You can’t help being like what you’re made of, until someone figures out a way to elementally change you. We’ve been thinking about the Lord’s conversation with Adam and Eve after they suicidally cut themselves off from the life of God. He had warned them, but they didn’t listen. God offered the human race convincing […]
Did you know that weeds only grow where people try to cultivate the land? Another proof the Bible’s true! Weeding! Don’t you love it? Years ago, I found this quotation in a book called Controlling Weeds by the Ortho lawn care people: “Where do weeds come from? It’s important to realize that the presence of […]
Yes, cutting yourself loose from God IS a big deal, and disagreeing with Him is intellectual suicide. It seems such a little thing to get upset about, say some folks. It was just one bite. Was that such a big deal? “She took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with […]
Eve began some big trends: desiring her husband, sorrow in childbirth, and changing history one baby at a time. When God told Eve about the coming war between the Devil and her seed, He wasn’t finished: “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; in pain you shall bring forth children; your desire shall […]
It’s been a battle royal alright: between the usurper “god of this world” and the rightful Heir of everything. As God spoke to the devil in Genesis 3, He sent a ricochet message to Eve as well. There would be a long war, He said, “between you [that’s the devil] and the woman, and between […]
What kind of Person can interrupt funerals, and ask a dead man to join him for dinner? Jesus can! They say, in a world full of statistics, this is the ultimate statistic: 1 out of 1 dies. But when God told Adam, “In the day that you eat of it you shall surely die,” what […]
Read More… from January 28, 2021 — When The Dead Hear His Voice
When God said they would die if they sinned, what did He mean? Adam didn’t die for centuries, did he? After Adam and Eve more or less confessed to their wrong-doing, God had some earth-shaking things to say. He had already told them, “The day that you eat of it [the forbidden fruit] you shall […]
Read More… from January 27, 2021 — Death Comes To Planet Earth
Today no one is responsible for wrong actions—we’re all just victims, but there’s a costly downside to that. In the conversation God had with Adam and Eve after they sinned, they seemed to pass the buck. That’s the big deal these days. I’m not responsible for my actions; I’m a victim. It’s someone else’s fault. […]
The problem with trying to pretend away sin is that we also get rid of confession—and forgiveness, too. Christian! Have you had a conversation with God about your sins lately? It’s one of the best things you can do. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and […]
Read More… from January 25, 2021 — Confession, Good For The Soul