GOD'S TREASURE--YOU! YOUR BE-LOVED DESTINY
We asked some questions. "What do we physical humans mean to such a great ALL-mighty heaven- and earth-creating God?"
So we began at the beginning. Genesis Chapter 1, in the Holy Bible's Old Testament, shows God the Father, and His Son Jesus, the Living Word speaking, are creating humans by the Holy Ghost, all of whom are unified in love.
26 Furthermore God said, Let us make man in our image according to our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heaven, and over the beasts, and over all the earth, and over everything that creepeth and moveth on the earth.
27 Thus God created the man in his image: in the image of God created he him: he created them male and female.
28 And God blessed them, and God said to them, Bring forth fruit, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heaven, and over every beast that moveth upon the earth.
29 And God said, Behold, I have given unto you every herb bearing seed, which is upon all the earth, and every tree, wherein is the fruit of a tree bearing seed: that shall be to you for meat.
30 Likewise to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the heaven, and to everything that moveth upon the earth, which hath life in itself, every green herb shall be for meat, and it was so.
31 And God saw all that he had made, and lo, it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Genesis chapter 1:26-31
So we found in verse 26, we humans are no "accident". God planned our earthly existence to be from Him, and not monkeys or some other animal. In verse 27, humans were created in God's (love's) image male and female.
And God gave the male and female, pure and innocent, whose spirits were "one" with God's loving heart, a command to use this God or "love's" heart, to create and govern the earth, and "bring forth fruit" ..."multiply"..."fill the earth"..."subdue it"..."rule over fish...fowl....every beast...every herb...every tree...every beast...everything that moveth upon the earth which hath life in itself..." and use the herbs and fruit "for meat". Gen. 1:27-30.
God walked with them at times as any Father would with His children. ".... they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day" Gen. 3:8.
What was the condition of earth at this time?
We asked ourselves what was not there? At this time, in our creation story, there was no spirit to conquer others, conflict with others, to fight or kill, or disease or famine or hatred or lies or worshipping false "gods". Only love, peace, joy, eternal life, and no death...just love's life everlasting.
So how did mankind become so mean and hateful and wicked?
Humans committed the first and greatest of "sins", that led to eternal and physical death. That first "sin" isn't "disobedience" like we were taught by our earthly "learned" Bible scholars... but as we discovered, it was lack of trust in God's loving Father's heart to believe what He says to us is for our good and is true.
God only gave one "don't" command to Adam. What was it?
Nearly all have heard how God commanded Adam not to eat of the "Tree of Knowledge of good and evil" for if you do, it will kill you.
9 (For out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree pleasant to the sight, and good for meat: the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and of evil....
16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Thou shalt eat freely of every tree of the garden,
17 But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt die the death.
Gen. 2:9, 16-17
Eve knew God's command and told the command to the serpent, Satan.
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden.
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Genesis 3:2-3
"Why would God the Father subject His innocent son, to satisfy judgment to set us free from Satan's oppression and spiritual death?"
DOES GOD YOU WANT TO KNOW HIS HEART? ABSOLUTELY!
7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord, and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart. Jeremiah 24:7
WHY DID GOD CREATE ME? WHAT IS MY PURPOSE? TO BE LOVED AND TO FREELY CHOOSE TO LOVE, AND BE UNIFIED WITH OUR HEART IN HIS HEART AS HIS SON OR DAUGHTER.
A. TO BE LOVED. God loves us with His whole heart.
16 For God so loveth the world, that he hath given his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world, that he should condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.
JOHN 3:16-17
God IS love, 1 John 4:8, He does not "choose" to love us.
B. TO FREELY CHOOSE TO LOVE HIS SON JESUS WHO SHOWS US
GOD'S LOVE FOR US.
15 That whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have eternal life.
18 He that believeth in him, is not condemned: but he that believeth not, is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the Name of that only begotten Son of God.
JOHN 3:15-18
C. TO FREELY CHOOSE TO LOVE GOD'S OTHER CHILDREN,
INCLUDING OUR ENEMIES, AS JESUS LOVED US WHILE HIS ENEMIES.
43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies: bless them that curse you: do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which hurt you, and persecute you,
45 That ye may be the children of your father that is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to arise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and unjust.
Matthew 5:43-48
Why is it important to know if God loves us? How can we trust God to guide us with light and truth to the peace and safety of His spiritual sacred mountain, if we first don't know how much He loves us. .understands this need we have as His child.
How much does God love us? With all His heart.
God the Father, the Son Jesus, and the Holy Ghost could not love us more. God knew us before the foundations of the world, knows how many hairs are on our head, has more plans FOR us than the sands of the sea, knows everything about us including our hearts most important desires, knows what will make us truly happy forever since He created us, gave us a destiny that will be fulfilled, in His time, in His way, if we give our heart to His heart.
Everything He created on this earth was made for our happiness and our good.
He sent His only son to save the world, not condemn it.
If people reject the greatest love gift possible for Him to give to us, that shook the Heavens and earth, then we remain in darkness and remain under condemnation and enslavement to Satan's earthly kingdom. See what the two kingdoms look like below to be able to choose the one we wish to live within.
What do we have to do for His love to be revealed to us?
Ask with a sincere heart. For thousands of years, this is the way for our hearts to know God's love for us.
First, privately, we can tell our loving, merciful Father, who knows our hearts better than we do, that we wish to have our eyes open to see Him, our ears open to hear Him, and our heart open to feel His heart within us.
Second, we seek Him, His presence, to know Him, and tell Him we wish Him to be present in our lives. We very sincerely and honestly ask Him to please reveal His heart to our heart, and guide us directly, daily, with His light and His truth that IS love.
Third, we humble ourself. We can just ask our loving Father what we have done that displeases Him. In the quietness of our hearts we will know.
Fourth, we repent, that means change direction. We tell Him, with our hearts, that we are sorry for offending Him, and that we will change our evil ways to live His way. If we ask Him to show us His way, He will. See, two kingdoms below.
Fifth, our Father's promises. He says if we do these things in our heart, He will hear our prayers and heal our lands that are under judgment for our evil ways.
God is just. God's love cost Him watching His innocent Son voluntarily taking God's ALL mighty wrath in our place for justice's penalties for our violating God's loving laws of all creation would be satisfied.
God wants us to trust His truths that He tells us, to protect us. Satan convinced Eve not to trust the truth that God the Father had told Adam and Eve, that they would die if they touched the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the garden of Eden. Eve not trusting God's word was the greater sin than the actual eating of the fruit itself. Adam had a commandment to stay with Eve, so he partook of the fruit to fulfill that command to love her.
They admitted their wrong doing of eating the fruit, and their shame and guilt, and God forgave them and helped them, but His truth of death entering the world remained the truth.
It has been said, we are eternally spiritual people having a temporary physical experience. What does the Bible say about our nature?
We have a spirit, physical body, and soul [our heart].
Our physical nature is at war with our spiritual nature.
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