The Tree of Death

by Justin Imel

When my brothers and I had acted up at my grandparents' home, they gave us a choice--they could either spank us or they could call Santa Claus. Not necessarily an easy decision to make, but Mom and Dad could give us a choice because God created man with freewill.

In the Garden of Eden, God presented Adam and his wife with a choice--they could eat from the tree of life and live forever, or they could eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and sin against the I AM. Unfortunately, Adam and Eve chose poorly.

God gave Adam and Eve and all mankind freewill because he wants man to serve him of his own free volition. You and I have a choice to make--are we going to serve God, or are we going to serve self. As we face those decisions, we would do well to consider the consequences for our actions.