Section 6
the law of life in our spirit. In the garden of Eden there were two trees—the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and the tree of life. In these two trees we see good, evil, and life. With each of these there is a law: the law of good, the law of evil, and the law of life. We are a miniature garden of Eden because the triangular situation involving God, man, and Satan is now within us. Further more, the law of good, the law of evil, and the law of life are all in us.
As far as persons are concerned, there are just three beings in the universe: the divine person, God; the evil person, Satan; and the human per son, man. Each of these persons has a life. The divine person has the divine life, the human per son has the human life, and the evil person has the evil life. Our human life does not come merely from our parents; it comes from God's creation. Our human life was created when Adam was cre ated, not when we were born of our parents.
After his creation, man fell. At the time of the fall, an evil life was injected into man's body. As we have pointed out, in the fall not only did man do something wrong, but something evil entered into him. For example, if a child drinks poison, not only does he do something wrong, but some thing gets into him. By the fall the evil life of Satan came into man's body, and now this evil life is in our flesh. Therefore, everyone, no matter whether