Learning
to Understand God
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Learning
to Understand God
1st
John 3: 9
Whosoever
is born of God does not commit sin; for His seed remaineth in him: and he cannot
sin because he is born of God.
The
Seed of the Woman The Seed of God
After
the fall
After
the fall in the Garden of Eden, the serpent was cursed for allowing itself to be
used by Satan to deceive Eve. What was the curse? God told the serpent that it
would crawl on its belly; eat dust all of its days and there would be a never
ending enmity between its seed (those who don't follow the teachings of Jesus)
and the seed of the woman (those who follow the teachings of Jesus).
Why
the seed of the woman and not the seed of the man?
Adam
is the father of all living beings. When he disobeyed God, his seed became
contaminated by sin. As his descendants, we have inherited all of his natural
qualities. This means that because he sinned, we were also born with a sin
nature. We have a choice as to whether we will sin or not but there is not a
human being on this earth who can honestly say that they have never made a
choice to sin either in thought, word or action. No
one is responsible for the wrong you do - no matter how slight it might be -
except you. The choice is all yours.
In order to have relationship with God, we
must have the nature of God in us. This requires a different kind of seed - one
without a sin nature. There would never be a human being on earth to fulfil this
role because all human beings that came through Adam inherited his sin nature.
When
God cursed the serpent, notice that He said that He would put enmity between the
seed of the serpent and the seed of the woman - not the seed of the man.
Why did He specify the seed of the woman? Women are carriers and whatever is
deposited within a woman is what a woman will carry. If a contaminated seed is
deposited into a woman, she will carry a contaminated seed and as a result, she
will bring forth a contaminated baby.
Immediately after the fall of Adam, God revealed His message of salvation as the seed of the woman that would bruise the head of the serpent. This seed of the woman would be of a different quality from the seed of the man Adam because this would be a Holy Seed without contamination.
The
Holy Seed
Luke
1: 35 (The
angel Gabriel speaking to the Virgin Mary - the earthen vessel through whom God
brought forth His Son).
And the angel answered
and said unto her, the Holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the
Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore that
holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
Notice that even before
Christ was conceived in the womb of Mary, He was referred to as that
holy thing. Why? He was of a seed that was not contaminated by sin. He
was coming through a holy seed and as the seed is holy, so is He.
Re-creation
When
we - by faith - believe, accept and follow the teachings of Jesus Christ as
outlined in the word of God, His seed is deposited within us by the Holy Spirit
and we are re-created and made new. In this way we are able to have a
relationship with Him.
Acts
2: 38
Repent
and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission
of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
2nd 5: 17
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed
away; behold all things are become new.
Without this
re-creation you cannot have a relationship with God and the only prayer of yours
that He will acknowledge is your prayer of acceptance of His marvellous
gift of salvation. Why not make that your prayer right now?
Dear
God, I confess that I am a sinner. I believe that Your Son Jesus Christ died for
my sins. I ask Your forgiveness of my sins and accept Your Son into my life as
my personal Lord and Saviour. I believe that You
raised Him from the dead and because of this, I know that I can live a
victorious new life in Christ. Thank You for my salvation.
Now
complete the process of salvation by being baptized.
Acts
2: 38
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Writer: Velyn Cooper