Which Tree are You Eating From?

Valerie Cullers 25 Comments

From the very beginning, God gave man a choice of eating from two trees. Our very existence would be determined by the tree we ate from. Before we decide which tree to eat from, we should probably look at the fruit that each one offers and the consequences from eating from each tree.

THE TREE OF LIFE

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Type of Tree: SPIRITUAL 

Fruit: LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS AND SELF-CONTROL. Galatians 5:22

Emotional Result from Eating from the Tree:  CONTENTMENT  “But godliness with contentment is great gain.” 1 Timothy 6:1

Motivational Driver: HUMILITY

Path to the Tree:  DELIBERATE CHOICE. “Jesus said, I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6

Ultimate Result from Eating from the Tree: ETERNAL LIFE

 

THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL

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Type of tree: FLESHLY 

Fruit: SEXUAL IMMORALITY, IMPURITY, DEBAUCHERY, IDOLATRY, WITCHCRAFT, HATRED, DISCORD, JEALOUSY, FITS OF RAGE, SELFISH AMBITION, DISSENSIONS, FACTIONS, ENVY, DRUNKENNESS, ORGIES. Galatians 5: 19-21

Path to the Tree: DEFAULT SETTING AT BIRTH. “Behold, I was shaped in iniquity and in sin did my mother conceive me.” Psalm 51:5

Emotional Result from Eating from the Tree:  LUST  “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but is of the world.” 1John 2:16

Motivational Driver: PRIDE

Ultimate Result from Eating from the Tree: Eternal Death

 

THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TWO TREES SET BEFORE US:  CHOOSE LIFE

25 thoughts on “Which Tree are You Eating From?”

    • I think that in the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve lived in a state of innocence. Once they knew good and evil, they were more like God in that they knew both. In todays society, the Tree of Life (God’s Word and the Holy Spirit) give us our spiritual food. If we just seek knowledge (Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil) without moral teaching (the Bible) we just end up educated but not necessarily moral. (Just a thought)

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      • Mythology (in the proper, highest sense of that word) contains much truth. What that truth is can be debatable, however. I have been struggling with the meaning of the mythical trees for years. Elie Wiesel’s answer was that nothing is more important than life. As Richard Elliott Friedman has written in his Commentary on the Torah, the meaning in the Hebrew text is ambiguous. Perhaps the meaning was clearer to many ancient Israelites.

        Yes, amorality is unambiguously bad. However, defining anything as “bad” or “evil” indicates a sense of morality. It may be a misguided morality, but it is still a form of morality.

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