Genesis 4 THE FIRST MURDER!

    It is so easy for me to get confused by chapter four of Genesis, Oh did I say that out loud…LOL! Yes men and women of God that spend their whole lives studying and worshipping still get confused by a book conceived and inspired by the creator of the universe! If someone tells you they know and understand everything about God that is their ego talking and they should probably be ignored! I often get confused when I study the reaction and interaction of man, less so when studying God! God’s nature is pure, man’s is muddy and selfish so knowing this, why do I get confused? If we understand that God was willing to die (and did) for man to be saved we can understand His Holiness ( as well as a mortal can) and that He is not like us in so many ways (yes even though we were made in His image). 

   So, just how does one decide out of jealousy to kill his own brother and then lie about it to the all-knowing and all-seeing God? This is the part where I get so confused, when trying to understand men and women of the Bible how can they get so led astray so easily? If you have had a personal experience with God it is so earth-shatteringly different, how can you not stay vigilant for His return for more interaction? Is it a childish reaction to get attention from Him? Like a child willing to get in trouble just to have a mom or dad interact with them. Interaction at any cost? Yeah, I am so glad my studies are more on God than trying to understand people in general! Our instructions from Jesus were to love His people, not to fully understand them just love them unconditionally (thank goodness!). 


   Click the link below and listen for yourself to God’s word, the Holy Bible, that’s what we do here every morning one chapter at a time (sometimes two if short). This meeting place is called The Daily Bible Challenge! We do this to stop listening to gossip about God and start listening to God about God! I try not to be a teacher here but simply someone encouraging you to be one of the statistically few who have actually read the whole Bible cover to cover! Just hearing a verse out of context is not really what we are to do, God’s plans are so much bigger than that, but if you read it all for yourself you will begin to understand how just hearing a verse or two in a Sunday sermon is not enough to even scratch the surface of what God wants you to know! Questions and comments are always welcome via PM/DM!

   Talk with you soon! 


https://www.blueletterbible.org/audio_video/popPlayer.cfm?type=nasb_n&b=1&c=4

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Exodus 13 Hopeful recipiant of God's Love

Image
      Good Friday morning to all of you! We have a busy day today with behind-the-scenes work for God and His people. This is the kind of thing most people don’t even think of, yet it is part of making all the pieces fit together in a church. There are so many people reaching out in need every week around the world, but behind the scenes, someone is vetting the recipients, and then after that, others are serving them with hearts full of hope and love! You may be asking, “What is this vetting”? Well, to be good stewards of God’s resources, someone needs to make sure these are not con artists going from church to church and other organizations every month, taking advantage and living high off the generosity of others and stealing those resources from the truly needy. But after the vetting, there is only love, support, and opportunities to grow and find a pathway to break the chains of poverty. For some, it is a temporary situation, a crisis pregnancy, or a sudden m...
Read more

Leviticus 9 Be a doer of God's word! It is a safer place to be, don't make stuff up on your own!

Image
   Good morning, I will keep my ramblings very short this morning because we are doing two chapters for Todfay's Daily Bible Challenge. We are listening to chapters 9 and 10 of Leviticus. Chapter ten has something new for you to help break the difficult monotony of Leviticus! When the audiobook finishes chapter nine, just wait three seconds, and chapter ten will start on its own.    God was very clear in His instructions, and Moses and Aaron presented the details very clearly. God’s wrath was stirred when things were not followed correctly! Two sons of Aaron were made examples of by God to establish just how serious He was about how to run the tabernacle and the rituals of sacrifice. Priests and assistant priests were held to a very high standard, as they should still be today! Click the link below to listen for yourself! Talk with you soon! https://www.blueletterbible.org/audio_video/popPlayer.cfm?type=nasb_n&b=3&c=9
Read more

Exodus 10-11 Locusts and much worse on the way!

Image
     Good Wednesday morning to all of you! It is a strange morning for mid-May here on The Little Hundred Acre Wood. It is 57 degrees, and for us, that is a cold morning in May; our mornings are typically 76 degrees or more by this date. I will take full advantage of the cool weather for a project on my antique truck! Soon enough, we will have triple-digit weather for at least 3 months, so we will take advantage of any breaks like today! Later, I have a lunch with my son and my bride of 38 years in a small town a bit south of us. I love these little excursions just for fun or even for work, travel is something that is set in my bones for life! Soon we will be able to take some of these trips in my little antique truck, and that will make it even more of an adventure! But none of my adventures can hold a candle to Moses and Aaron as they battled with a king, the pharaoh of Egypt. For Today’s Daily Bible Challenge, we are in Exodus 10 and 11 this morning, just let the a...
Read more