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We Are in His Government

by Wes Bridel on September 23, 2009

in Calling

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 own image,
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Man chose the path of sin, death and distance from God.  Adam & Eve were given a wide road to life and a narrow road to death, but they chose to eat of the tree of death.  All future generations of men were born eating only of this fruit and knowing only this existence.  Yet, [...]

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We will only briefly touch this massive topic.  Hopefully after reading the recent posts about what Man suffered due to the consequences of the Fall, you see how much Christ has restored back to you through His death, burial, resurrection and ascension. You are more than being reconciled back to God. He enables you to [...]

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Two Trees – Part 2

by Wes Bridel on June 16, 2009

in Calling

In the beginning, God put two trees in the middle of the garden Eden: the tree of the Knowledge of good and evil, and the tree of life.
Tree of Life
Genesis does not provide us much description about the tree of life.   We know that it stands beside the tree of death, which means it is [...]

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Two Trees

by Wes Bridel on June 15, 2009

in Calling

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 makes this [...]

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The Narrow Road Back Home

by Wes Bridel on June 12, 2009

in Calling

Man chose the path of sin, death and distance from God.  Adam & Eve were given a wide road to life and a narrow road to death, but they chose to eat of the tree of death. All future generations of men were born eating only of this fruit and knowing only this existence.  Yet, [...]

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Questions for Review – The Fall

by Wes Bridel on June 11, 2009

in Calling

God gave Man everything, but we chose to live this life without His guidance.  This has led us to misery, pain, and death.  God desires that we be His children, growing into His Likeness, in perfect fellowship and community, governing His creations on earth.  After choosing his own way, natural Man is now subject to [...]

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Scripture Specific to The Fall – Part 2

by Wes Bridel on June 10, 2009

in Calling

God gave Man everything, but we chose to live this life without His guidance.  This has led us to misery, pain, and death.  God desires that we be His children, growing into His Likeness, in perfect fellowship and community, governing His creations on earth.
After choosing his own way, natural Man is now subject to the [...]

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Passages on the Fall

by Wes Bridel on May 29, 2009

in Calling

Adam and Eve failed the test (temptation) as recorded in the Genesis 3, thus sin and death entered the world and snatched from Man the seed of his sonship of God.  But Jesus triumphed over the devil, and more.  He proceeded to willingly take on the will of His Father to become the sacrifice for [...]

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God’s Original Plan to Prosper Man

by Wes Bridel on April 18, 2009

in Stewardship

About 500 years later, after the Israelites were delivered out of Egypt led by Moses, God brought them into the wilderness at Mount Sinai.  There He gave them the Law through Moses and He laid out peculiar terms about how He will prosper and curse them on condition of their obedience to the Law He [...]

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