I did not know before this weekend that apple seeds are not true to their fruit. If we plant a seed from a Gala apple we will not get a tree that produces Gala apples. Johnny Appleseed did not spread Cortland apples westward from Leominster, Massachusetts, his birthplace. Types and kinds of apples have everything to do with grafting.
Having learned this marvelous truth has given me an answer to a problem that has plagued me for years. If Adam and Eve were perfect from God’s hand, how is it they sinned? The answer is things are not always true to their fruit. Adam and Eve were the perfect fruit of God’s design and creation. But their seed wasn’t true to their illustrious origin. The Golden Delicious seed is not true to that awesome apple.
At this point some of you are most likely thinking, “I think he’s stretching to make a point.” If so, you are most likely correct. I am. There is no reason for what happened other than they were given freedom of choice and they exercised that freedom with devastating results. If there had been a good reason for what they did it would not have been sin. They had everything that was good but they went for the bad.
The next question my students ask is why do we have to suffer because of what they did? If I’m in a car with a bad driver and he crashes, I die. Adam and Eve were in the driver’s seat for mankind. However, God is aware of our concern and He made it fair. Just as we die by one man’s deed so we get to live by one man’s righteousness. See Romans 5:19
Written by Roger Bothwell on September 28, 2009
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