We all hear there's two sides to every story! It's been that way since the beginning of time:
God's Side - Genesis 2:15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
Satan's Side - Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” 2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’” 4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
If you were Eve, which side would you have believed?
Today, it's so easy to get stuck in the middle of the world's drama. Life isn't as black and white or cut and dry as listening to God OR listening to Satan. Sometimes the message doesn't come through that clearly, and sometimes it's hard to determine who represents good and who stands for evil. We need to hear and analyze BOTH sides of the story before we can decide which side we'll believe or stand behind.
Knowledge is a powerful thing! Let's not take it for granted.
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