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ADAM AND FALLEN MAN - 11/09/14

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spencel

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11/08/2014 15:15

..be as gods

"For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat."

This citation from the bible today really got my attention. What appears to be a harmless following of a suggestion to eat a good looking apple was actually an act of bland disobedience to God's command not to eat the fruit. The hook was the prideful desire to be as a god. It alerted me to think about how I am being tempted to turn away from God. Such as reliance on personal will, drifting off in apathy, allowing ego to hold the reigns, entertaining fear, unchecked doubt, ignoring spiritual sense, turning to intellect instead of putting God first in thought, motive, and purpose.

"Human will is capable of much evil " 1st edition Science and Health p.181




 
jacob45

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11/08/2014 20:29

Re: ..be as gods

The divine Mind was not good enough for them, they wanted a mind all of their own.