1 John 3:16


"By this we perceive the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren."

Saturday 2 January 2010

BECOME THE MAN GOD SAID

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God Said…”
Genesis 1:1-3a, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24, 26, 29.
Within the period of six days God spoke all His creation into existence and their sustenance therefrom, using the phrase “And God said…” on each day. Whatever God created came into being without fail, e.g. “Let there be light: and there was light.” With a resounding affirmation that all that God said came to pass, “…and it was so.” All creation other than man has been obedient to their Creator since then, but man chose to become something else. When God created man he did not decline from coming into existence, but man refused to take heed to God’s commandment to him not to eat of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Man chose to differ with God, through Man’s abuse of the privilege of choice given to him by God. However, God came to the rescue of man even with his blatant rebellion in refusing to seek God for salvation. At God’s appearance to man for redemption he ran from the presence of God, The Creator’s redemption still came to man. By the time of Moses God made known to man the way of life and death, for his good and for the generations ahead. Man still did not go God’s way.
When God’s redemption manifested in the flesh in the person of Jesus Christ, man still grasped his habit of rebellion by refusing to accept him as Lord and Saviour. Despite Jesus Christ’s declaration of himself as the only Way back to God. Man everywhere is no different from the attitude displayed by the man Adam. We are rebellious through our religiosities, cultures, traditions and the recent advancement in science and technology. Man has lost himself, he stands in need of the Redeemer which is far from our various ways; religions, cultures, traditions, and knowledge. The sword and the Cherubims are there to ensure the way is secured from all human ways; this “…Turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.” (Genesis31:23-24). When Christ came He did not only open the way, but declared himself as The Way saying“I am the way, the truth and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me.” (John 14:6)

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