The implications of partaking of the fruit of the Tree of knowledge of good and evil had not really dawned in either Adam or Eve, though God commanded them saying:
"But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." Gen 2:17
The instruction was clear but the outcome was not. We so often sin, not really knowing the outcome of our disobedience. What one needs to understand is that by sinning one gives chance for satan to attack as the word says:
"...and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him."Eccl 10:8
The verse is explicit when it says that the serpent shall bite him if he breaks the hedge. The hedge here I believe to be the hedge put by God through His laws. We see that in the Book of Job, satan says that he cannot attack Job because God has hedged him in Job 1:10. He asks God to remove the hedge and Job will curse God. God has given us commands to keep us safe just as a father tells his children forseeing the outcome of a particular situation. Though the child fails to understand the reasons for the warnings, it does not become an excuse for getting hurt after disobeying the warning. It is therefore of utmost importance to know the word of God in order to make the right choices in life. It is for this reason that the psalmist says:
"Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee."Psa 119:11
Sinning gives satan the legal right to attack you, the Bible therefore says:
"Neither give place to the devil." Some translations render the verse as "nor give opportunity to the devil."Eph 4:27
Clearly we give him a reason to attack. Today we stand after blunderring so often only becasue His grace abounds toward us and not for any other reason. Let's not take it for granted.
Some of our desicions have long term efftects far beyond our realm of understanding. Adam's sin brought the whole world under the curse of sin and death. Had he known, he would have rejected the fruit. I would like to point out one instance of obedience that brought about a blessing. Abraham when he met King Melchizedek of Salem, he gave a tithe of all his plunder. This act was accounted to him to righteousness, Hallelujah. The further implication to this was that Levi, his great, great grandson was also considered by God to have tithed through Abraham:
"And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchizedek met him." Heb 7:9-10
If Levi reaped from Abraham's obedience, which was three generations before his birth, how much more can we bless our future generation from our obedience today! Hallelujah.Let us therefore, seek God that we not go wrong.Amen
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