Most people believe the first sin was when Eve ate the forbidden fruit. But, if you study scripture carefully and listen to the Holy Spirit teach you what he wants you to see in scripture, you will actually see, that Adam sinned first.
Adam turned his legal dominion, which God had given him over the earth, to God's enemy, Satan. When someone turns on their country and gives secret information about their country to an opposing country, this is called treason. So, we will call Adam's sin treason. Adams sin was done in the light in absolute knowledge of God's words, right from God himself. Adam knew the steps to the crime that Eve was committing and he didn't stop her. He was right there with Eve, as she spoke with the serpent. 1 Timothy 2:13-14 tells us that Adam was formed first, then Eve and that Adam was not deceived, but Eve fell into transgression. Why would Adam not stop her? I believe he chose Eve and what Eve thought and believed about the situation, over what God knew and said. That my friends was the first sin. Choosing someone or something other than God. That is why the first commandment is to love the Lord your God with all you heart, all your soul and all your strength, and all you mind, and have no other gods before him. Adam had in essence made Eve his god by choosing her and his love for her over God and his love for God. It is still the same today. People are still choosing someone or something else over God. But, God is still love, and he still pursues us with the hope that someday, we will know what real love is, and choose him.
The difference today, is that God has sent someone in our place to make up for our mistakes and sins. Jesus was sent from God, became flesh and he picked God over everything else this world had to offer. He did this to get back dominion from Satan, to give man back his rightful place in God's family, ruling over God's creation. Because you and I choose wrong, we can look to Jesus, to come pay our debt of choosing wrong and follow him in to choosing right.
I explain it like this, if you choose not to wash or shower, then you will begin to stink. But, you say you didn't choose to stink, it just happened, and it happened because you didn't choose the good, to wash. If you turn off the light, you may not choose darkness, but it happens. This is what happened in the garden with Adam and Eve and this is what happens to people who do not choose Jesus.
Some people say, well, I don't like religion and I don't like church, so I choose not to do anything. Well, in not choosing Jesus, who is life and light, you are choosing death and darkness. It really is simple, we just make out to be complicated. As for me and my house, we choose Jesus and obedience to him....therefore we choose life and we get the blessing and peace.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
What happened to our purpose?
Our purpose was to add joy and family to God-the Father's current existence. So, what happened to our family. In Genesis, we read that Adam was made as God's 1st son, and he made Adam a companion because it wasn't good for man to be alone.
Adam had been told that the Garden/earth was his. He was to be fruitful, multiply and subdue the earth...because the earth was made for Adam to enjoy, so it was made his responsibility to take care of. God had given him access to the tree of life in the center of the garden.....but the tree of the knowledge of good in evil, he was told to not eat of it. We know how the story goes.....Satan took a serpent body and used it to deceive the woman. The bible says the woman was deceived, but Adam disobeyed God with his eyes wide open and he was not deceived. Eve chose to believe the lie, words of the serpent
over the Word of God. To make matters worse, Adam chose the woman, Eve over God and his Word.
The moment they disobeyed, the connection that was between God and his people was severed....they were instantly united with the one they obeyed.
I believe God in his all knowing saw the end from the beginning. Think of it this way....you have a story, a plot and characters....you have hundreds of cameras with the movies in them. Each movie shows a failure to trust God. Even if it were two other human beings.....Sam and Shelly...they too would fail. Kids love do-overs, but how many times could we do-do overs. Remember people are spirits and once created, they are forever.
God made a way to get is family back and take care of any mistakes or sins that his family would ever make for all eternity. He found a way to get his family-our purpose back for eternity.....We can make a choice to choose to be a part of God-the father's family.
God is not hung up on sin, sickness, or death....humans are. God does not hide or run away from sin...yours or anyone elses. It's people than run from God. When Adam sinned...he was the one that hid....God came looking for him.....where are you and what have you done.....God said. God already knew, but he was showing Adam...that you can't hide from God.....and neither can you.
