Gospel of Doug: Lesson Ten

       Whenever I read scripture, I am always amazed how sometimes, I see the scriptures in a new light. Today, I was reading Genesis and read it in a new light. When I read the verses about the fall of man, I realized, the logic behind the argument Satan used to trick Eve, is the same argument we face in our own time. Satan didn't start out talking of the fruit, and how good it tasted, or looked. He started out with the argument that eating the fruit would be good for the COMMUNITY OF MEN, for the COMMON GOOD. Eat the fruit and humanity, will become like Gods. Man will gain knowledge. Defy God, and we become Gods, ourselves. Satan argued God is keeping this fruit from us, because He is trying to keep us ignorant. Eat the fruit and we will be able to become better people, and we will be able to help people define good and define evil. Think about how many times this same argument has been used, down through the ages. It may seem wrong to question God, or defy God, but it is ok, because it is done for the common good. We seemingly  still do not understand how to answer this argument, thousands of years later. In this time of Covid-19, by this argument, we are ignorant if we put our trust in God. No, instead we should put our trust in ourselves . . we must, for the COMMON GOOD. Close the churches, don't pray, don't ask God for help, instead place our troubles before science and let science give the final answers to this problem. Don't listen to God, and what he is telling us, instead listen only to the experts and the science . . .

       In the Sunday Gospel today, the parable was about a king, who gave a wedding feast for his son, but no one came to the feast. So eventually the King invited anyone and everyone his servants could find on the street to the wedding feast. But when the King came to the feast he saw someone not dressed or prepared to celebrate the feast properly. He had the person bound and thrown out into the darkness. I believe this message, ties back into the experience of Mankind's fall from grace. If we are not willing to accept the responsibility of the invitation to the feast, and listen to and trust God, then maybe we should not be at the feast. The same way, if we were not going to follow God's rules and trust in God, we were not allowed to remain in Eden, nor will we be allowed to remain in the Kingdom of God.

 . . .Love and Prayers.