Ø CREATED
FOR A PURPOSE
LET’S SEE IF WE CAN, TAKING ALL THESE THINGS INTO ACCOUNT, COME UP
WITH THE REASON GOD CREATED “MAN.”
THE NATURE OF LOVE, WHICH “GOD IS,”
WANTS TO SHARE THAT LOVE AND REQUIRES A “BEING” TO EXPRESS AND SHARE THAT LOVE
WITH.
A “BEING” THAT FALLS SHORT OF THE LOVER’S
ABILITIES, CANNOT SHARE FULLY (RESPOND), AND THEREFORE NOT FULFILL THE
DESIRE OF THE LOVER.
A TREE CANNOT RESPOND TO YOUR HUG BECAUSE OF THE TREMENDOUS GAP IN
ITS ABILITIES AND YOURS.
YOU CAN LOVE YOUR DOG, BUT YOUR DOG LACKS ABILITY TO RESPOND FULLY
TO YOUR LOVE. A DOG AND A TREE HAVE NO SPIRIT, SO THEY LACK THE
ESSENTIAL PART OF WHAT IS REQUIRED TO FULFILL YOUR LOVE.
A SPIRIT BEING HAS TO BE LOVED BY A SPIRIT BEING TO BE ABLE TO
COMMUNICATE AND FELLOWSHIP IN AN INTELIGIABLE WAY, A WAY THAT CAN BRING
RELATIONSHIP, SATISFACTION, AND FULFILLMENT.
GOD’S PLAN WAS TO EXPAND
HIS FAMILY WITH SPIRIT BEINGS, LIKE
HIMSELF, WHO HE COULD ENJOY, FELLOWSHIP WITH, AND COMPLETE HIS PLAN FOR THE
UNIVERSE WITH.
WHAT WAS THE PLAN? IT’S SPELLED
OUT IN THE FIRST CHAPTERS OF GENESIS. GOD WANTED TO NOT JUST HAVE BEINGS LIKE
HIMSELF TO FELLOWSHIP WITH, TO EXPAND HIS “FAMILY,” BUT HE WANTED TO EXPAND
THE BEAUTIES OF HIS HOME, CALLED “HEAVEN,” ALL OVER A NEW PLACE WE CALL
THE “UNIVERSE.”
TO CREATE AN “EDEN” FOR HIS NEW
CREATION, “MAN,” TO LIVE IN THAT WOULD MEET ALL “MANS” NEEDS AND LEAVE HIM FREE
TO FELLOWSHIP AND ENJOY THE PRESENCE OF HIS CREATOR.
Ø MAN’S
SELF-DELUSION, FUELED BY THE “LIAR”
MAN HAS TO ALLOW HIS SENSES TO
BE BLINDED, BY THE “gOD” OF THIS WORLD, TO LIVE IN DENIAL OF THE “DEEP
KNOWING” THAT GOD DOES EXIST;
THE WORD EVEN INTIMATES THAT WE HAD SOME KNOWEDGE OF AND CONTANT
WITH GOD BEFORE WE WERE BORN.
Jer. 1:5 5Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; …..
INDIVIDUALS MUST ALLOW THEIR SENSES TO BE DULLED BY THE CORRUPTED, FALLEN, WORLD
AROUND THEM TO LISTEN TO, AND BELIEVE, THE VOICE OF THE “LIAR.” (THIS CREATES IN THE INDIVIDUAL THE OPPOSITE
OF FAITH, WHICH IS FEAR.)
MAN HAS TO BECOME BLIND (BY CHOICE!), TO NOT SEE WHAT NATURAL CREATION “DECLARES;” TO NOT GRASP AND SEE
THAT HE LIVES IN A WORLD CREATED AROUND HIM WITH THE ABILITY OF HIS WORDS;
WHICH IS EVIDENCE OF HIS GOD-LIKE ABILITY.
MAN’D “BLINDNESS” CAUSES HIM TO FEEL LIKE HE IS CAUGHT IN A
SPIDER’S WEB; HIS STRUGGLETO RUN AWAY FROM GOD ENTANGLES HIM EVEN MORE IN IT. THE
ENEMY OF OUR SOULS WANTS US TO STAY ENGULFED IN HIS “WEB;” BUT THE LOVE OF GOD REACHES THROUGH ALL THAT
AND ASSURES THAT GOD WILL BE REVEALED TO US IN SOME WAY.
IT HAPPENED IN OUR LIVES, AND
THE LOVE OF GOD ASSURES THAT IT WILL HAPPEN IN THE LIFE OF EVERY CREATED BEING
IN THE EARTH;
LOVE COULD ALLOW NO OTHER THING!
Ø WHY MAN
DOES NOT RECOGNIZE GOD EASILY
I HAVE HAD THE PRIVELEGE OF TEACHING
YOU THIS BEFORE, SO I’LL JUST MENTION IT…
WE ARE FIRST, DULLED AND BLINDED BY
OUR INHERITED “SIN” NATURE. WE ARE BORN INTO THIS WORLD SEPARTED FROM OUR
CREATOR THROUGH NO FAULT OR DESIRE OF OUR OWN. EVEN THOUGH OUR WILL HAS HAD NO
OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE OR REJECT GOD, BECAUSE OF THE REBELLION OF ADAM, WE COME
INTO THE WORLD REJECTING GOD.
SECOND, THE ENEMY OF OUR SOULS, THE
DEVIL, EXERTS ALL HIS POWER AND EFFORT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY BECAUE HE WANTS AS
MUCH COMPANY AS POSSIBLE IN HELL FOR ETERNITY. IT IS THE ONLY PLACE HE WILL
EVER BE IN SOME KIND OF CONTROL OF; HE WILL BE THE gOD OF HELL!.
AND, FINALLY, OUR SOUL (MIND, WILL, EMOTIONS) IS DESIGNED TO
FUNCTION BASED ON THE INPUT OF THE FIVE SENSES AND THEREFORE IT IS ITS NATURE
TO MAKE ALL ITS JUDGMENTS BASED ON THE INPUT OF THOSE SENSES. IT HAS TROUBLE IN
THE “FAITH” REALM.
Heb. 11:1-3 1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2For by it the elders obtained a good report. 3Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
Heb. 11:1-3 1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2For by it the elders obtained a good report. 3Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
NEVERTHELESS, THE “FAITH” THAT COMES
IN THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD IS SUFFICIENT TO OVERCOME THE TENDENCIES OF
THE SOUL, AND ITS SHORTCOMINGS, AND BREAK US THROUGH INTO RELATIONSHIP WITH
GOD. THE “FAITH” IN THE WORD IS SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE US TO BE BORN AGAIN
IN OUR SPIRIT AND MOVE US INTO FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD.
LOVE COULD NOT HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY!
Next: Chap. 2 "The three part being."
Next: Chap. 2 "The three part being."
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