September 11, 1998, Friday

Did God create man to fail morally? What was God's best

plan for man in creation? Was there a "plan A" and a

"plan B" depending on what happened in the perfect garden?

The Scripture tells us that God created man and then woman.

Their job title was, Landlord of the Garden. Watchover all

the animals and the garden. Only one commandment was given

to them: You Shall Not eat of the tree of knowledge of good

evil. It was God's plan that they would know Him and follow

Him out of faith, love, devotion, and obedience.

They were innocent and had no knowledege of what was

wrong in God's eyes. They simply needed to obey God.

They could eat the fruit of all the other trees, but not

this one. By choosing to eat of the fruit of this tree;

They disobeyed God, deliberately deciding that they could

risk the death penalty to enjoy the forbidden fruit. That

risk was to doubt God and to predict that a loving God

would surely not allow them to die.

The Writer of the Book of Hebrews tells us that Jesus was

our example of what was God's ideal "plan A". Jesus chose

to learn by faith, love, devotion, and obedience. Man chose

to learn by suffering. God's "plan B" was to send His son

Jesus to suffer that death penalty for us and make a way

for the relationship with God to be right again.

Let us remember who has the holier and more righteous way.

God's name is Jehová Elohim. He is the God who prefers for

us to learn from obedience to Him. We can learn from love

and devotion to the God who created us. We can learn from

believing His word is true. You can Trust Him and Praise Him

Today for a holy way and better way!