Which of these two trees are you eating from?

Four years ago, I read Rick Joyner’s book titled there were two trees in the garden and it was quite enlightening.  Two weeks ago when I was reading a book titled the secret place (by Dale A Fife) I had more understanding that the incident in the Garden of Eden still continues. Up to the present moment man is either eating from the tree of life or from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.  Death is inevitable when man continues to eat from the tree of knowledge.  

Genesis 2:15-17 “Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to tend and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

The greatest enemy of man is Satan. He comes in a subtle way to deceive man into believing that the word of God and his promises are not true. He usually asks the question “did God really say?” Our response however, determines the kind of tree that we would eventually eat from.

 

Satan continues to ask the question, has God said that you were healed, has God said you will have an increase in your income, has God said you will have a child, has God said your spouse or child will come back home. Has God said you can be delivered from this addiction, depression, bondage? Has God said that person deserves your forgiveness? Has God said you must pay back all you owe? Has God said your marriage will be successful? Has God said you will get the job? Can God forgive all your sins? Has God said he will furnish a table for you in the wilderness? Has God said you have power to move mountains? The questions are endless. Your response to these questions determines the kind of tree you are eating from. Satan deceived Adam and Eve into believing a lie and they eventually disobeyed God.

Genesis 3:1-3: “Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”

The tree of knowledge of good and evil signifies anything that is not ordered by God. That thing might be good, it might be true but if it has not been commanded by God then it becomes the tree of Knowledge. Any act of disobedience, lack of faith, doubt, not standing on the promises of God etc signifies eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Anyone who is living a life of disobedience to God is dying slowly without being aware of it. The more we eat from the tree of knowledge, the more our focus is being taken away from God. Anyone who is not walking in the spirit is eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

You become a slave to the person you obey and you have no choice than to hand over all your power and authority to him. That is how the devil acquires power. He gets it by deception because he is a thief.

Romans 6:16: “Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?

Jesus Christ himself is the tree of life. When we walk in obedience to his word then we are feeding on him. Feeding on him brings life to our spirits soul and body. Jesus is the bread of life. He is the word of God. That is why he said in the book of John that unless we eat his flesh and drink his blood we do not have life in us. When Jesus preached this message, many of his followers left.

John 6:53: “Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.”

In order for us to continually eat from the tree of life we need the help of the Holy Spirit. He is the teacher who leads and guides us.  We need to depend on him daily and stay focused. It takes total focus on God to hear his voice and obey.

John 10:27-30: “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.  And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.”

Continuous focus on God causes a change in our nature because we become more like him. The more we become like him, the easier it becomes for us to obey his word.  

Corinthians 3:18: “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.”

 

Enjoy the blessings of God.