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Man was made of small dust, like the one on the surface of the earth. The soul was not made of the earth as the body: pity then that it must become attached to the earth and worry about earthly things. We will soon give an account to God for the way we have used these souls; and if we find that we have lost them, even to win the world, we are lost forever! Fools despise their own souls by worrying about their bodies rather than their souls. Testimonies to the church Vol 1 CH97 circulate the publications
Vv. 8-14. The place set for Adam to dwell was not a palace but a garden. The better we settle with simple things and the less we look for the things that please pride and lust, the closer we will be to innocence. Nature is Testimonies to the church Vol 1 CH97 circulate the publications with a little and that which is more natural; Grace with less;
But lust wants everything and is content with nothing. No pleasure can satisfy the soul but that which God Himself has provided and appointed for it. Eden means delight and pleasure. No matter what its location, it had all the desirable comforts, without any disadvantage, as has never been another house or garden on earth. Testimonies to the church Vol 1 CH97 circulate the publications
It was adorned with every tree pleasing to the eye and enriched by every tree that would bear fruit pleasing to the palate and good for eating. As a tender Father, God desired not only the benefit of Adam, but his pleasure; because there is pleasure with innocence, better yet, there is real pleasure only in innocence. Testimonies to the church Vol 1 CH97 circulate the publications
When Providence puts us in a place of abundance and pleasure, we should serve God with joy of heart for the good things that He gives us. Eden had two exclusive trees. 1. In the middle of the garden was the tree of life. Man could eat this and live. Christ is now the Tree of life for us, Revelation ii. 7; xxii. two; and the Bread of life, John vi. 48, 51. 2. There was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, so named because there was a positive revelation of God's will about this tree, Testimonies to the church Vol 1 CH97 circulate the publications
so that through it man could come to know good and good. moral evil. What is good? It's good to not eat from this tree. What is bad? It is bad to eat from this tree. In these two trees God set before Adam the good and the evil, the blessing and the curse. Testimonies to the church Vol 1 CH97 circulate the publications
V. 15.After God had formed Adam, He put him in the garden. Thus all boasting was excluded. Only the one who made us can make us happy; he who is the Maker of our bodies, and the Father of our spirits, and none but Him, can fully provide for the happiness of body and soul. Even in the same paradise, man had to work. None of us was sent to the world to be idle. He who made our souls and bodies has given us
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something to work with; and the one who gave us this land for a room, has given us something to work on. The children and heirs of heaven, while they are in the world, have something to do for this land, which must have its share of time and concern on their part; and if they do it by looking to God, and they serve him as truly in it as when they are on their knees. Testimonies to the church Vol 1 CH97 circulate the publications
Observe that the call of the farmer is an ancient and honorable call; It was necessary even in paradise. In addition, there is real pleasure in the tasks to which God calls us and in which he employs us. Adam could not have been happy if he had been idle: it is still God's law that those who do not work have no right to eat, 2 Thessalonians iii. 10 Testimonies to the church Vol 1 CH97 circulate the publications
Vv. 16, 17. Let us never put our own will against the holy will of God. Not only was man granted freedom to take the fruits of paradise, but he was assured eternal life by his obedience. A test had been established for his obedience. By transgression he would lose the favor of his Maker and be worthy of his displeasure, with all its dreadful effects; Testimonies to the church Vol 1 CH97 circulate the publications
in this way he would be prone to pain, illness and death. Worse than that, he was going to lose the holy image of God and all the comfort of his approval; and feeling the torment of sinful passions and the terror of his Maker's vengeance, which he would have to endure forever with his soul that never dies. The prohibition of eating the fruit of a particular tree was wisely adequate for the state of our first parents Testimonies to the church Vol 1 CH97 circulate the publications
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