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NASB | John 8:44 "You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 8:44 "You are of your father the devil, and it is your will to practice the desires [which are characteristic] of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks what it natural to him, for he is a liar and the father of lies and half-truths. |
Bible Question:
Alright, that leaves me with another question. Why did God not want us to know good and evil? Wouldn't that make us ignorant sinners? Also, why did Satan want us to know? Today, he tries to tell many that right and wrong are all opinions, but the knowledge we have of good and evil came from sin. This makes no sense to me. |
Bible Answer: With regard to the proposition, "the knowledge we have of good and evil came from sin." I would ask you to consider the propositions, "The knowledge of good and evil came by means of a sin, not that God wouldn't have given man that knowledge had he not fallen." Who knows if God would have lifted the ban on the tree after man's probation was over. If God didn't want His people to know good and evil why does he encourage mature discernment of good and evil? Heb. 5:14 My point is that the knowledge of good and evil did not come FROM sin. Given the nature of sin, how can anything good come from it? The knowledge of good and evil came from eating the fruit of the tree. What came from the sin of doing what was forbidden with regard to that tree was death. "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Rom. 6:23 |