doing things according to his perception of good and evil instead of doing things in accordance to Gods will.
For this reason Jesus came with the message "Repent" (Matt4:17)
Repentance is a change of mind accompanied by regret and change of conduct, "change of mind and heart", or,"change of consciousness".
The law dealt with a change of actions and as a result could not give a true solution, but Jesus came to give us His mind 1Cor2;16, which connects us back to Gods perfect way of being and thinking (Rom12:1&2).
Today and everyday let us consciously allow Him put the pieces back together (Phil 2:13).
Let us be transformed by renewing our minds with the Word of God so that we can be in perfect sync with the will of God. Thanks to Jesus our minds have been restored.
Be Spekky...Be Spectacular!
(Matt5:14-16).
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