SIMPLE INSTRUCTION
THE SEED
“You are free to eat from any tree in the garden, but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” Genesis 2: 16- 17 NIV
God gave Adam and Eve a simple instruction in the Garden of Eden, but the enemy convinced them to do otherwise. When the serpent came, none of them remembered the simple instruction, “But you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” God was merciful enough to let them know the consequences of their disobedience, which was death. This is likened to a woman whose husband took her to the city from the village, a transformed life from poverty to a better place. Everything she needed had been provided for her by her husband. The husband gave one simple instruction: “Do not have close friends that will be teaching you things; make me your best friend.” She ignored this instruction and befriended a particular woman whom she met on her usual way to her children’s school. They started helping each other to drop off or pick up children, and later the friendship moved to spending weekend outings with this friend. The friend took her places, which eventually made her change her behaviour at home and led to the collapse of her marriage. For any willful disobedience, death is usually the outcome: death of a marriage, of good living, of a healthy body succumbing to some diseases, of good relationships, etc. At times, when we are fortunate enough to hear such simple instructions, it is helpful to keep them close to our hearts and write them somewhere. You will see them as a constant reminder as advised in the Book of Proverbs “Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. They are a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.”
BIBLE READING: Genesis 3: 1-11
PRAYER: Lord, give me a heart of obedience, to do as you instruct me always, Amen.
ITONI TI O RORUN
IRUGBIN NAA
Olúwa Ọlọ́run sì pàṣẹ fún ọkùnrin náà pé, “Ìwọ ní òmìnira láti jẹ nínú èso igi èyíkéyìí nínú ọgbà, ṣùgbọ́n ìwọ kò gbọdọ̀ jẹ nínú èso igi ìmọ̀ rere àti búburú: nítorí nígbà tí o bá jẹ nínú rẹ̀ dájúdájú ìwọ yóò kú.” Jẹ́nẹ́sísì 2:16-17
Ọlọ́run fún Ádámù àti Éfà ní ìtọ́ni tó rọrùn nínú Ọgbà Édẹ́nì, ṣùgbọ́n àwọn ọ̀tá mú kí wọ́n ṣe bẹ́ẹ̀. Nígbà tí ejò náà dé, kò sí ọ̀kankan nínú wọn tí ó rántí ìmọ̀ràn rírọrùn náà pé, “Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ kò gbọ́dọ̀ jẹ nínú èso igi ìmọ̀ rere àti búburú.” Ọlọ́run ṣàánú tó láti jẹ́ kí wọ́n mọ àbájáde àìgbọràn wọn, ikú. Wọ́n dà bí obìnrin kan tí ọkọ rẹ̀ mú un lọ sí ìlú ńlá, ìgbésí ayé rẹ̀ yí padà láti inú ipò òṣì lọ́wọ́ sí ibi tí ó dára jù lọ tí ọkọ rẹ̀ ti pèsè fún un ní ìtọ́ni rírọrùn kan: “Má ṣe sún mọ́ ọn Àwọn ọ̀rẹ́ tí yóò máa kọ́ ọ ní nǹkan; O kọ ilana yii silẹ o si ba obinrin kan pato ti o pade ni ọna deede rẹ si ile-iwe awọn ọmọ rẹ. Wọ́n bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í ran ara wọn lọ́wọ́ láti lọ sọ́dọ̀ àwọn ọmọdé tàbí kí wọ́n gbé àwọn ọmọdé, lẹ́yìn náà, ìbádọ́rẹ̀ẹ́ náà ṣí lọ sí bá a ṣe ń bá ọ̀rẹ́ yìí rìnrìn àjò ní òpin ọ̀sẹ̀. Ọrẹ naa gba awọn aye rẹ, eyiti o jẹ ki o yi ihuwasi rẹ pada ni ile ti o yori si iṣubu igbeyawo rẹ. Fún àìgbọràn èyíkéyìí, ikú sábà máa ń jẹ́ àbájáde rẹ̀: ikú ìgbéyàwó, gbígbé ìgbésí ayé rere, ti ara tí ó ní ìlera tí ń bọ́ lọ́wọ́ àwọn àrùn kan, àjọṣe rere, àti bẹ́ẹ̀ bẹ́ẹ̀ lọ. ṣe iranlọwọ lati tọju wọn sunmọ ọkan wa ati kọ wọn si ibikan. Iwọ yoo rii wọn gẹgẹ bi olurannileti igbagbogbo bi a ti gbawawayanju ninu iwe Owe“Ọmọ mi, gbọ́ ẹ̀kọ́ baba rẹ, má sì ṣe kọ ẹ̀kọ́ ìyá rẹ sílẹ̀. Wọ́n jẹ́ ohun oso láti ṣe orí rẹ àti ẹ̀so láti fi ṣe ọrùn rẹ.”
BIBELI KIKA: Jẹ́nẹ́sísì 3: 1-11
ADURA: Oluwa, fun mi ni ọkan ti igbọràn, lati ṣe bi o ti kọ mi nigbagbogbo. Amin.