Adam had been told that the Garden/earth was his. He was to be fruitful, multiply and subdue the earth...because the earth was made for Adam to enjoy, so it was made his responsibility to take care of. God had given him access to the tree of life in the center of the garden.....but the tree of the knowledge of good in evil, he was told to not eat of it. We know how the story goes.....Satan took a serpent body and used it to deceive the woman. The bible says the woman was deceived, but Adam disobeyed God with his eyes wide open and he was not deceived. Eve chose to believe the lie, words of the serpent
over the Word of God. To make matters worse, Adam chose the woman, Eve over God and his Word.
The moment they disobeyed, the connection that was between God and his people was severed....they were instantly united with the one they obeyed.
I believe God in his all knowing saw the end from the beginning. Think of it this way....you have a story, a plot and characters....you have hundreds of cameras with the movies in them. Each movie shows a failure to trust God. Even if it were two other human beings.....Sam and Shelly...they too would fail. Kids love do-overs, but how many times could we do-do overs. Remember people are spirits and once created, they are forever.
God made a way to get is family back and take care of any mistakes or sins that his family would ever make for all eternity. He found a way to get his family-our purpose back for eternity.....We can make a choice to choose to be a part of God-the father's family.
God is not hung up on sin, sickness, or death....humans are. God does not hide or run away from sin...yours or anyone elses. It's people than run from God. When Adam sinned...he was the one that hid....God came looking for him.....where are you and what have you done.....God said. God already knew, but he was showing Adam...that you can't hide from God.....and neither can you.
Monday, August 22, 2011
The reason for man in God's heart.
When you meet someone you want to spend your life with, most of the time you get married. You spend life together, putting together a home and gathering stuff you use in your life and home. Two people working on a goal is more enjoyable and takes less time...than working it alone.
Next, you realize, you want something more. Someone else to share your love with, you want to share your home and things with a child. You want to give that child everything you possibly can...you even dream that someday, your children will have children to share life with. Biological children are made from flesh of your flesh......they are a part of you and the one you love....the two of you can create another eternal being made out of both of you. The gift of creation, given by God...to be like him.
This was God's plan first. In Genesis 1:1, God created the heavens and the earth. In Hebrew, the word God here, actually means Elohim, which is the plural form of God. It's where we today derive the word Trinity from. Matthew 23:10 reveals the "Elohim" or God as, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. From this, we see that in the beginning, he was a Father-God. In eternity, before the earth was formed, God had a father nature. We can understand that a father's love and desire would be for children. Our civilization is built around the fact that the home is the basic unit of society. Ephesians 3:14-15 reveals to us that the human father is just a type of the Father-God. God took this longing for children and created a man, made in his own image to be able to walk and talk with him.
Ephesians 1:4-5 explains that before the world was formed, we were created to be holy and blameless in God's presence, we were created and marked for "sonship." Romans 16:25 and 1 Corinthians 2:7 reveal that man was chosen for the place as God's sons/daughters first, before God even created the universe to be his home.
As human beings, we can have dogs, cats, horses and almost any kind of pet you can think of....and we can love them like our family, or make them our family. But, an animal can't relate to the life you live. The ability to make well thought out choices for daily life. Animals are meant to react or go by instinct.....but humans are created with a will and an ability to choose to not react, to change things based on his actions. God, in his desire for fellowship with sons and daughters....had to make us as close in his image as possible, in order for us to relate and enjoy our relationship with Him. Man is in God's image according to Genesis 1:27. We are a spirit, like God, we have a soul (which is your mind, will and emotions) and we possess a body for our spirit to live in. So the spirit part of you is what walks in fellowship with the "Father-God." This can't happen through your body, which is only made to interact with this physical world. The body part of you can only relate to your 5-physical senses, what you can see, hear, feel, taste and touch. But, God is a spirit and those that worship him must do so in spirit and in truth.
We know now that God wanted children-so he started with Adam and Eve. He made them/us in his image, to have fellowship and understanding. He created the universe as a home for his children and he created his children to create other children to share his love with.
What an amazing idea, to know that you were thought of and made to be God's children before the universe was create....and then the universe was created for you to be your home, your supply of food, joy and entertainment.
