We are free to eat of every tree of the garden…..that is, there is no law against eating of the fruit of the Spirit: joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance. We may freely “eat” of these things.
Death and life is in the power of the tongue and we “eat” of its fruit. We are to choose life and not death….for what comes out of the mouth is what defiles the mortal body. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
Again, there is no law against eating the fruit of the Spirit…we may “eat” freely thereof.
Genesis 2:16
(16) And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat…..that is, we are free to eat of the fruit of the Spirit which is love , joy, peace for there is no law against it.
Galatians 5:22-26 KJV
(22) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
(23) Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
(24) And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
(25) If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
But there is the law of sin and death.
Genesis 2:17 KJV
(17) But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
We are not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil….blessing God while cursing men with the same mouth…and live. The tongue is an unruly evil, full of death-bringing poison. We use it to speak evil of others. Death and life are in the power of the tongue and those who love it shall eat the “fruit” of it.
James 3:8-18 KJV
(8) But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
(9) Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
Men are as trees….bearing fruit. Out of the mouth proceeds blessing (good) and cursing of other men (evil). These things ought not be.
(10) Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
(11) Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
(12) Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
The woman in the garden desired to be seen as wise…..desirous of vain glory…. and in envy spoke evil of another. Those who are truly wise and endued with knowledge are to show this with their good behavior. The wisdom that is from above is pure then peaceable….
(13) Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
(14) But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
(15) This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
(16) For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
(17) But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
(18) And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
As the woman in the garden, many that desire to be seen as wise “eat” of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil: they use their mouths to bless God AND to also curse men…..judging others.
Being desirous of vain glory, they provoke one another with their carnal commandments….doctrines and commandments of men that lead them away from the Truth as they show no love for one another.
They envy one another.
They set aside the commandment of God to have love for one another in order to keep the traditions (transmissions) of men. We are as carnal….living in the envy and strife of the denominations of men where many are weak and sick and multitudes are dying because they come together not for the better but for the worse.
(26) Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
The woman added a carnal commandment to the commandment of God: “…NEITHER SHALL WE TOUCH IT….”.
Genesis 3:
(1) Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
(2) And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
(3) But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Why are we subject to the ordinances of men (TOUCH NOT, taste not, handle not) which are to perish with the using. Men judge each other over their carnal ordinances and many are perishing away to the grave because of it.
Colossians 2:20-23 KJV
(20) Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
(21) (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
(22) Which all are to perish with the using) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
(23) Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
We are not to be as “gods”…that is, JUDGES. There is only One Lawgiver: God. Whoever speaks evil of his brother, judges his brother. If we do act as a judge, then we are not a doer of the law of Christ: to have love for one another.
James 4:11-12 KJV
(11) Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
(12) There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
to be continued...
Death and life is in the power of the tongue and we “eat” of its fruit. We are to choose life and not death….for what comes out of the mouth is what defiles the mortal body. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
Again, there is no law against eating the fruit of the Spirit…we may “eat” freely thereof.
Genesis 2:16
(16) And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat…..that is, we are free to eat of the fruit of the Spirit which is love , joy, peace for there is no law against it.
Galatians 5:22-26 KJV
(22) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
(23) Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
(24) And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
(25) If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
But there is the law of sin and death.
Genesis 2:17 KJV
(17) But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
We are not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil….blessing God while cursing men with the same mouth…and live. The tongue is an unruly evil, full of death-bringing poison. We use it to speak evil of others. Death and life are in the power of the tongue and those who love it shall eat the “fruit” of it.
James 3:8-18 KJV
(8) But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
(9) Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
Men are as trees….bearing fruit. Out of the mouth proceeds blessing (good) and cursing of other men (evil). These things ought not be.
(10) Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
(11) Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?
(12) Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.
The woman in the garden desired to be seen as wise…..desirous of vain glory…. and in envy spoke evil of another. Those who are truly wise and endued with knowledge are to show this with their good behavior. The wisdom that is from above is pure then peaceable….
(13) Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
(14) But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
(15) This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
(16) For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
(17) But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
(18) And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.
As the woman in the garden, many that desire to be seen as wise “eat” of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil: they use their mouths to bless God AND to also curse men…..judging others.
Being desirous of vain glory, they provoke one another with their carnal commandments….doctrines and commandments of men that lead them away from the Truth as they show no love for one another.
They envy one another.
They set aside the commandment of God to have love for one another in order to keep the traditions (transmissions) of men. We are as carnal….living in the envy and strife of the denominations of men where many are weak and sick and multitudes are dying because they come together not for the better but for the worse.
(26) Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
The woman added a carnal commandment to the commandment of God: “…NEITHER SHALL WE TOUCH IT….”.
Genesis 3:
(1) Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
(2) And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
(3) But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Why are we subject to the ordinances of men (TOUCH NOT, taste not, handle not) which are to perish with the using. Men judge each other over their carnal ordinances and many are perishing away to the grave because of it.
Colossians 2:20-23 KJV
(20) Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,
(21) (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
(22) Which all are to perish with the using) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
(23) Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
We are not to be as “gods”…that is, JUDGES. There is only One Lawgiver: God. Whoever speaks evil of his brother, judges his brother. If we do act as a judge, then we are not a doer of the law of Christ: to have love for one another.
James 4:11-12 KJV
(11) Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
(12) There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
to be continued...