Today is the beginning of my "blogging career!" Therefore, I chose for a title, "In the beginning God..." For the past two years, I have been posting Bible verses in facebook so that those of you who don't have time to read God's Word can get a glimpse of what He has to say. I hope that my postings have been an encouragement to you, my reader. I also hope they prompted you to delve into this wonderful work of divine inspiration. Sometimes I wanted to extend my comments but facebook, with its 300 digit limit, would not allow me the space. Hence, I decided to blog...
Beginnings. Everything and everyone has one. There is nothing in this God-given earth that had no beginning. The Bible tells us that "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Gen. 1:1
Why is it so hard for us to believe that? Why do we prefer to believe that we come from a single cell, and that monkies are our cousins? Can't we just accept that we are "wonderfully made" by our Creator God?
The answer is in three small but powerful letters: SIN. Sin is selfishness. Sin is pride and arrogance. Sin is also self-righteousness; not accepting that goodness and love only come from God, for "God is love." 1 John 4:8
According to the Bible, "Sin is the transgression of the law." 1 John 3:4 - The Clear Word, (paraphrase Bible that I quote from), says that "Everyone who breaks God's law sins, because sin is law-breaking." Which law are we talking about? It's the law of living. Everything God has created is under God's law of love; His law for living. Just like the law of breathing; we can't hold our breath for an extended period of time, just because we want to, and expect to continue living.
When God created this beautiful earth, we were given a responsibility: "Then God and His Son blessed them and said, "We have given you the capability to produce beings in our image. So be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and manage it for us. We have put the two of you in charge of the fish, the birds and all the animals that walk the earth." Gen. 1:28 Our responsibility is to care for this world, which includes ourselves AND each other. That's where God's greatest law is extended to mankind: "You should love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul and all your mind," Jesus said, 'This is the first and most important commandment. And the next one is just like it. You should love and value your neighbor as much as you love and value yourself. You see, the entire law rests on both these principles because they're interrelated; you can't separate them.'" Matt 22:37-40
To love is to serve. God made us to serve each other. That is the way we can extend our lives. When we are selfish, we look to only serve ourselves, which is against the law of living, for we all have to depend on God and on each other. You see? We need God and we need each other.
Be blessed with His Word.
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