Next time, we will find out what happened to God's perfect plan for a family....what happened that we have become self-conscious instead of God-conscious. Where we have made the things we see, hear, taste and touch, more important than the things you can't see....like love, joy, peace, patience, kindness and goodness.
Next, you realize, you want something more. Someone else to share your love with, you want to share your home and things with a child. You want to give that child everything you possibly can...you even dream that someday, your children will have children to share life with. Biological children are made from flesh of your flesh......they are a part of you and the one you love....the two of you can create another eternal being made out of both of you. The gift of creation, given by God...to be like him.
This was God's plan first. In Genesis 1:1, God created the heavens and the earth. In Hebrew, the word God here, actually means Elohim, which is the plural form of God. It's where we today derive the word Trinity from. Matthew 23:10 reveals the "Elohim" or God as, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. From this, we see that in the beginning, he was a Father-God. In eternity, before the earth was formed, God had a father nature. We can understand that a father's love and desire would be for children. Our civilization is built around the fact that the home is the basic unit of society. Ephesians 3:14-15 reveals to us that the human father is just a type of the Father-God. God took this longing for children and created a man, made in his own image to be able to walk and talk with him.
Ephesians 1:4-5 explains that before the world was formed, we were created to be holy and blameless in God's presence, we were created and marked for "sonship." Romans 16:25 and 1 Corinthians 2:7 reveal that man was chosen for the place as God's sons/daughters first, before God even created the universe to be his home.
As human beings, we can have dogs, cats, horses and almost any kind of pet you can think of....and we can love them like our family, or make them our family. But, an animal can't relate to the life you live. The ability to make well thought out choices for daily life. Animals are meant to react or go by instinct.....but humans are created with a will and an ability to choose to not react, to change things based on his actions. God, in his desire for fellowship with sons and daughters....had to make us as close in his image as possible, in order for us to relate and enjoy our relationship with Him. Man is in God's image according to Genesis 1:27. We are a spirit, like God, we have a soul (which is your mind, will and emotions) and we possess a body for our spirit to live in. So the spirit part of you is what walks in fellowship with the "Father-God." This can't happen through your body, which is only made to interact with this physical world. The body part of you can only relate to your 5-physical senses, what you can see, hear, feel, taste and touch. But, God is a spirit and those that worship him must do so in spirit and in truth.
We know now that God wanted children-so he started with Adam and Eve. He made them/us in his image, to have fellowship and understanding. He created the universe as a home for his children and he created his children to create other children to share his love with.
What an amazing idea, to know that you were thought of and made to be God's children before the universe was create....and then the universe was created for you to be your home, your supply of food, joy and entertainment.
Next time, we will find out what happened to God's perfect plan for a family....what happened that we have become self-conscious instead of God-conscious. Where we have made the things we see, hear, taste and touch, more important than the things you can't see....like love, joy, peace, patience, kindness and goodness.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Why was the earth made?
Ok, so when you meet someone that you like, you may choose to pursue a relationship with them, by going out and spending time together....and by talking....alot. Finding out about about who they are, what they like etc. That's what I did when I decided to get to know Jesus/God. I spent time in his word and listening to others who have known him and studied his word longer. Listening to him speak to me on the inside, like he did when I gave my life to him.
At this point, I have found out that in Genesis, that God created the heaven and the earth, he created the galaxies and all that is in it. I found out through science, that everything surrounding the earth is affected by the earth and earth is affected by everything, the planets, the sun and the moon. I found out that those things in space affect the tides and seasons....and they were created for this purpose. Genesis 1:14-19 tells that the heavens/or space as we call it, was created just for the earth....this one little planet that we live on. This sounds crazy, except for the fact that the earth is the only planet inhabited by human life.
We have lots of clocks, watches, cell phones and time pieces to keep time...but the heavens are earths only perfect time piece, because God created it to be so. We end up changing our clocks with the seasons to try and keep up. Mind boggling.
After God created the earth, he then created man and rested from creating. Man was the climax, or end or reason if you will, for God's creative movement. See, the earth without man is useless, it has no job. It cannot enjoy it's own beauty or use the natural resources. That would be like you building a house just so the house could exist with no one living in it. There is no reason for the house if a person does not occupy it. So, then if God, being a logical being, created the earth, which he did, he created it for his man. He created a home for man, so the man would have a place before he was created.
