tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post2128409576229826096..comments2024-03-24T11:03:03.106-07:00Comments on Just Genesis : The Tree of LifeAlice C. Linsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-46482483212106712052010-05-24T00:53:53.626-07:002010-05-24T00:53:53.626-07:00Georgia, I was thinking of this very thing just ye...Georgia, I was thinking of this very thing just yesterday morning. To illustrate further, imagine the full import of Christ's words to the apostates-- "away from me, for I *knew* ye not". Chilling.Mairnéalachnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-88817231820992799172010-05-23T13:49:10.463-07:002010-05-23T13:49:10.463-07:00Great observation, Georgia!
You are supported in...Great observation, Georgia! <br /><br />You are supported in this by Rev. 2:9 and 3:9 where we are told that those who rejected Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God, are of the "synagogue of Satan." Also John 8:44 were those who opposed Jesus were told "You are of your father the devil." In Acts 13:10 Paul called the socerer Bar-Jesus (meaning son of Jesus) the "son of the devil." I John says the the devil has sinned from the beginning.Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-688820610845171516.post-77150162548800551992010-05-23T06:14:20.292-07:002010-05-23T06:14:20.292-07:00Thinking about the knowledge of good and evil and ...Thinking about the knowledge of good and evil and of *knowing* both good and evil in the Biblical sense ...I just realized this passage means much Much MUCH more than a mere cognitive awareness of evil.<br /><br />If we follow the Biblical understanding of 'knowing' through the entire counsel of Scripture, 'to know' really means to have communion, union, to join with or give oneself to, to listen and attend to, to obey, to partake of, to commit or commend oneself to, to trust and to worship and to marry and bear the fruit of or children by... evil.Georgianoreply@blogger.com