God is Working Out His Purposes in Man

Continuing our discussion of image and likeness from last week, God’s purpose in Man will be completed.  His purpose is that through Christ (His life, death, & resurrection) He would restore Man’s original place which He intended Man to hold….to be God’s dwelling place in the Earth through whom He would rule & reveal Himself […]

God is Eternal

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” (Rev. 1:8) Picking up from our last discussion, the last will be first and the first will be last.  You’ve heard this teaching before, but let’s look into what it means.  First […]

The Law of Righteousness and Justice

The Kingdom of God is built upon righteousness and justice. Anything built upon this foundation will prosper.  If  it is not, it will fail. Psm 89:14 [NIV] 14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you. Isa 33:5-6 [NIV] 5The LORD is exalted, for he dwells on high; he […]

We Are in His Government

Gen. 1:26-28 [NIV] 26Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 27So God created man in his […]

The Discipline of Sanctification – Part 2

Yesterday, we began discussing the various types of discipline that play a role in our sanctification.  One such line of discipline is akin to a Father teaching a Son.  Call it Priestly Wisdom. Out of love for his Father and His brothers, Jesus sacrificed Himself on a cross as the Lamb of God. Thus once […]

Two Trees

In the beginning, God put two trees in the middle of the garden of Eden: the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and the tree of life. Tree of Death God commanded Adam and Eve to not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, lest they surely die.  This […]

Scripture: Why Did God Create Man?

God created Man to bear His Image and Likeness and rule the world with Him as His perfect sons. When Man fell from Grace, we maintained His Image but lost His likeness.  The fullness of God’s plan was to send His Son Jesus to bear witness to His likeness to a broken world that it […]

Eternal Riches

Just as Jesus taught spiritual principles using the example of being responsible to multiply our wealth, He also taught us to watch out for spiritual traps  – again using money as an example.   In both cases, these principles apply to money and to other areas of life as well. In the story we related Friday, […]

Mission Trip – Day 3: May 19, 2007

Shabbat!  The Holy Sabbath.  If you read Genesis Ch. 1, you will notice that the way God views it, a new day begins with the darkness and ends with the light.  The evening that comes after sunset is the beginning of that next day which will also end in light.  I love these tiny pictures […]

The Parable of the Sower (Matt. 13:1-23)

After Jesus was challenged in Ch 12, Pt 1 and Pt 2, He began teaching in parables. The seed sown in good soil Today we’ll cover the Parable of the Sower and what it takes to receive the blessings of God. There is one more interesting thing to note first from the context of chapter […]

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