In The Beginning-God. Part [14] 01/26/2024 (Evening thought)

Genesis 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

After God finished His creative work He gave to man the memorial that was to ever keep in view the fact that all things were made by Him and whenever and wherever persons acknowledge this memorial, their understanding and outlook on life would be greatly changed for the better, since the God-factor makes all the difference.

Exodus 20: 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

The keeping of the seventh day Sabbath has much more to it than merely resting on the day God has ordained for that purpose. The memorial has to do with us incorporating the God-factor into everyday experiences, so that our perspectives and concepts would be guided by that overarching phrase: In The Beginning-God.

Genesis 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. 4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!

In The Beginning-God. Part [13] 01/25/2024 (Morning thought)

Proverbs 1:6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. 7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

[C.O.L. pp 41] Here too, is the great cause of mental weakness and inefficiency. In turning from God's word to feed on the writings of uninspired men, the mind becomes dwarfed and cheapened. It is not brought into contact with the deep, broad principles of eternal truth. The understanding adapts itself to the comprehension of the things with which it is familiar, and in this devotion to finite things it is weakened, its power is contracted, and after a time it becomes unable to expand. All this is false education.

The wisdom of God often confounds finite minds to the point where it becomes futile to the unbeliever to understand the things He has done through His creative power. In stark contrast are individuals who believe in Him, for it is by us believing first, that our understanding becomes more enlightened.

Thus, through faith in the Living and written word of God, things that were once blurry become plain and simpler to grasp, so that creation is a no-brainer, for it takes less faith to believe God created the earth, than it does to believe that the things that are seen came about by accident.

Hebrews 11:3 Through faith “we understand” that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!