And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. (Gen 3:2-5)God issued a warning early on:
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.(Gen 2:17)Adam was told, not Eve, that they could eat of any other tree, specifically to include the Tree of Life, but not of the forbidden tree. Just as now, mankind desires what is forbidden! For instance, when I see a sign "NO TRESPASSSING" what do you suppose I want to do? Trespass! In my mind, there must be something there that intrigues me.
Well, trespassing is sinning both secularly and spiritually. Being forbidden of anything is commanding not to "eat" of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. There is a certain pleasure one gets in doing the forbidden. Forbidden-types of pleasure are the sinful nature with which all people are born. We want to trespass, and to not do so, is denying ourselves pleasure. "As gods", sinners want to be appeased. Forbidden pleasure appeases naïve people?
Why are sinners naïve? Jesus said they are:
"Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots," (Luke 23:34)The ultimate sin is killing God. They failed to understand that Jesus was God, not that that even mattered for killing anyone is trespassing against God! Jesus fairly well said, "The killers are stupid people!" He could have just as easily said, "Eve was stupid because she believed the lie." Adam wasn't as foolish as Eve; he ate of the forbidden fruit with eyes wide open. His punishment was because he "hearkened unto Eve" (Gen 3:17). Adam wasn't stupid, but he was beguiled by a stupid woman. Naïve people still fall for stupid statistics.
Why would I say that? Well, God had not told Eve anything; he had only forewarned Adam. Eve added to what Adam said, eat nor touch it. (Gen 3:3). Eve wasn't as smart as she thought. She was arrogant: Had God even spoken to her? Of course, God had not. Eve got it all wrong by listening to the Serpent. She obtained false knowledge because she was naïve. Neither she nor Adam understood death? What should Adam have asked? What do you mean, God, die? Surely he wondered because he had never seen nor even heard the word death before.
Let's give Adam some credit: he may have perceived life since he was alive. He may have understood death as opposite of living. However, Eve ate and nothing happened to her, so Adam ate. He was expecting some type of immediate reaction. It appeared that God lied, so Adam ate just as Eve had.
His knowledge was false because he failed to ask the right questions! God would have explained that death is twofold: (1) gradually ceasing to exist physically, and (2) immediately dying spiritually. Adam sensed the latter immediately because God's Spirit was inside him. He felt guilty and tried to cover his own sin. God saw that, and covered them with the blood of a animal - a foreshadow of Jesus dying on the cross. However, Adam still didn't understand physical death.
Now back to the deceitful Serpents behind marijuana usage. Who are the serpents? Like Lucifer who was once immortal but was condemned to die, the proponents of marijuana consumption don't care if you suffer the same death which they will! Who are the serpents? The marijuana lobby - those who will make money at the expense of your naivety. Joined alongside the serpent are those who he has already deceived - fallen-angel-type people. Marijuana users use because they know not what they do. "Survey says" you won't die if you use marijuana.
Is that true? First off, the statistics are bogus. I'll let the reader view some of the many consequences of marijuana usage. (https://familycouncil.org/?p=11795). Not mentioned are that stupid smokers behave stupidly and non-soberly. The "high" people obtain from marijuana is simply-put, living a fantasy. Users look stupid to normal people and are dangerous to themselves and others: they know not what they do!
Let's not, however, focus on the stupidity of it all, but the propaganda to which gullible people accept as truth. You won't surely die is the same old lie. Claiming that there have been no deaths due to marijuana is merely a repetition of Satan's mantra. It is much like saying that cigarettes will not cause you to die. We know that the poisons from cigarettes kill, why would not the poisons from marijuana? After all, they are five to twelve times more tar in marijuana!
We know that cigarettes kill gradually. Smoking cigarettes will, indeed, make you die. For years the cigarette lobby advertised that they were healthy, and naïve people believed the lie. Look at some of the false advertising from the early years (google "misleading cigarette advertising ads"). You will be astounded how gullible naïve people were, including myself. However, deep inside, I was Adam - I knew better! Young people were generally stupid enough to believe the ads of the liars - those who make money from our stupidity!
Well, Eve did not suddenly drop dead, and Adam ate. My Dad had not dropped dead, so I smoked. Cigarettes contributed to Dad's heart trouble, and Dad did die! I will die someday as well but quit smoking before much damage was done.
Most people think, I will quit someday before the damage is done. That is a lie. It is hard to quit because things are addictive whether it be chemically induced or emotionally. Indeed, the perception of pleasure is what kills people who consume unhealthy things.
Another lie is that marijuana will help hurting people live with pain. That may be true because they are not sober. At one time getting drunk was the anesthetic of major surgery. However, staying drunk is foolishness. Likewise, morphine is also given for pain. Does anyone really want to go through life as a morphine addict? That is stupidity - missing out on life - and blurring reality. Scripture admonishes us with a warning:
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. (1 Pet 5:8)Of course, sobriety may be astuteness, but are those high astute? Indeed, that is the very reason people smoke marijuana - to lose their astuteness, their perception of reality. Users are neither vigilant nor sober, but users believe they are! They even subject themselves to immediate death because they are unsafe, and endanger others' safety. My three acquaintances who were killed on the highway by a motorist was driving high obviously were not included in the propagandists' statistics, and never will be. People who buy-into the lie are irrational, and have not thought it through.
Some live the lie all their lives. They deny that they just may physically die because of their addiction, and even shrug at the thought that they may spiritually die as well. They choose to appease their real god (themselves) and deny God the appeasement that He so deserves. That was the original sin. The cure is to diminish ourselves and elevate God (John 3:14). We are to elevate Jesus high above ourselves. I is Jesus who is to be made "high" and not us!
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