When my husband and I decided to have children, we didn't take it lightly. Remember, I didn't want to have children because I thought there was no reason for life...but when I found out it was in God's plan for me to have children, I had a desire to please him and have children. We planned it, we talked about how we would want to raise them and what we would want to teach them.
I remember planning what kind of nursery I wanted. I looked for the perfect crib, bedding, bottles, stroller and clothes. I had names picked out for if it was a boy or girl. I had a plan for my work schedule to change to accommodate the new baby, because I was not going to put MY new baby in a daycare. The bible says that if we being evil know how to give good gifts to our children, how much more does our heavenly father give good to those who ask him? (Matthew 7:11)
In the same way I planned for my children, God planned so much better for his children. He made a perfect home, with nothing missing. He thought of a bed, the food, and the toys for his children.
Just like I did, except my knowledge was limited, his was not. Isaiah 45:18 says that he did not create it to be empty, but inhabited.
18 For this is what the LORD says—
he who created the heavens,
he is God;
he who fashioned and made the earth,
he founded it;
he did not create it to be empty,
but formed it to be inhabited—
he says:
“I am the LORD,
and there is no other.
Ok, so now we know why the heavens and earth was created. Just like I wanted and still want, to give my children the best, so God, the father, wants to give his children the best. Sounds like a good parent to me. I know I'm a good parent, I give them everything I possibly can even at my own expense. I gave up my plan, my career, my time and lots of close friendships in order to train and give my children the best.
I homeschool my children, because my father in heaven asked me to, he told me this when Haley was two. I resisted it at first because I felt inferior or unequipped to do so. I attempted and felt I couldn't, so I sent my oldest to private school for Kindergarten, thinking that would be best.
However, God continued to talk to me about it. Not condemning me or making me feel bad for disobeying him....but teaching me, showing me why homeschooling would be the best for me and my children. I still didn't feel qualified, but God showed me, that if he calls me to do something, he will equip me and bring it to completion with me, I won't be doing it alone, for he is with me, leading me and guiding me. That ultimately, his plan was better than mine.
I am very thankful for my home, my family and my father in heaven, who leads me in the best ways for me and my children. I know why the earth was made and I'm at peace with that knowledge. It was made for God's children, for me and my children. Now, why did God create us? Stay tuned for next time.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Our Purpose-Finding Real Answers, not just Religion
I remember as a child wondering what we were here for. The older I became, the more I pondered this question. During my teen years....I was very oppressed and unhappy, so, I would go outside, lay on the ground, look up at the sky and wonder why I was made. Laying on the ground made me feel closer to God somehow. I went many years without knowing why I was born, or if I even had a purpose.
I joined the military at 18 to get away, be free, so to speak. I purposed in my on heart a plan. I was going to have fun and live life the way I wanted, making the most of it, since my childhood sucked. So began my journey hanging with friend after friend, getting engaged several times....til finally I married barely at the age of 22. I didn't want to have kids at this point....because, I still didn't know our reason for existence. Why was I going to have children, just so they can be born, work their whole life and then die. Seemed meaningless to me, and what if they died before me, what pain would that be.
Somewhere along this journey at 24, I had an encounter....I was depressed, had suicidal thoughts and just couldn't see any purpose in life. I remember being up late, watching TV, not my normal horror flick, just flipping channels, when something made me stop. The man on TV was talking, and the scary part is, it was like he could see me and hear my thoughts. He explained how I had been feeling, that I had tried all these things to be happy but had gotten nowhere. He told me things that I had never told anyone out loud. Then, he told me what I needed to do to find my answer. He told me to give up my plan, which by the way hadn't worked so far to give me peace. He then told me to turn my life over to God and make Jesus my Lord and savior. Well, I thought I had done that as a child...you know...said the sinners prayer and all, but I guess I was deceived, I know I said it many times at vacation bible school as a kid in the summers.
