Few years back, I remember my sweet sister telling me not to eat the forbidden fruit. I was still single then so you can understand what she was trying to say. While I was still single, i eventually ate the forbidden fruit. Not that i actually wanted to disobey her but the lust for the foridden fruit was simply irresistible. I found the forbidden fruit to be sweet, spicy and satisfactory. I ended up eating the forbidden fruit quite a number of time.
We recall the story of Adam and Eve in the early days. God warned them against eating a certain fruit in the garden. They were forbidden from eating such fruit but what happened? They ate the fruit and they lost their place in the beautiful garden where they didnt have to toil or struggle to survive.
What exactly is the fruit and what is its consequence? The fruit is the fruit from the tree of the knowledge. Eating the fruit makes man to think like the gods. We need at this juncture to note that this tree wasnt the only forbidden tree in the garden. There was also the tree of life that if man had eaten, man would have had total victory over death. Giving man equality with God. If man cannot die, then what is the difference between man and God?
The consequence of man eating the forbidden fruit is both negative and positive. While some Christian scholars may want to argue that eating the forbidden fruit can never have a positive consequence. I put it to you that the fruit man ate is responsible solely for how we think today. It is responsible for our creativity and all our reactions on earth. Man has been able to do a lot of exploit because of the forbidden fruit. Talk about the inventions, the innovations, the desire to always create something new, the desire to create solutions to certain problem, that is exactly how they think in heaven but of course God knows the best. He knew that despite the positive things that might come from eating from the tree of knowledge, man would use the same knowledge to commit a lot of atrocities. Man would think unbelievably, wild and certainly inhuman.
Some times we imagine why man would do certain things but what else do you expect from him after eating the forbidden fruit? I will highlight few of the aftermath of the consequences of the forbidden fruit.
1. Sometimes we ask why on earth should a man(women) think of sleeping with animals. Don't blame him, he has eaten the forbidden fruit.
2. Where did the thought of man sleeping with man (gay) and woman sleeping with fellow woman(lesbianism) come from. Don't think too far, he has eaten the forbidden fruit.
3. The American just passed a bill to legalize gay and lesbian marriages, and Christians around the world are frowning, don't blame them, it is as a result of the forbidden fruit.
4. Today, some young guys spend millions of dollar to purchase doll as marriage partner, we ask why on earth should someone be thinking about getting married to a doll? You cant blame him, man has eaten the forbidden fruit.
5. Some people now eat the flesh of fellow human being today. They said it tastes better. Man has eaten the forbidden fruit.
6. A lady at 22 has five children for five men. Pathetic? Don't forget that man has eaten the forbidden fruit.
7. Some people now have baby factory where they manufacture babies and sell to their respective clients either in piece or in pieces. This is as a result of the forbidden fruit.
I can continue to mention all day. The evil of man is certainly numerous but i need to draw a line here that what follows the eating of the forbidden fruit is curse. Even as we continue to exploit the knowledge that came from the forbidden fruit, as we think about creating a new life different to what God has established, committing atrocities and wickedness, we are endangering the wrath of God and might suffer from His course. Let us examine our way, the forbidden fruit might be sweet but its curse is extremely bitter. Be warned
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