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Genesis (Program #23) – The First Fall of Man
Today we come to the first fall of man in Genesis chapter three.
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Mark (Program #25) – The Move of the Slave-Savior’s Gospel Service (14)
Most of us remembered from our childhood the story of the rich man who came to Jesus asking what he must to do in order to have eternal life. The Lord’s answer instructing the man to go and sell all that he possessed and to give the proceed to the poor was more than the young man could bear. So he turned away and in despair of his inability to do what seems to be required.
The Lord’s disciples also expressed their dismay over His words to this young ruler to which the Lord answered, “It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.”
This passage from Mark chapter 10 though famous as a Bible story is also one that has perplexed many students of the Bible for there is no place in the scripture where we were given of such a requirement in order to be saved. Our salvation is by faith and not according to our works, such as selling all and giving all to the poor. And how should we understand such a story?
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1 & 2 Chronicles (Program #3) – The Highest Point of God’s Gospel
It is clear from the first two chapters of the Bible that the center and focus of God’s creative work was man. Genesis 1:26 “and God said let us make man in our image after our likeness.” In Zechariah God focus is even more graphic, in chapter 12 verse 1 it says “the burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel thus said Jehovah who stretches forth the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth forms the spirit of man within him.” God’s goal was with man. His eternal purpose was with man. But Old Testament declaration like these refer to man’s status before he fell. So the question for us today is “did the focus, the center and the plan of God changed with the fall of man or is the original purpose still intact?” The New Testament answer this question with crystal clarity. Ephesians 1:9 “making known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself unto the economy of the fullness of the times to head up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth in Him.”
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