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• Gen 3:22 . . And Jehovah God said: The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil.
Actually, the Serpent had predicted that very thing.
• Gen 3:5 . . God knows that when you eat [from the tree in the midst of the garden] your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.
The "knowing" spoken of here is an intuitive kind of knowing rather than an instructed knowing. In other words: prior to tasting the forbidden fruit, neither Adam nor his wife had a conscience; which is at least part of the reason why the pre-fruit days in the Garden are called the era of innocence.
Now, the problem is; this newly acquired conscience of theirs wasn't from God, it was obtained from the Serpent who, we're told, has the power of death and the ability to tamper with the human mind and body in ways not easily detected. (Heb 2:14, Luke 13:16, Mark 5:1-5, and Eph 2:2)
As such, humanity's sense of right and wrong is unreliable. Due to its satanic nature rather than divine, the human moral compass easily deviates from true north by means of emotional, social, cultural, and ethnical influences. We rationalize a lot too.
Although Christians are stuck with an unholy moral compass while in this life, it's possible to at least sterilize it. According to Heb 9:1-14, Christ's blood does this for us; and we never need to get our conscience sterilized ever again, i.e. the one time is good for all time.
NOTE: Sterilization was part of the once-a-year Yom Kippur ritual; but as good as that sterilization was, it was only effective for that one event. The people had to undergo sterilization all over again the following year.
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• Gen 3:22 . . And Jehovah God said: The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil.
Actually, the Serpent had predicted that very thing.
• Gen 3:5 . . God knows that when you eat [from the tree in the midst of the garden] your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.
The "knowing" spoken of here is an intuitive kind of knowing rather than an instructed knowing. In other words: prior to tasting the forbidden fruit, neither Adam nor his wife had a conscience; which is at least part of the reason why the pre-fruit days in the Garden are called the era of innocence.
Now, the problem is; this newly acquired conscience of theirs wasn't from God, it was obtained from the Serpent who, we're told, has the power of death and the ability to tamper with the human mind and body in ways not easily detected. (Heb 2:14, Luke 13:16, Mark 5:1-5, and Eph 2:2)
As such, humanity's sense of right and wrong is unreliable. Due to its satanic nature rather than divine, the human moral compass easily deviates from true north by means of emotional, social, cultural, and ethnical influences. We rationalize a lot too.
Although Christians are stuck with an unholy moral compass while in this life, it's possible to at least sterilize it. According to Heb 9:1-14, Christ's blood does this for us; and we never need to get our conscience sterilized ever again, i.e. the one time is good for all time.
NOTE: Sterilization was part of the once-a-year Yom Kippur ritual; but as good as that sterilization was, it was only effective for that one event. The people had to undergo sterilization all over again the following year.
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