Why Did God Create The Tree Of The
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God created the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil to give humanity free will and the ability to choose obedience. He warned Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree and explained the consequences. However, Adam and Eve disobeyed and ate the fruit. When confronted by God, they blamed each other and the serpent instead of taking responsibility for their choice. Some modern critics argue that God tempted humanity by including the tree, or that He created evil, but the document asserts that God gave humanity free will and the choice to obey or disobey was theirs alone.
Why Did God Create The Tree Of The
- 1. Why Did God Create the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil?
- 2. God’s Creation Gen 1:31 And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
- 3. The Blame Game Let’s Play . . .
- 4. And out of the ground Jehovah God caused to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food. The tree of life also was in the middle of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil . Gen 2:9 Two Trees In The midst of the Garden of Eden Tree of Life Knowledge of Good & Evil
- 5. And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, You may freely eat of every tree in the garden, Gen 2:16
- 6. Two Trees In The Garden of Eden Tree of Life Knowledge of Good & Evil
- 7. All Created Good . . . Gen. 1:31 records: “ Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good .” Everything God had created was not only good, but “ very good .” Exodus 20:11 Everything was created in the six days of divine creative activity. N othing was created after those days
- 8. If God is love . . . Why did God create the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? Why he did not put a fence around the evil tree? God knows everything before it happened: Why he did not stop Eve and Adam from eating the evil fruit from the evil tree?
- 9. If God is love . . . Why did God tempt them by telling them about that bad tree? Did God also created evil ? If He did not know it then He was not wise, and if He knew it He was wicked Why God allows something to happen to His creatures?
- 10. God always wanted man to keep His commands. God used various means to facilitate such obedience.
- 11. First The tree of the knowledge of good and evil location was strategic. Gen. 3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.
- 12. 2nd The tree of Life was also strategically locate. Gen. 2:9 And out of the ground Jehovah God caused to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food. The tree of life also was in the middle of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
- 13. 3rd The prohibition and potential punishment were spoken by God. Gen. 2:17 but you shall not eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. For in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.
- 14. 4th God created many more fruits trees. They are all pleasant to human sight. Gen. 2:9 And out of the ground Jehovah God caused to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food . The tree of life also was in the middle of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
- 15. In conclusion Human have a CHOICE and FREEDOM given from God Gen. 2:9
- 16. First Human To Make Excuses Make excuse for their wrong actions. Avoiding personal responsibility. Man used his mental capabilities to “ingeniously” create the first excuse Man is always defensive.
- 17. Look At Human Excuses Adam blamed eve: “ The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate” (Genesis 3:12) Eve blame Devil: “ Follow Adam example” “ The serpent deceived me, and I ate” (Genesis 3:13).
- 18. Have Man Changed Today? Man has continued today to find more: 1. Cunning way 2. Sophisticated 3. and Convincing Excuses To set himself free from his moral and/or spiritual responsibility.
- 19. Man Charges God . . . Adam charged Eve directly and God indirectly when he said: “ The woman whom You gave to be with me...” (Genesis 3:12)—many today have puffed themselves up with pride to set God up as the initiator, promoter, and instigator of the tragedy in Eden.
- 20. Rom 1:28 And even as they did not think fit to have God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do the things not right, Men simply have not wanted to retain God in their lives (Romans 1:28) To find some peace in their shameless actions that charge their conscience, Deliberate search for a kind of built-in evil in the Divine nature. Man Charges God . . .
- 21. Man Now Blame God The “Lord God” is the “Tempter” in Eden Genesis 2:17 when He says, “...but of the tree of knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat,for in the day that you eat of it you shall die”.... Because of Pride: Man has set God up as the initiator, promoter, and instigator of the tragedy in Eden. Tell a child or juvenile not to do something and you’re immediately establishing the temptation to do it. If you don’t want to tempt them you never mention it—and make sure the temptation is not available to be yielded to (2000, emp.added).
- 22. Man Now Blame God The “Lord God” is the “Tempter” in Eden Genesis 2:17 when He says, “...but of the tree of knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat,for in the day that you eat of it you shall die”.... The charges of man: God who created the good, also created evil .... If He did not know it then He was not wise, and if He knew it He was wicked
- 23. The End