God’s mighty strength and love displayed
In our Bible
reading text we learn how God creates the universe. He is the engineer behind
our existence. With whom can we compare God? He created the light (G1:3-5) just
as He gave us the light of the world. Without Jesus we will be in darkness and
lost. In creation, God shows how omnipotent He is. He is the ancient of days.
The oldest in existence who never changes in His goodness and mercy. Time has
no effect on God, because He created time when matter was created. Time never
existed when there was nothing, because time is the change of events and events
cannot change when nothing exist. God sustains the universe by the word of His
mouth.
The son of
God, one with the Father, was with Him when He made the universe. The universe
was made by Him, and nothing was made without Him. This is the God whom we
worship, and of the great mediator in whose name we pray.
There comes
the Holy Spirit who works in our heart to bring us closer to the Father. In the
beginning there was nothing to desire, for the world was without form, and
void; it was confusion, and emptiness. It is when the spirit of God moves over
this confusion that something desirable can be born. The work of grace in the
soul is a new creation. An unbeliever has a graceless soul and here, there is
disorder, confusion and every evil work. It is empty of all that is good
because it is without God. It is in darkness and can only see the light of the
world when grace works a change in that life.
God spoke
into existence everything we see on earth but for man. We need to give God the glory
to all that we see on earth. That is the master’s hand work. The beauty we see
and enjoy every day; the landscape, the rivers, flowers, animals and trees, etc.
Do we honour God for this master’s touch? God’s wisdom and power are to be
admired. The power of God’s providence preserves all things, and fruitfulness
is the effect of his blessings.
God said
“let us make man in our own image.” Man, when he was made was to glorify the
Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Into that name we were baptized, for to it we owe
our being. It is the soul of man that bears God’s image. In this image man’s
behavior was regular and fixed on God, thus holy, thus happy, were our first
parents in having the image of God upon them.
God did not
rest on the seventh day because He was weary, but as one well pleased. Genesis
2:4-7 makes us know that the earth did not bring forth its fruits of itself;
this was done by Almighty power. Thus grace in the soul grows not of itself in
nature’s soil, but is the work of God. Rain is the gift of God. It did not come
till God caused it to rain. Divine grace comes down like the dew, and waters
the church without noise.
Eden was not
a place but a garden which God created for man’s delight and pleasure. Two
trees were at the center of the garden:
1) The tree of life. If man eat of this
he would live. Christ is now the Tree of life (Rev 2:7;22:2) and the Bread of
life (John 6:48,51)
2) The tree of the knowledge of good and
evil. But what is good? It is good not to eat of this tree.
In these two trees God set before Adam good and evil, the
blessing and the curse. Today man still stand between these two choices; to
accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour or to reject Him.
The serpent deceived Eve and so Adam and Eve transgressed the
Divine command, and fell into sin and misery (Gen 3:6-8). Today Satan does the
same; he sends temptations by hands we do not suspect and by those that have
most influence upon us. He tempted Eve so that by her he might tempt Adam. He
quoted God’s command wrongly in order to deceive Eve. It was Eve’s weakness to
enter into talk with the serpent because he had no good design. The question we
have to ask ourselves is Has God said, ye shall not lie, nor take His name in
vain, nor be drunk, nor fornicate, etc.? YES! So by his grace I will abide by
it. To sin Eve took her step downward.
1) She saw (lust: matt 5:28)
2) Then she took (her deeds). Satan
tempts but he cannot force (matt 4:6) that is why we are instructed to resist
the devil and he will flee.
3) She did eat. Perhaps she took not to
eat but it ended in that. Its wisdom to stop the first move of sin, and abandon
it before it meddles with you.
4) She gave it to her husband. Those who
sin are always willing to draw in others to do the same.
5) He did eat. He did not eat of the tree
of life which he was allowed to eat, but ate of the forbidden tree of
knowledge. He plainly disobeyed God (Romans 5:19).
There was no corrupt nature within him, to betray him because
he had the image of God. But he had free will in full strength. That is why he
is responsible for his sin. The way to the tree of life was shut but God
revealed this to Adam to quicken him to look for the life and happiness in the
promised seed, by whom a new and living way into the holiest is laid open for
us-Jesus.
Matthew chapter 1 let’s us know in the genealogy that Jesus
was to come from Abraham’s seed (Gen 12:3; 12:18) and the promise to David
(Samuel 7:12, Psalms 89:3). This to show the authenticity of Jesus as the
promised Messiah. It was ordained that Christ should partake of our nature, yet
that He should be pure from the defilement of original sin, which has been
communicated to all the race of Adam. That is why He was fit to take away our
sins; no one was worthy. The child was to be named Jesus because He will save
people from their sin, from the guilt of sin by the merit of His death, and
from the power of sin by the Spirit of grace. He was not to save people in
their sin but to save people from their sin, for He is separate from sinners.
Will you submit your life to Jesus who can wash away your
sin? He who has taken our curses and given us life? He who is willing and
standing with arms wide open to receive you into His kingdom? He loves you and
has given His life for you. You just need to accept Him.
Prayer: Mighty and everlasting Father,
creator of the universe, I worship you and glorify your name Lord. Thank you
for revealing your great works to us that we may be strengthen in your love and
worship you. Great Lord cause that we will continuously see your mighty power
in creation and your love in sending us your son into the world to take our
place and give us a new life. You knew we will bruise Him and smite Him off the
earth but your love could not stop but draw us to you. Thank you Father. In
Jesus’ name. Amen
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