If God is all knowing than why did he even bother telling Adam and Eve to not eat the apple on the tree?
2006-09-13 08:08:23 · 30 answers · asked by sweet 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Simply.....
God wants obedience by choice out of love,
not by force by commandment.
Although, since God created all things, and is therefore sovereign over His creation, He has every right to demand obedience;
but, since God is also loving, merciful, and long-suffering, not willing that any should perish, He gave them several opportunities to obey, by choice!
2006-09-13 08:14:24 · answer #1 · answered by MrDan 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God is all knowing, but Adam and Eve are not. Adam and Eve would have never known not to eat of the tree unless God told them not to.
Are you trying to ask this question? If God is all knowing, why did he allow a circumstance for Adam and Eve to sin, knowing full well that eventually they would?
2006-09-13 15:14:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I tell my children not to do certain things, but I know that they're going to misbehave at some time or another. I'll tell my infant son not to touch something, even though I know he's not going to listen.
God told them not to eat the fruit (not an apple, according to the text) because it was best for them to leave it alone. He didn't make them disobey, and His knowledge of what would happen didn't make it a bad command.
2006-09-13 16:02:38 · answer #3 · answered by flyersbiblepreacher 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's the beauty of it... God knows exactly what is going to happen, and He has all the power in the world to change... yet, He gave us freewill. He said hear are my rules... you make the CHOICE whether or not to listen to them... after that, the outcome is up to you. If you choose to listen to God, then better things will come from it, but if you choose not to listen to God... well, you will find out about that later. The point is, God gave us a choice, freewill, options, and it is up to us to choose what is right...
2006-09-13 15:13:44 · answer #4 · answered by ToYkaT04 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
when asking a question like that refer to your own kids if u have any.
u tell them not to touch the stove and if they are obedient they won't touch it
but if they are disobedient then they will even after they know the consequences of their actions
he gave adam and eve a command and they diobeyed
2006-09-13 15:12:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
It was a test of obedience to see how much they loved him after all he'd done for them. They failed & we are suffering the consequences now.
By the way, it might not have been an apple, the Bible just says "fruit"
2006-09-13 15:13:00 · answer #6 · answered by New ♥ System ♥ Lady 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
cuz were not robots retard we were made to make our own decisions. Adam and eve could have cosen NOT to eat from that tree
2006-09-13 15:11:52 · answer #7 · answered by ogeepyroh_lok 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Becuz he gave them a choice. They were humans, and they were tempted to eat the fruit from the tree. And than Eve convinced Adam to eat the fruit also. They knew it was wrong, but they were tempted and they were curious. God is good enough to give us that free will power. He gave us that free will so we can have choices to choose from. We can either choose to believe in him or choose not to. We sometimes choose the bad, but not becuz we are bad, becuz we are curious. There is bad becuz we learn from the bad.
2006-09-13 15:10:00 · answer #8 · answered by Happily Married 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
God knows all -- watch out for temptation!
If a put a wallet on the chair next to a man sitting there will you take the wallet or will you ask the man if he dropped his wallet?
Temptation says....Here's an apple, want it bad enough, even though its wrong?
2006-09-13 15:09:52 · answer #9 · answered by god knows and sees else Yahoo 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
They only ate from it because they weren't allowed to had he not prohibited them from eating the apple chances are they wouldn't have done so.
2006-09-13 15:10:59 · answer #10 · answered by Monica 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