BLESSINGS THROUGH OBEDIENCE
At one point in time, all of us would have wondered why did God create the tree of knowledge in the center of the garden and forbid Adam and Eve from eating of its frits when he was sure they would break the rule? The fact that God knew Adam and Eve would eat of the forbidden fruit is His foreknowledge and not pre-determination. If we would not accept this fact, we can keep questioning everything. Why did God create Cain and Abel when he knew Abel would be killed? Why did God create the whole of mankind if he knew all of them except Noah’s family would be destroyed in flood? If God would wilfully avoid any circumstance/incident that would lead us to sin, where is our act of obedience do God? The term obedience loses its significance. But as you skim through the pages of the Bible, you would read of the blessings of God through the simple yet difficult act of obedience. Abraham obeyed God and received great blessings. In fact, his obedience was accounted ...