Tuesday 1 July 2014

tree of the knowledge of good and evil

I did not realise this. I tend to judge every situation, label them with "good" or "bad" unconsciously. 

Losing job = bad
Get promoted = good
Failing exam = bad
Getting a car = good

"Why is it called the tree of the knowledge of good and evil?" Now I know the answer. It makes sense that now our society label everything with "good" or "evil", because Adam and Eve had eaten from the tree. God had warned them:"But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die.

However by the grace of God, today we can take from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever. We can choose not to eat of that forbidden fruit again. When we take from the tree of life, we are restored, no longer ashamed of ourselves, because we stop judging the situation. 

"Yes, I failed at such and such, that is a fact. It's neither good nor bad, it just is."

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