Saturday, May 14, 2016

Genesis 2; Verses 21-25; Companionship; Love; Forgiveness; Faith



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(Genesis 2:21-25) "And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

(Kind of like an anesthetic surgery here. Amazing in itself).



22And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

(The rib is a bone. God took the DNA and placed in Eve--the helix curve. The complexity of DNA is so organized evolution is truly child's play. The encoding and instructions in developing/functions in our body made from the same organic materials from the dust of the Earth. So far, and as we move along here the natural things God instills us prove faith, that is proof that God exists. This is also stated in many places. The complexity of His creation. Romans 1 says it pretty good as well. Showing it's common sense. Real being where an intellectual begins. ALL wisdom comes from the LORD).


Faith that God exists though is not enough for salvation, one must believe in who Christ says He is, and what He did on the cross (grace, ransom, serving us) and Resurrection. With us, going to the cross in heart and mind, Responding in faith (payback, serving Him, thus others automatically). Some think they can get by being servants just saying Jesus. I never read that, but I have read the Lord gives you whatever gift you have for the Kingdom you better get using it. Christ goes over this over and over. Calls them wicked servants and stewards. But why? Well, kind of like saying you're the only who owns the Bible. You got it for safe-keeping. Everyone else? Like throwing someone in a dark basement, and you have the lights on upstairs. See the point? Very cruel. Even more, some ask how do I know God's Will for my life? I cannot answer that specific what role. But I do know if one is desiring sin it is not God's Will for you. So being in God's will begins with relationship with Him, desiring what He does at it's purest. "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God." Automatically keeping His law in relationship following Christ, thus being in His will. Living by the Holy Spirit, and what is correct for the flesh and pure is what the Lord puts His stamp of approval on. Such as a committed relationship here beginning with the closeness of companionship. That is being friends first of course. How does Christ view the church? Those in it? They are His brothers and sisters through the Holy Spirit (Romans 8). Now I've seen this: many of would be/could be relationships could have succeeded without these words, "I see them as a brother/sister only." Why? Ask yourself what you are desiring. More than required? Serious? See, when we get on that track we become impossible to please. "damned if you do, damned if you do not." The proper perspective must be there. How we view them. Christ of course first goal is to protect the church through faith thus avoiding sin and the destruction it causes, a good jealousy for His bride (faithful, committed, loyal all the way through). The protection ends and control begins when it's outside outside the Lord requires. We are still are our own person with much to offer. The line from no protection to over protection must be established.

24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.


(They meet halfway/in the middle (a team working together). No team can function not on the same page in communication).

(This is like that scene many of us know both in the field running to each other joining. True love, now that is pure. A picture of the "fairytale" here, if you will. Well, it can stay that way). 

Takes trust? I bring this up because some say they cannot trust now. Then they will sell the other person short from the get go, and on the road to selling them out. They have nothing to do with what others in the past did to you. Yes, the failure of many relationships from the get-go now. We live in society that wants to deal with nothing negative and wanting instant gratification The cycle begins of the revolving relationships because of this. The going gets a little rough and that hope and maybe seemingly promise of a fairy tale story ends. More nonsense.

Problems come when one begins to desire or expected from the other more than the Lord requires. So we must always never leave that foundation and take things for granted. The attitude must be if the Lord approves it, then I should as well. This always keeps the Lord first, and not allowing for double standards. We don't put man on a pedestal. Essentially, let's keep it simple. A good basis for if things are getting caught up in confusion look back at the start. Thus cannot be said we're seeking spiritual companionship and not doing our part in it.

Moreover, don't expect successful relationships if you live with the attitude the man, or the woman is always is right. HE, THE LORD is always right. I despise this too. Don't say you want truth, and get to the truth if you can be told nothing in finding solutions in a relationship. Horrible attitudes in the society we live in. If you're always right, you can expect and should be all alone. The goal should be to believe the same beginning with morals, thus the beginning of feeling correctly and on the same level. Without that the imbalance is there from the get-go. Like on a teeter-totter. Truly loving each other requires meeting in the middle on preferences. As Christians are bond begins with our word. We are supposed to separate from the world. Let your yes be yes, and your no be no. This requires honesty and knowing what you want from the get-go. So, it should be considered unfair to the other person not being loyal from the get-go.

More, carry each other burdens through Christ for each other making the load lighter. This takes faith in the other person, because no matter what they do one has to make the step, and sometimes a blind step it is. But, there will be no payoff if you hold back. So, we cannot desire it then stop short self-defeating ourselves.


 25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed."

This is a big point in reference here as we move onto the next chapter. They were not ashamed (being naked key). Why? they had no conscience of evil. But they have the choice/will to choose. We choose our own actions. No one can blame each other for their own sin(s). Our actions are not dependent upon the other person as well during this, but staying in the faith.

Of course in the next chapter we find out they were in a fig grove and covered themselves with fig leaves. Which is the basis for the parable of the fig tree in Jeremiah 24. Which MUST be learned to understand God's Word).


(satan is the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Half good!. Well half truth, equals ALL lie! That can be learned in his dealings all throughout the Bible. A pretty simple Bible concept. satan is long on promises too, delivers temporarily up front. But then it falls apart because there is nothing true, long-lasting with substance. satan was not some literal talking half serpent/half tree. Them are his roles. As in the false prophets/teachers you do not take in their fruit. Christ = Tree of life. satan = tree of knowledge of good and evil. As always, people are referred to as trees in the Bible. As Christ is the tree of life the fruits of the Spirit begin at forgiveness:



Now how silly does this look?

Or this?


Moving on,

(Proverbs 18:22) "Whosoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the LORD."

(The most of pure things the Lord ordains and let no man separate. Many people do error when they say my kids come first. Not if you have a mate. It is supposed to flow from them two outward. Unless you want kids raising kids? Which we see a lot of. And as we have discovered growing and emotional intelligence begins at the cross. Living and feeling correctly, beginning with the forgiveness of sins towards the LORD first, then others. Please refer to the forgiveness post).

(Ephesians 4:31-32) "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:


32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.


(Colossians 3:12-14) "Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;


13Forrbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.


(Forrbearing = Holding each other up. Like taking their hand to pick them up, bring them up. Of course, one must be standing themselves to do this. Nip it in the bud and move on, so them fruits can continue to grow).
14Above all these things put on charity (love), which is the bond of perfectness.


(Love is the bond that brings together for each other). Then in the remaining verses Paul explains once again this is how it begins in a successful committed relationship).


(Matthew 18:4-6) "And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,


5And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?

6Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder."

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