Accompaniment: The picture of “God’s commandment for Adam” in this passage is a touching and warm picture. Although there is only God and man in it, the close relationship between them is so admirable:
1. God’s love overflows, freely bestowed on man, freely bestowed on man and surrounding man; man, innocent and pure and free from cares and anxieties, lives under God’s eyes happily; God is concerned about man, and man lives under the protection and blessing, lives under the protection and blessing of God, and what man does and man’s every word and deed are all closely related to God and cannot be independent from God.
2. From the moment God created mankind, God had the responsibility for mankind. What was his responsibility? He was to protect man, he was to protect man, and he was to watch over man. He hoped that man would believe and obey what he said. This was also God’s first expectation for mankind, this was also God’s first expectation for mankind.
3. With this expectation, God then spoke such a word: “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die, for in the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die.” This simple word represented God’s will, and it also showed that God’s heart was beginning to be concerned about man.
4. From these simple words, we have seen God’s heart. In God’s heart, is there love? Is there concern? God’s love and concern not only can be sensed by man, but can even more be really and truly touched by man. If you are one who has conscience and humanity, you will feel warm, feel cared, feel loved, and feel blissful.
5. When you feel these, how will you treat God? Won’t you be attached to God? Won’t you have reverence and love for God in your heart? Won’t, won’t your heart draw near to God? This shows how important God’s love for man is! And it is even more important that man can feel and understand God’s love! This shows how important God’s love for man is! And it is even more important that man can feel and understand God’s love!
from “God’s Work, God’s Disposition, and God Godself (1)” in A Continuation of The Word Appears in the Flesh
1. God’s love overflows, freely bestowed on man, freely bestowed on man and surrounding man; man, innocent and pure and free from cares and anxieties, lives under God’s eyes happily; God is concerned about man, and man lives under the protection and blessing, lives under the protection and blessing of God, and what man does and man’s every word and deed are all closely related to God and cannot be independent from God.
2. From the moment God created mankind, God had the responsibility for mankind. What was his responsibility? He was to protect man, he was to protect man, and he was to watch over man. He hoped that man would believe and obey what he said. This was also God’s first expectation for mankind, this was also God’s first expectation for mankind.
3. With this expectation, God then spoke such a word: “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die, for in the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die.” This simple word represented God’s will, and it also showed that God’s heart was beginning to be concerned about man.
4. From these simple words, we have seen God’s heart. In God’s heart, is there love? Is there concern? God’s love and concern not only can be sensed by man, but can even more be really and truly touched by man. If you are one who has conscience and humanity, you will feel warm, feel cared, feel loved, and feel blissful.
5. When you feel these, how will you treat God? Won’t you be attached to God? Won’t you have reverence and love for God in your heart? Won’t, won’t your heart draw near to God? This shows how important God’s love for man is! And it is even more important that man can feel and understand God’s love! This shows how important God’s love for man is! And it is even more important that man can feel and understand God’s love!
from “God’s Work, God’s Disposition, and God Godself (1)” in A Continuation of The Word Appears in the Flesh