My mind goes back to the garden (of Eden), when, in a fit of lustful curiosity; spawned by “the lie,” Eve (in Adam) took of “the tree of knowledge of good and evil” (vs “the tree of life”) and died the death (became separated, in spirit, from God). [Gen 3:4-5; 2:17; 3:24]
The revelation, for me, was the insight that (in the beginning) God literally “clothed” (came upon) Adam by His Spirit; evidenced when Adam named all the animals, and prophesied of the “woman:” “This is now bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh ...therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” [Gen 2:19-20, 23-24]
But this covering (clothing) of God was lost (taken away) when Adam disobeyed the Lord, and succumbed (yielded) to “the lie;” evidenced when they tried to fabricate their own cover. [Gen 3:6-7]
And “the lie” was “that man would not be separated from life; when, in fact, he would; and he was ...and the end of “the lie” is death (alienation).” [Pastor]
Down through the ages “truth” speaks, saying: “The thief cometh ...but for to steal ...kill, and to destroy: I AM come that (man) might have Life …choose Life (Christ).” [Jn 14:6; 10:10; Deu 30:19]
ThenSingsMySoul:
HE DON'T LIE,
IF HE CAN'T DO IT NO ONE CAN.
OH, HE DON'T LIE,
PUT MY TRUST ON HIM, I STAND.