I turned off the TV and begin to yell, to cry out to God and ask questions, like why am I here, did you make me just so I can live, be miserable and then die? I asked him why my mom left me when I was 6 months old, why I had been abused for so many years, why this and why that, why evil...I wanted to know. I said, you may strike me with lightening for yelling at you like this, but I have to know, dying can't be any worse than living.
Then a strange thing had happened. I heard a voice inside me began to ask me questions. Like, why don't you trust me? Then I began to tell him why, because of all the bad things in my life and the life of every other child, person that was hurt, abused and mistreated. The voice very calmly said to me, your way hasn't worked so far, it hasn't fulfilled your purpose or desires in your heart. Give up you plan and trust and follow me. I told him I wanted to trust in him, but too many bad things had happened in my life and it just wasn't in me. That if he was real, and good, then he was going to have to make me trust him, help me because I just didn't believe at this point. (As I speak to something inside my head)...lol). That's when the voice said, again calmly, I will, just give your life over to me and I will make you into what you were created for. So.....I did. I told him since my life was meaningless anyway, he could have it. Just show me what to do because my life sucked as is.
That was 18 years ago, many mistakes and dramas in between, but I am happy to say that, my purpose, my destiny and my happiness are found and have been revealed to me. I had alot of on the job training, but I'm finally doing what I was created to do. I say this with certainty and peace.
This is the reason for my blog today, to speak of our purpose, our destiny, and our peace in this life and the life to come. It's all intertwined together. As you will see.
I joined the military at 18 to get away, be free, so to speak. I purposed in my on heart a plan. I was going to have fun and live life the way I wanted, making the most of it, since my childhood sucked. So began my journey hanging with friend after friend, getting engaged several times....til finally I married barely at the age of 22. I didn't want to have kids at this point....because, I still didn't know our reason for existence. Why was I going to have children, just so they can be born, work their whole life and then die. Seemed meaningless to me, and what if they died before me, what pain would that be.
Somewhere along this journey at 24, I had an encounter....I was depressed, had suicidal thoughts and just couldn't see any purpose in life. I remember being up late, watching TV, not my normal horror flick, just flipping channels, when something made me stop. The man on TV was talking, and the scary part is, it was like he could see me and hear my thoughts. He explained how I had been feeling, that I had tried all these things to be happy but had gotten nowhere. He told me things that I had never told anyone out loud. Then, he told me what I needed to do to find my answer. He told me to give up my plan, which by the way hadn't worked so far to give me peace. He then told me to turn my life over to God and make Jesus my Lord and savior. Well, I thought I had done that as a child...you know...said the sinners prayer and all, but I guess I was deceived, I know I said it many times at vacation bible school as a kid in the summers.
I turned off the TV and begin to yell, to cry out to God and ask questions, like why am I here, did you make me just so I can live, be miserable and then die? I asked him why my mom left me when I was 6 months old, why I had been abused for so many years, why this and why that, why evil...I wanted to know. I said, you may strike me with lightening for yelling at you like this, but I have to know, dying can't be any worse than living.
Then a strange thing had happened. I heard a voice inside me began to ask me questions. Like, why don't you trust me? Then I began to tell him why, because of all the bad things in my life and the life of every other child, person that was hurt, abused and mistreated. The voice very calmly said to me, your way hasn't worked so far, it hasn't fulfilled your purpose or desires in your heart. Give up you plan and trust and follow me. I told him I wanted to trust in him, but too many bad things had happened in my life and it just wasn't in me. That if he was real, and good, then he was going to have to make me trust him, help me because I just didn't believe at this point. (As I speak to something inside my head)...lol). That's when the voice said, again calmly, I will, just give your life over to me and I will make you into what you were created for. So.....I did. I told him since my life was meaningless anyway, he could have it. Just show me what to do because my life sucked as is.
That was 18 years ago, many mistakes and dramas in between, but I am happy to say that, my purpose, my destiny and my happiness are found and have been revealed to me. I had alot of on the job training, but I'm finally doing what I was created to do. I say this with certainty and peace.
This is the reason for my blog today, to speak of our purpose, our destiny, and our peace in this life and the life to come. It's all intertwined together. As you will see.
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