{"id":574,"date":"2017-03-22T13:18:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T18:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=574"},"modified":"2017-03-22T13:22:59","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T18:22:59","slug":"forbidden-fruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/22\/forbidden-fruit\/","title":{"rendered":"Forbidden Fruit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-575 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2547312_orig-e1474290335111-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2547312_orig-e1474290335111-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2547312_orig-e1474290335111.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<h6><em>There are two trees in the Garden<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>One you may eat freely\u2026<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>One you must not touch or eat\u2026<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>It is forbidden\u2026<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6>Not heeding what the Father said\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>They ate the fruit and now are dead\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Forever the knowledge of good and evil<\/h6>\n<h6>Dance inside their pride held heads\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Banished from the Garden to live\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Slaves to lust, who will forgive<\/h6>\n<h6>This vile deed they\u2019ve done\u2026?<\/h6>\n<h6>Too late to grieve, disgrace received\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Cherubim with flaming sword\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Comes to guard the Tree of the Lord\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>No longer can the two freely eat thereof\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Now they simply survive\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Forever tempted by the forbidden fruit\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Lusts and death are companions now,<\/h6>\n<h6>These two made of flesh\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Live in tortured temptations, soon to return to ash and dust\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Until all heaven sings the song, Salvation in God\u2019s Son is sung\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Now rest in peacefulness\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Do not partake of the forbidden fruit\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>It\u2019ll leave you barren in regret and mute\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh, the pride of life\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Now lies within the forbidden fruit\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>For all who eat of the burning coals<\/h6>\n<h6>Will never taste the fruit of life\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Only death will be their reward.<\/h6>\n<h6>Cherubim with flaming sword, standing at the Garden door\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Only one way to enter there\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Jesus, hear my whispered prayer\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6><em>Take my heart and be my Lord!<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Repentance, turn and bow before the Lord<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Forbidden fruit eat no more!<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6>Cherubim with flaming sword, guards the Garden door.<\/h6>\n<h6>The only access is through Jesus the Lord!<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211;Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill March 22, 2017<\/h6>\n<h6><strong><em><span class=\"passage-display-bcv\">Genesis 3:24 <\/span><span class=\"passage-display-version\">New King James Version (NKJV)<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><em><span id=\"en-NKJV-80\" class=\"text Gen-3-24\">So He drove out the man; 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