God is Very Generous & Kind (TMF:1179)

Thursday, July 25, 2019
Peace to Live By: God is Very Generous & Kind (TMF:1179) - Daniel Litton
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       Genesis 3:2, 3 states, “And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” Notice that God had told Adam that he and Eve could eat of any tree in the garden—all but two of them, that is. That’s important because it shows God’s generosity and kindness. Indeed, God was very generous. He said they could eat of any of the trees, all of them, except the two he prohibited, the two that Satan so poignantly focuses on. And God is very generous with us today. He gives us great freedom as Christians to pick and choose many of the things we want in life. Yes, he has set perimeters, but he gives us tremendous freedom within those perimeters. As the Apostle Paul has told us, “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Corinthians 3:17, ESV).