January 10, 2017

Greetings My Friend We are made in the likeness of God and for the longest time I could only relate to our likeness is in the flesh. This last little while though I am starting to understand the "likeness" we have is in our spirit, not our flesh because God is spirit not flesh. I have always "heard" that God was spirit but I did not fully comprehend this thought. Today in Genesis I read "My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for he is flesh, his days shall be 120 years." I have been reading through the bible for a good 18 years but today I see that God is wanting our spirit to meet His spirit. A little later I read "when man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters of man were attractive. And they took as they chose." So now I wonder what does this mean until I recall reading the previous day that Adam and Eve bore another son after Cain killed his brother Able. Cain became a wanderer away from God because he killed his brother and he had other sons and daughters. I read that Seth the son Adam and Eve had after Able died had a son named Enosh and his line began to call on the Lord. It seems that there were people who remembered that God was God and chose to walk with God, when the people multiplied they then began to mingle with Cain's people and intermarried thus pulling those believers into walking away from their relationship with God. God had told Adam and Eve to go forth and multiply because He wanted to have people to interact with those who loved Him as He loved them. The whole purpose of multiplying was for man to make children to grow up and worship Him. I learned years ago that all of the answers to the Bible are in the first 11 Chapters of Genesis, the rest of the Bible is history. This part shows me how Adam and Eve taught their children about their relationship with God and then the children took one of two roads, there were the believers and the ones who chose to not follow God. It seems the 2 lines were separate for a long time then they began to mingle. I know from experience that when a believer begins to build relationships with unbelievers that the believer soon will walk away from God. I have seen it time and again. God called Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to follow Him and they did. They fell back many times but soon they trusted God and God blessed them. When Moses started teaching the Israelite's God's laws they were to be separate from the people's. God wanted them to be priests for Him and to bring Him to the the world. Later Jesus came and opened the door for all people to come to God. The idea is that we reach out to other's and testify what God has done in our lives, we are to be honest, not covet, honor our parents and to love God which are in the 10 commandments. We cannot fulfill the law on our own or in the flesh but because Jesus came into the world we have one who did fulfill the law perfectly. God provided for our sins and that provision is Jesus. We have to believe God which means we need to believe Genesis one, "God created." From the beginning God taught us that He will provide a redeemer for us and in Jesus God fulfilled His promise. Just because Jesus came to save us though does not mean we get a free pass. We are required to believe God created and we are to believe died for our sins. We have to admit that we sin and from what I have learned sin is anything that draws you away from God. Next we are to believe Jesus is God's Son and accept that He died for our sins. If we do this the Holy Spirit will begin to teach us how to live a life that is pleasing to God. May God bless you and keep you make His face shine on you. Love Janet