Grace ~ The Hidden Wisdom of God

Before Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden, the instinct of discerning and obedience were contained in between the two trees which God called the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and the Tree of Life. When God placed a demand on Adam to exercise his freewill, He declared, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.” He was showing Adam the death and the life in these two trees.

The task of being discerning and obedience was a test to Adam as he had a free choice to choose death or eternal life in the midst of the Garden. As all the trees were pleasing to the eye and good for food, he was deceived to believe that the fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil was desirable for gaining wisdom. He ate of the tree without knowing that he was made in the image of God and already had the life to know of the Good and the Evil.

The battle between sight and faith long existed in the Garden of Eden, influencing Adam’s ability to discern and being obedience. As Adam partook the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, what was on the tree had entered inside man as God declared, “Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. He must not be allows to reach out his hand and take also from the Tree of Life and eat, and live forever.” Today, the principality of this tree is still impacting the world through objects and images which are the continuation of the force behind the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden.

Jesus’ Finished Work on the Cross had restored what Adam had lost in the Garden. The restoration overturned the realm of flesh with a new birth whereby whoever believe are called the new creation as they are born again in the Spirit.

The world is governed by the Law and we are born into this world growing up in a work motivated, deed conscious environment. Clearly no one is justified before God by the Law because the righteous will live by faith and the Law is not based on faith but on sight.

We need the Holy Spirit to reveal grace to us. Grace is spiritual, and can only be understood by our born again spirit. Grace is God's hidden mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. Law was given by Moses and grace and truth was given by our Lord Jesus Christ. When we preach Law or mixture of law and grace, we are ministering to our flesh and only our flesh are edified; but when we preach grace, God’s secret wisdom, we are ministering to our born again spirit and our spirits are edified.

As born again believers, we are encouraged by Apostle Paul, the Apostle of Grace, to eat from the Tree of Life instead from the Tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil. To live in the Spirit and restrain from living in flesh. To live by faith not by sight. To be justified as righteous by faith as there is no one can be justified as righteous by work. Submit to God's righteousness instead of establishing our own righteousness as Christ is the end of the Law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. Choose life as we already have the Life to live our life knowing what is Good and what is Evil.

On the contrary, the world does not have Life, is leave at the expense of performing good and avoid doing evil. The world too, does not have the Holy Spirit, can only understand Law, but not grace; as grace is spiritual...

1 Corinthians 2:12~13 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

Do you understand grace?