Scripture: Genesis 2: 16-17 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” In doing a current bible study I am reading a New Bible Commentary which adds an incredible amount of insight to Scripture. The point made about the verses above was a light bulb, of seemingly epic proportions - it made me understand sin in a whole new way. The writers' comment was that "Throughout Scripture, the essence of sin is to put human judgement above divine command." Isn't that it? We decide on an almost (or for me - really daily) basis to put our judgement above what God tells us to do. This can be in the form of worry (your Heavenly Father tells you not to do it...so why do we?) Or it can be in the form of something big like one of the seven "deadly" sins. Anytime we sin we are doing something wrong a...
Sometimes I think God needs to wake up our hearts. My hope through this blog is to help you do that! Every once and a while the Holy Spirit prompts...and I write! I pray you find my words encouraging and yet challenging at times!