chapter four - I Will

Before we move on to chapter four...did you read the bit about evolution and creationism at the end of chapter three? Take a look at it and also check out the website www.AnswersInGenesis.org it is a great website that really does answer so many of the big questions around this issue. I also have a library of books by Ken Ham if you want to stop by and take one out on loan.

Now for Chapter four: This chapter helps so much in our understanding of ourselves and sin. Especially this issue of "I will" and pride. Isn't it so true that whenever we get our eyes off of God's plan and onto something that will puff up our image it leads to sin! We need to be God-centered people, not "I" centered. But that is so hard to keep straight! It makes sense that the devil started all of that way back then and it has been passed on through Adam ever since doesn't it?

A few questions for you to answer:

1. Lucifer's rebellion was driven by his own ______.
2. To God, a proud heart is a self-centered form of _____.
3. When Satan arrived in the garden, he planted something in Eve's mind that she had never considered -- the creature could ____________ the Creator.
4. Satan first twisted God's Word to cause Eve to doubt God, then he outright _______ it.
5. Just as defying the law of gravity can lead to broken bones, so violating God's Word has ramifications. The most bitter consequence of sin is _____________.

Now that Adam has sinned man has a sin nature, often called Adam's nature. This nature is man's condition -- it's like a sickness. The symptoms of that condition are acts of sin.
Read Romans 5:12 and Matthew 25:41

Man has a big problem that only God can solve...stay tuned and keep reading so you can see the amazing beauty of God's plan unfold!

The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus

Hi all here is the post for the Stranger on the road to Emmaus. chapter Three

Part One: Heaven & Earth

1. The first book in the bible is Genesis which means beginnings. True or false?
2. What means did God use to create? He used Angels, or He used the basic elements, or He spoke?
3. The Bible states that god is an extremely intelligent being but is limited in knowledge. true or false?
4. The Bible clearly teaches the concept of pantheism- That God is in everything, and everything is God. True or False/

for further consideration read Psalm33 verses 8 and 9 , Psalm 139 verses 1 thru 6, Isaiah Chapter 40 verse25 and 26 and 28

Part two: It was good:

1. The Bible says it took God seven days to create the world. true or false?
2. The Scriptures indicate that the world, as orginally created, was differant from what we now know. True or False?
   
3. In what ways was it different?

Part Three Man & Woman

1. The Bible says that man was created in the image of God. In part this means that God created man with: a Mind, a physical body, emotions a will ( three are correct)
2. Which statement is true? God breathed life into man, Man became alive on his own, or An angel brought man to life?
3. What does the name Eve mean? Servant, Life-Giver, Woman?
4. The Bible says that mankind was created to reflect god's grandeur- to honor Him as a son honors his father. True or false
5. The bible teaches us that only perfect people can live with in the presence of as perfect God. true or false?

For further consideration: In Papua New Guinea, the culture dictates that "he who creates the paddle owns the paddle." In a Bible find and read these verses that illustrates the Creator Owner connection: 1 chronicles 29:11 & 12, Psalm 24: verse 1 & 2, Psalm 47 verse 2

Also many Bibles have a concordance in the back. This is a tool to help one find a verse. For example, let's say you can remember that God said he would create man in His own image, but yoy cannot remember where the verse is found. Try finding this verse using the concordance by looking up the word Image:

So God created man in His own image, in the Image of God He created him; male and female he created them.

See all next week,
Gary

By This Name

HI all,

We are now in Chapter three. I really hope you are all getting a lot from your reading time. I if you are putting in the time, you are building up a sure foundation in Christ.
Well here are the questions for this week.
Part One: Three Attributes

1. The Bible says that the Lord Yahweh is the only one who possesses these attributes: All - Knowing, all Powerful, Everywhere Present at one time, all of the above?
2. In Scripture, who else is ascribed all the characteristics of the Lord Yahweh? other gods, and goddess, human beings, no one?
3. Though the Lord is everywhere at one time, he is not a part of nature. True or False
4. Just as a tribal man is not part of his canoe paddle, so the lord God is distinct from His creation. True or false

Part Two: Order & law

1. The sun and the moon fit into which category? the maker ( Creator) or what was made ( creation)?
2. The universe functions with amazing precision, showing that the Lord is a God of [chance/order]?
3. The Bible says Yahweh is faithful and consistent. True or false?
4. The word righteous means: holier than-thou. upright, Honest, and honorable. hard working , clean, and charitable.

Part Four: Perfect and caring

1. The Bible says that God provides: only what we need, or everything for our enjoyment, or Nothing, we are expected to care for ourselves.
2. To show care is a form of _________________ manipulation or Self Centeredness or Love or weakness?

Part Five: The Image of God:

1. Man was created in the image of God. This means that we are exact duplicates of the Lord with all of His attributes. True or False?
2. Only Lord Yahweh can impart life. No other person, spirit, or god can do that. True Or False?

Part Six: Higher yet Near:

1. Even at best , our understanding of Yahweh is limited. True or false?
2. The Lord is distant and uncommunicative. True or false?
3. (mark two) Adam & Eve: belonged to God because the Lord was their Creator. and or were created as gods. and or were given the responsibility of taking care of the earth.?
4. (mark two) Because Adam & eve were innocent of any sort of evil or wrong, They had a perfection that allowed them to live in the presence of God. and or There was a relationship __ a friendship__ between God and Man?
5. When the Lord created the world, it was incomplete, or it had problems, or it was perfect.

I just want to say stay up on the answering the questions and letting the Holy Spirit drive this deep with in you.

Blessing,
Gary