Previously:

“Should the LORD plant the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil?” I asked myself.
I had never thought of the connection of my sins to this (really) or of any alternative.

CHAPTER 15

I knew that sin had its beginning from the very beginnings of man and there was nothing that I could do about it.

The lies would begin. Satan’s influence would spread throughout God’s Creation and eventually draw in my own loved ones. (Of course I had been drawn into sin as well, except the Lord Himself came down and saved me.)

Oh no!

I just realized that had I NOT allowed the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil to be placed in the middle of the garden, Christ would not have had to die on the Cross!

Did I mess up already?

I DID NOT WANT YOU TO LOVE ME, UNLESS YOU WANTED TO BE CLOSE IN LOVE WITH ME.

THOSE WHO CHOOSE MY LOVE TRULY LOVE ME, AS I TRULY LOVE YOU – FREELY.

1 John 4:8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

I LOVE this MAN!

“Why do we disobey HIM?” I thought.

GOOD AND EVIL ARE CLEAR CHOICES.

“But because we do not have knowledge of everything,” I continued, “we sometimes choose evil.”

YOU CHOOSE EVIL, BECAUSE THE FRUIT IS PLEASANT TO YOUR FLESH.

“… AND I ignore your command and your will,” I thought.

(But I knew the LORD knew my every thought.)  And I looked away in shame…

To be continued…

A Temporary Throne is an original work of Roger Harned,

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