As long as Adam kept the commandment of God then he would live and he would be able to experience love and give love. The moment that he would disobey God then he would die.
The Lord God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; but 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.” Genesis 2:16,17
When Adam disobeyed God and experienced death then he began to abide in death rather than to abide in life. When death abides then love also dies.
We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death. I John 3:14
God is life and in Him is no death. He who has God has life and he who does not have God abides in death.
And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. I John 5:11,12
Apart from God we only exist and abide in death. God made us to be in a love relationship with Himself but He gave us the freedom to choose. We could choose to be in that relationship with Him and abide in life and His love or we could go our own way and abide in death. Love is a choice, a commitment, a gift and is life. When we choose God and commit our lives to Him then we receive the gift of love and life and we are able to give love and share life with someone else. When we choose to disobey God and go our own way then we abide in death and we are not able to experience life or God’s love. We exist in a lonely world with little meaning other than getting through to the next day. We may think we love but it is only a shadow of the real thing. Often it is a “I love you because…”. It may be duty or survival or even a mutual friendship love with someone else but once the duty or benefit to self is over then the love fades.
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. I John 4:7
The conditional love that is in the world can not compare to the unconditional love that the Lord shows and gives to those who know Him. The source of God’s love is God Himself and when He comes to live within someone then He fills them with His love and it is His love that He gives to them to give to others. This is the kind of love that makes a marriage sweet and strong. Not only does this kind of love make a marriage strong but it is the only kind of love that can make a friendship or familial relationship sweet and strong. He who has this kind of love truly lives and is able to give love to others.
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On Mon, Apr 4, 2022, 00:09 Instructions To A Young Life wrote:
> instructionstoayounglife.com posted: ” As long as Adam kept the > commandment of God then he would live and he would be able to experience > love and give love. The moment that he would disobey God then he would die. > The Lord God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden you > may ” >
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