It’s essential that we understand the knowledge of good and evil in the spiritual realm of the word. When we understand the knowledge of good and evil in the spiritual realm, we are able to use our knowledge to create practical solutions to our problems. Christ said, “if the son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed” (John 8:36). The Messiah set us free by teaching us the knowledge of good and evil.
The Messiah taught us that sin enslaves us. The Messiah reminded us that the servant does not abide in the house forever (John 8:35). Like a servant, the pleasures provided by sin are not everlasting. The Pleasures of sin lead us to an even greater desire than before. As servants of sin, we fall into an endless state of consumption (Haggai 1:6).
Christ said we are his friends if we do what he has commanded us to do. He told his disciples, “from now on, I do not call you servants, for the servant does not know what his Lord does, but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known to you” (John 15:15). Christ taught us the knowledge of good and evil so that we may be free from the servitude of sin. As servants we are guided by reward and punishment, but as God’s children we are led by an understanding (Psalm 32:8).
The Knowledge of Good and evil teaches us how God designed our minds, hearts, and environments to affect one another. Having an understanding of the knowledge of good and evil helps us to align ourselves mentally and emotionally with the word of God. When we understand the words good and evil in the spiritual realm, we are able to unveil the knowledge of good and evil taught by the Father in the scriptures.
The word good in the spiritual realm is something that is undisturbed, that does not disturb, and can grow peacefully. Christ rebuked a rich man for calling him good saying, “why you call me good? None is good, save one, that is, God (Luke 18:19). Christ was peaceful and could grow peacefully, but Christ could not avoid disturbance because of his flesh. When the Father showed Nebuchadnezzar his kingdom in a dream, it was a large tree that had branches that stretched high and far. A watcher from heaven ordered that the tree be cut down, because the king was unrighteous and iniquitous having not shown mercy to the poor (Daniel 4:19-27). The kingdom was not good because it did not grow peacefully.
The best word to describe evil in the spiritual realm is confusion. Confusion is a negation of the word fusion because fusion is bringing things together to form one. Confusion is not taking things apart exactly. Confusion is the inappropriate mixing of things for the sake of destruction. Everything has an appropriate place in God, so evil occurs when things are out of order. Evil is destruction therefore it is nothing in the making. The word naughty which means nothingness, is even used to describe evil. Having this understanding allows us to create practical solutions to our encounters with evil. Evil can’t be destroyed, but it can be avoided.
In the spiritual realm it not about what things are, but instead, it’s about where they are (Luke 13:27). If fire is used to give us warmth or prepare our food it is good, but if fire comes in contact with our clothing it will be evil. The Father did not commission us to destroy evil. In a realm where there is free will, evil is essential for correction. The Father teaches us how to avoid evil and leave it with nothing to consume. When evil is like fire (Mark 9:50). When it has nothing to consume it consumes itself. Evil will reveal itself as nothing in the making if we can avoid it.
