REF: Genesis
2:15-16 (NIV)
The Lord God
took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the
garden, but you must not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, for
when you eat of it you will surely die”.
COMMENT
Adam was
created not a puppet or a robot as many mistakenly think. God made Adam a free
moral driving force with a body (flesh, bones and blood), soul (emotion, will
and intellect) and spirit (conscience, worship and intuition). The soul exists as
a result of the mixture of the body and the spirit. NB. To get ink, you have to
mix powder with water and what you get is no longer powder and water, but ink. The
body originated from the dust (soil) from the ground and returns to the same
earth when the spirit is separated from the body at death. The soul as a result
of the separation of body and spirit ceases to exist. The spirit which comes from
God continues to exist and may dwell in either heaven or hell depending on the relationship
established in physical life on earth.
The decision
as to where the spirit (spiritual man) will dwell after this life, entirely
depends on the individual. The decision is made on earth while we are still
breathing and the process is well documented in the holy bible. The verdict is
part of the innate freedom Adam was anointed with, at creation and is inherited
by all mankind. The informed freedom to choose is, basic to both men and women,
living on earth today. It must be noted carefully that choices have consequences
hence the concept of heaven and hell. Hell exists for the benefit of Satan and
his angels, but unfortunately, even those who have chosen not to have anything
to do with God, have a take.
This freedom
of choice to either obey God or Satan, is the same human right we demand on
earth daily, and is inclined in most constitutions in democratic countries.
Where the rights are denied, dictatorship follows and innocent people suffer.
Dictatorship whether socialist, communism or any other form, are always
short-lived. Think of Russia, China or Islamic Shelia countries, where many
human lives have been lost in the name of maintaining control of the people,
and therefore blatantly denying human rights. It does not matter how long the
denial of these rights may take, one day the fight to regain the lost rights is
won.
These human rights
are not only a bother to the often hard and difficult leaders. God is also bothered
by the same human rights which, in his wisdom, he granted as He created free
moral agents and not robots. See Genesis 6:3 and note God’s words, “I will not
contend with man forever…….”
In
conclusion, man must note that he has a lot of power and freedom given by God.
He can use these for his good or for his destruction. The bible is the only
book on earth offering the best solution.
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