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<ref>{{bgw| Ge 2:18 ¶ And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.</ref> | <ref>{{bgw| Ge 2:18 ¶ And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.</ref> | ||
, and it's what she made for dinner."<ref>{{bgw| Ge 3:6 }} And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.</ref> | , and it's what she made for dinner."<ref>{{bgw| Ge 3:6 }} And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.</ref> | ||
So he ate it. Immediately he learned to disobey God. He learned to make his own rules | So he ate it. Immediately he learned to disobey God. He learned to make his own rules as if he were a god. Furthermore, he didn't believe that God loved him and was now afraid of God. So he hid in the tree. | ||
<ref>{{bgw| Ge 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God [in the tree] of the garden. </ref> | |||
<ref>"in the tree" because 'tree' עץ is singular. Later when God cannot find them, it is the teaching that when you are hidden in the cross, he does not see your sin, only the work of Christ.</ref> | |||
He learned those things that God didn't want him to know. The tree was called the "Tree of the knowledge of good and evil". It taught Adam how to be evil. There was nothing magic about the tree. All he had to do was disobey God. | He learned those things that God didn't want him to know. The tree was called the "Tree of the knowledge of good and evil". It taught Adam how to be evil. There was nothing magic about the tree. All he had to do was disobey God. | ||
