THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT

THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT

The synonymous words to FORBIDDEN are prohibited, banned, debarred, ruled out, not allowed, disallowed, taboo, impermissible, not acceptable, unauthorized, unsanctioned.

As I was in the rest room this morning, the Lord told me to avoid at all cost anything called BETRAYAL in my marriage because it is the FORBIDDEN FRUIT and He reminded me of Adam and Eve that, it was because they betrayed God-they ate the forbidden fruit-that was why their lives were in chaos and their relationship with God shattered. Let us consider some of this deadly fruit…..

1.    Forbidden Fruit of Lie: beloveds! Why? Even the breath from your nostril cannot be trusted? Why is it difficult for you to be fruitful in your conservations? Why are you afraid be loyal? You should know that the more you lie, the more you falter your (vertical) God and (horizontal) human relationships. John 8:44

2.    Forbidden Fruit of Infidelity: I imagine what exactly is making a person to imbibe the attitude of promiscuity. To the best of my knowledge it animalistic and even eagle is exempted from this type of life style because an eagle sticks to an eagle even after death eagles do not remarry, he/she will stay single until death comes. So if bird has this unique nature, why do you void of dignity as a human created in God’s likeness? Acts 15:29

3.    Forbidden Fruit of faithlessness: At this juncture let me ask you this, why do you want to marry him/her or did you married when you knew you can’t trust him/her. For your information, “marriage MAY be necessary but not compulsory” so is your relationship with God, being a child of God is by choice under the grace of God not a compulsory decision. Heb. 11:6

4.    Forbidden Fruit of Pride: Marriage is all about oneness either is the husband or wife that is well-to-do in the family none of them should boast, in Acts 4:32 about the first Church they all had everything in common. You are who you are by the grace of God.  Proverbs 16 vss 18Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.19Better to live humbly with the poor than to share plunder with the proud.

5.    Forbidden Fruit of Idle Words: Idle words can be termed as blasphemy or chaos jokes. From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Your words portrait how you esteem your partner even God. Let your heart appreciate, honour, esteem, adore your spouse and eventually your mouth will speak graciously of him/her

Beloveds! The forbidden fruit is the fruit of knowledge of evil and good Genesis 2 ¹⁶ And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; ¹⁷ But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and blessing and calamity you shall not eat, FOR IN THE DAY THAT YOU EAT OF IT YOU SHALL SURELY DIE. The day you decide to encourage yourself to entertain these attitude and likes, your joy will be accompanied with sorrow, sweetness with bitterness, happiness with sadness. And how can you escape these? Guide and guard your heart diligently and jealously with the Words of God in Christian books, Gospel Tapes, Prayer, Hymns and songs, 24/7 fellowshipping with the Holy Spirit.

GRACE BE ABOUND TO YOU