创世记3:22
耶和华神说："那人已经与我们相似，能知道善恶。现在恐怕他伸手又摘生命树的果子吃，就永远活着。"
问题（1）“那人已经与我们相似，能知道善恶”是什么意思?
在伊甸园中有各种各样的果树，当中包括分别善恶树及生命树。这些树都结果子。
创2：8-98耶和华神在东方的伊甸立了一个园子，把所造的人安置在那里。9耶和华神使各样的树从地里长出来，可以悦人的眼目，其上的果子好做食物。园子当中又有生命树和分别善恶的树。
不可吃分别善恶树上的果子，是真神给予人类的第一道诫命。
创2：15-1715耶和华神将那人安置在伊甸园，使他修理看守。16耶和华神吩咐他说："园中各样树上的果子，你可以随意吃；17只是分别善恶树上的果子，你不可吃，因为你吃的日子必定死。"
所以“那人已经与我们相似，能知道善恶”并没有特别的意思，而应关注的是人类从起初就违反了当时真神所吩咐唯一的诫命。
问题（2）请解释“恐怕他伸手又摘生命树的果子吃，就永远活着”。
生命树上的果子，并不是任何人都可以领受。唯有藉着真神的恩典，从真理和圣灵所生的才拥有福分，可得以领受生命树的果子。
既然那人（始祖）犯了第一道的诫命，又如何配得领受生命树的果子呢？
在启示录中告诉我们，唯有战胜世界和魔鬼的，才配得领受吃生命树上的果子。
启2：7圣灵向众教会所说的话，凡有耳的，就应当听！得胜的，我必将神乐园中生命树的果子赐给他吃。
启22：14那些洗净自己衣服的有福了！可得权柄能到生命树那里，也能从门进城。
愿一切荣耀归於主耶稣基督。哈利路亚！阿们。
GENESIS
3:22
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to
know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the
tree of life, and eat, and live forever.
Question
1: What does "the man is
become as one of us, to know good and evil:" mean?
Among the fruits on the trees in the Garden of Eden, there are the
fruits of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, and the Tree of Life.
Gen.
2:8-9 8And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in
Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. 9And out of the
ground made the Lord God to grow
every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life
also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
The first commandment of God:
Gen.
2:15-17 15And the LORD God
took the man, and put him into the Garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 16And
the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest
freely eat: 17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,
thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt
surely die.
God commanded Adam not to eat the fruits of the Tree of the
Knowledge of Good and Evil but Adam failed to obey Him. This is why God said,
"Behold, the man is become as one of
us, to know good and evil:" However, this phrase does not have any
particular spiritual meaning. Instead, what we should be concerned about is
that Adam had broken the only commandment given by God during that time.
Question
2: What does "lest he put
forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever:"
mean?
Adam failed to obey God as he ate the fruit of the Tree of the
Knowledge of Good and Evil. Consequently, Adam was forbidden from eating the
fruits of the Tree of Life.
Rev.
2:7 He that hath an ear, let him hear
what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that over cometh
will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise
of God.
Rev.
22:14 Blessed are they
that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may
enter in through the gates into the city.
Here it tells us that only those who overcome the world and the
devil are worthy to eat of the fruits of the Tree of Life. Thus, it is through
the grace of God that those who are born of the Truth and the Holy Spirit can
receive the fruits of the Tree of Life.
May all glory be to the Lord Jesus Christ, Hallelujah! Amen.
(Question
and Answers - 2014 Annual Spiritual Meeting)