A timeless tale:
“Wisdom...calls from the tops of the
heights of the city: ‘Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!’ To him who lacks
understanding she says, ‘Come, eat of my food and drink of the wine I have
mixed. Forsake your folly and live, and proceed in the way of understanding’”
(Proverbs 9:1,3-6).
- The Gift In the Garden: “The
LORD God commanded the man, saying, ‘From any tree of the garden you may
eat freely; but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall
not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die’”
(Genesis 2:16,17).
- The Gift in the Gospel: “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through Whom also we have
obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand...those
who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will
reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1,2,17).
“The woman of folly...[is] calling
to those who pass by, who are making their paths straight: ‘Whoever is naive,
let him turn in here,’ And to him who lacks understanding she says, ‘Stolen
water is sweet; and bread eaten in secret is pleasant’” (Proverbs 9:13-17).
- Rejecting the Gift in the Garden: “When the
woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to
the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from
its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate”
(Genesis 3:6).
- Rejecting the Gift in the Gospel: “Brethren, my
heart’s desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation. For I
testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance
with knowledge. For not knowing about God's righteousness and seeking to
establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness
of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who
believes” (Romans 10:1-4).
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