Genesis 3 — “The Fruit We Were Never Meant to Edit”

Genesis 3:1–7

Genesis 3 marks a turning point in the biblical story—not because humanity suddenly encounters evil, but because humanity decides to define good and evil apart from God.

The tree in the garden is called the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Whether its fruit was literal, symbolic, or both, Scripture makes clear that the issue was not hunger or curiosity—it was authority. Who gets to say what is good? Who gets to say what is evil?

God had already spoken clearly:

“You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat.”

The command was simple, generous, and sufficient. Yet when the command is later repeated ...