last few hrs to boost our rankings
so as icemoon mentioned; why did God plant the Fruit in the Garden
of Eden
Question: "Why did God put the tree of knowledge of good and evil
in the Garden of Eden?"
Answer: God put the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the
Garden of Eden to give Adam and Eve a choice to obey Him or
disobey Him. Adam and Eve were free to do anything they wanted,
except eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Genesis
2:16-17, And the LORD God commanded the man, You are free to eat
from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of
the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will
surely die. If God had not given Adam and Eve the choice, they
would have essentially been robots, simply doing what they were
programmed to do. God created Adam and Eve to be free beings,
able to make decisions, able to choose between good and evil. In
order for Adam and Eve to truly be free they had to have a
choice.
There was nothing essentially evil about the tree or the fruit of
the tree. It is unlikely that eating the fruit truly gave Adam and
Eve any further knowledge. It was the act of disobedience that
opened Adam and Eves eyes to evil. Their sin of disobeying God
brought sin and evil into the world and into their lives. Eating
the fruit, as an act of disobedience against God, was what gave
Adam and Eve knowledge of evil. Genesis 3:6-7, When the woman saw
that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the
eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate
it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate
it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized
they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made
coverings for themselves.
God did not want Adam and Eve to sin. God knew ahead of time what
the results of sin would be. God knew that Adam and Eve would sin,
and would thereby bring evil, suffering, and death into the world.
Why, then, did God put the tree in the Garden of Eden and allow
Satan to tempt Adam and Eve? God put the tree of knowledge of good
and evil in the Garden of Eden to give Adam and Eve a choice. God
allowed Satan to tempt Adam and Eve to force them to make the
choice. Adam and Eve chose, of their own free wills, to disobey God
and eat the forbidden fruit. The result evil, sin, suffering,
sickness, and death have plagued the world ever since. Adam and
Eve's decision results in each and every person being born with a
sin nature, a tendency to sin. Adam and Eve's decision is what
ultimately required Jesus Christ to die on the cross and shed His
blood on our behalf. Through faith in Christ, we can be free from
sin's consequences, and ultimately free from sin itself. May we
echo the words of the Apostle Paul in Romans 7:24-25, What a
wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
Thanks be to God - through Jesus Christ our Lord!
