GARDEN OF EDEN
1)God--the originator of relationships
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In the garden of Eden..God created ADAM in His own image..God saw that the MAN was good..The purpose of God creating Adam was to see Himself in ADAM...Our image casts out on who we are..GOD THE FATHER,GOD-THE SON and GOD the Holy Ghost created BODY,SOUL and SPIRIT in Man.
.Now listen.. the triune God together..there is such exchange of love.They delight so much in their fellowship..SUCH EXPLOSION OF LOVE!!
When God created man He wanted man to be storehouse of that love...
He expected man to have that love..God cherished always the fellowship He has with man..and OF ALL THE THINGS YOU GIVE GOD NOTHING COMPARES TO THE JOY HE HAS WHEN YOU GO TO HIM WITH ALL HIS LOVE IN YOUR HEART AND CONVERSE....GOD CREATED MAN FOR A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM...
Gen 1
"Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, [b] and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
He understood that MAN was lonely...
18 The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."
19 Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field.
But for Adam [h] no suitable helper was found. 21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs [i] and closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib [j] he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
23 The man said,
"This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called 'woman, [k] '
for she was taken out of man."
24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
The man whom God created felt the vaccum..for a deeper relationship and there God comes as a help..O GOD KNOWS YOUR DEEPER LONGING!!He the one who created you knows what you need and whom you need!!!
God worked when man was sleeping..;-)
... the Bible is a book of relationships!!!
Some conclusions from the Garden of Eden
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1)God is the one who establishes relationships...He created Adam..He brought Eve to Him.
2)Devil wants to spoil relationships...HE DESPERATELY WANTS YOU TO LOSE THE RELATIONSHIP YOU HAVE WITH GOD
He came by questioning God..questioning His word...Has the Lord told you??Why did the Lord tell you...??In the modern world also its like that.....NEVER LET ANYONE QUESTION YOUR GOD OR THE WORDS HE HAS SPOKEN...
3)ADAM took heed to EVE....that He forgot the WORD OF GOD..in a split of second he disobeyed God...It eventually spoilt His relationship with God.RElationships established by God spoil when we forget His word.
4)NEVER LET THE HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DICTATE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD..BUT LET THE DIVINE RELATIONSHIP DICTATE YOUR HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS.
I am leaning on His grace to continue again....I pray that his word will be a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path.
THINK FOR A MINUTE...What is the state of your relatioship with God??
What all do you do to maintain the intimacy of that relatioship.??
WHich relationship do you give most importance to..??
The Lord loves you so much..would you draw close to Him...
Draw me close to You
Never let me go
I lay it all down again
To hear You say that I'm Your friend
You are my desire
No one else will do
'Cause nothing else could ever take Your place
To feel the warmth of Your embrace
Help me find the way
Bring me back to You
You're all I want
You're all I've ever needed
You're all I want
Help me know You are near
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