What Did Adam Do? Part 40

There are rules for all things. These rules are fixed in fine and written limits, on either side of these limits righteousness cannot be found!! “The secret things belong to the Lord our God; but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.” Deuteronomy 29:29”; “Art thou the first man that was born? Or wast thou made before the hills? Hast thou heard the secret of God? And dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?” Job 15:7-10
There are things man was never intended to know. Man has an insatiable desire to know, the first man is at first noticed to be the same. God’s secrets were not withheld from mankind, this was Satan’s message to Eve. God had “the” designed way or means to satisfy what He had designed into they who were of His image, which would perfectly satisfy man’s inherent longings. Fathers, not the children, are supposed to know best!! There are some things children want that will destroy them and remove happiness. God had a provision, what man desired was against man’s best interest at this time, God had withheld this information for man’s benefit. Like a spoiled brat, man wanted what he wanted, not what was good for him. These “other things” seemed more appetizing than the fellowship of God which man would forfeit. Eve “pitched a fit” and “got her way” so now who do you think got the best of her tantrum? “The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him; and He will show them His covenant. Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; for He shall pluck my feet out of the net.” Psalms 25:14-15 Man wouldn’t listen to Wisdom, so, man sinned! The same is true of the offspring of Adam and Eve, today!! God had commanded Adam, “Thou shalt not eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil,” and Adam could go no further. What did Adam gain by going beyond the law of God? To go beyond these limits righteousness was forfeited. God had provided a “lawful” means to know and man could not advance beyond what God would allow. Man had NO right to seek what God had not allowed! Eve was perfectly happy UNTIL Satan convinced her she wasn’t!! There was NO reason for this seeking, Satan got Eve to ASSUME God would cheat her out of her happiness. Had God EVER shorted Eve or Adam, before? Let the record show that God had said “everything was good and very good” and God cannot lie!! God WOULD PROVIDE!! Of every attainment and object of pursuit there is a right way to go about it, the increasing of happiness among men can only be found through Him who designed man, the young and foolish can never be complete or fulfilled UNTIL they allow the Designer to do His work!! Yet, like Eve, they are listening to the god of this world call the God of heaven and earth, a liar. Like Adam, they all know that their way is better than God’s way. Who else could make them happy but themselves? what makes happiness? GOD!!
To have God continually viewing the soul of man and God’s Holy Spirit through His Word continually governing the instincts and longings of man, perfect consummation of bliss results, man is perfect and perfectly happy!! It can never be otherwise. This was the first estate of our first earthly father, Adam, until his wife convinced him he could not be happy without her-for what did he trade his utopia? Should we be “wise in our own conceits”? Romans 11:25; 12:16 We need to trust God that He knows what is best! When God commands us to attend, we cry “why,” when He commands us to give of our monies, we cry “I cannot afford to!!, when He commands us to be “baptized for the remission of sins” only the wise who trust God, who “believe He is a rewarder of them who diligently seek Him” answer-speak, Lord, they servant heareth, command and I will obey for I know that the “way of man” is not in himself. What IF my soul can view both, the commandments of God and the example of His Only Begotten Son, what kind of life would I be living? Listen to wisdom: “I foresaw the Lord always before My face; for He is on My right hand, that I should not be moved. Therefore did My heart rejoice, and My tongue was glad; moreover also My flesh shall rest in hope.” Acts 2:25-26
It is true God had implanted “the desire to know” in His creation, what He did not do was cause them to doubt Him. Religion has the same plight. God has given us a plan of salvation, a plan to worship Him, a plan to remain saved, and a way out of this world with eternal bliss as our end; yet man knows best. How many times do you hear someone say: “my grandfather was a ? (something not mentioned in the Bible) and equate THAT with what God inspired, revealed, and had written down?

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