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Human judgement vs Divine Command (Genesis 2)

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 and using our own judgement to try and get us through. God has  given us the commands we need to live a life away from sin (or as close to it as we flawed humans can get). 

God's commands are typically simple...and he is always right. Our human judgments can easily be wrong, yet those are the ones we make/follow. Let's make an effort to listen to those "divine commands" that nudge us in the right direction. In no way does this mean we will be perfect...far from it! Perhaps though when we think about God's commands versus our own judgments we will more often make the right choice and consider God a little more and our own wants a little less.

Food for thought anyway! 

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