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Genesis 2: 16The LORD God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; 17but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.”

Why would God, Who can create whatever He wants, make a tree that Adam could not eat from and put it in the Garden that Adam had access to?

God gave Adam the opportunity to exhibit his love for God through his discipline over his possessions. By Adam tithing obedience over that tree he was sacrificing part of his possessions to God. At that time there was no need for Adam to bring God a slaughtered lamb because Adam had everything he wanted with no toil. If he killed a sheep, more would have appeared with no work from Adam. But, Adam’s discipline in obedience to God over the tree was his opportunity to demonstrate his love for God beyond words. When he failed to do that, he lost the Garden and became subject to a life of strife and toil (Genesis 3:19).

Inspired by Bishop T.D. Jakes