You shall surely die...!

Genesis 2:16-17 NKJV

And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “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 that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

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† Shalom †......! Day #202. Do you know that when you begin to mingle with sin and every evil that's in it, you will die spiritually? Let us pray. Father, let us know Your truth that sets us free from every bondages and being entangled with sin. In Jesus name we ask and pray, amen!

Friends,  let us never set up our own will against the holy will of God. There was not only liberty allowed to man, in taking the fruits of paradise, but everlasting life made sure to him upon his obedience. There was a trial appointed of his obedience. By transgression he would forfeit his Maker's favour, and deserve his displeasure, with all its awful effects; so that he would become liable to pain, disease, and death. Worse than that, he would lose the holy image of God, and all the comfort of his favour; and feel the torment of sinful passions, and the terror of his Maker's vengeance, which must endure for ever with his never dying soul. The forbidding to eat of the fruit of a particular tree was wisely suited to the state of our first parents. In their state of innocence, and separated from any others, what opportunity or what temptation had they to break any of the ten commandments?

The event proves that the whole human race were concerned in the trial and fall of our first parents. To argue against these things is to strive against stubborn facts, as well as Divine revelation; for man is sinful, and shows by his first actions, and his conduct ever afterwards, that he is ready to do evil. He is under the Divine displeasure, exposed to sufferings and death. The Scriptures always speak of man as of this sinful character, and in this miserable state; and these things are true of men in all ages, and of all nations.

When you are married to the world, you are married to all evil and sin that's in the world. But if you are married to Christ Jesus, you are married to Eternal Life and abundant blessings of God. The first Adam fell because of disobedience for eating the fruit from the forbidden tree, nevertheless, the second Adam, Jesus Christ, came to give life and restore us to God once again. Man died spiritually but Jesus came and make us alive spiritually. Freedom was given to men, but they miss used the freedom from God and fell into sin. If we abide in the truth of God, then let us continue to pursue the truth of God in obedience, reverence towards God and His words.

Let this day be the day of the Lord!

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In His Majestic service,

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