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NASB | Genesis 2:17 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." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 2:17 but [only] from the tree of the knowledge (recognition) of good and evil you shall not eat, otherwise on the day that you eat from it, you shall most certainly die [because of your disobedience]." |
Subject: Christian Morality: Natural or Divine? |
Bible Note: The Basis of Christian Morality: Natural Law or the Law of a Sovereign God? “… Morality therefore is based on God’s sovereignty. His command alone makes an action right or wrong. “This explains some passages in 1 Samuel and elsewhere that greatly disturb the modern mind. After the Philistines had captured the Ark of the Lord, he discomfited them with rats and bubonic plague. Therefore they sent the Ark back to the Israelites. When the cows took the Ark to Bethshemesh, the people of that place rejoiced greatly. They sacrificed the cows as a burnt offering unto Jehovah. Yet, in spite of such joy and thanksgiving, the Lord smote the men of Bethshemesh because the had looked into the Ark. In fact the Lord killed 50,070 Israelites. Better known is the punishment of Uzzah in 2 Samuel 6:7. The modern mind is disturbed by these severities because it has an unbiblical concept of God and a false understanding of morality. Even Christians are contaminated with these popular secular views. The Christian position is that morality and righteousness are based on the sovereign commands of a sovereign God. An action is wrong simply because God forbids it. Where there is no law, there is no sin to impute. Had God given Adam no commands, Adam would have been as free as the animals. They cannot sin; but Adam could and did." (Gordon H. Clark "The Biblical Doctrine of Man," page 62) For your thoughts and edification. |
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